Traditional county: Essex · District / Borough: Chelmsford · Region: Eastern
Explore Woodhill, Essex with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Woodhill 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.
| Place | Woodhill |
| Traditional County | Essex |
| District / Borough | Chelmsford |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.711116 |
| Longitude | 0.554474 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Woodhill, a quiet hamlet, breathes the gentle air of Essex's Chelmsford district. It lies 6.3 km east-south-east of Chelmsford (from Chelmsford: bearing 117°T, OS grid TL 765 044), and is situated west-south-west of Danbury village. The lanes here, often bordered by hedgerows that hum with unseen life, whisper of a time when horse-drawn carts were the common carriers of news and goods. Here, the light, when it breaks through the prevailing cloud cover, possesses a peculiar softness, illuminating the subtle greens of the surrounding farmland with a muted glow. Though small, Woodhill carries a sense of enduring presence, a quiet witness to the slow turning of seasons and the passage of generations. The distant murmur of traffic from the A12 serves as a faint reminder of the wider world, yet within Woodhill itself, a palpable stillness often prevails, broken only by the calls of birds or the rustle of leaves.
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Explore Woodhill, 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: 51.711116, 0.554474. 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 | June 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. |