Traditional county: Essex · District / Borough: Tendring · Region: Eastern
Explore Wix, Essex with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Wix map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Wix, Essex, England. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
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| Place | Wix |
| Traditional County | Essex |
| District / Borough | Tendring |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.916243 |
| Longitude | 1.143241 |
| Place Type | Village |
Wix endures as a quiet expanse of Essex farmland, defined by the steady rotation of crops and the heavy, fertile scent of its clay-rich soil. It lies 3.9 miles east-south-east of Manningtree (from Manningtree: bearing 121°T, OS grid TM 162 288), and is situated west-north-west of Wix Green village. The landscape here possesses a certain melancholic dignity, where the low horizons allow the afternoon light to stretch thin and golden across the stubble of harvested fields. To the north, the ghost of the World War II bombing decoy at Spinnels Farm remains as a subtle depression in the land, a silent memory of a time when the sky held a more frantic purpose. Further east, the Ramsey River carves a sluggish, reflective path toward the coast, its edges fringed with the silver-grey reeds that shiver under the slightest breeze. Wix retains a singular character, eschewing the vanity of more polished locales for the honest, weathered textures of its farmsteads and lanes. One finds that the air here feels particularly vast, pressing down upon the earth with a weight that invites a contemplative stillness. Life in Wix moves with the slow, deliberate pulse of the seasons, unbothered by the clamour of modern life beyond its borders.
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Explore Wix, Essex, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 51.916243, 1.143241. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.
| Page built | August 2026 |
| Location data | OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0. |
| County data | Traditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography. |
| Coordinates | WGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data. |