Essex
Maldon District
Purleigh

Purleigh

Purleigh is a village on the Dengie peninsula about 4 miles south of Maldon in the English county of . The village is part of the Purleigh ward of the Maldon district.
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  • Type: Village with 1,150 residents
  • Description: village in Essex, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Purleigh, Essex”

Places of Interest

Highlights include St Stephen’s Church and Maldon Wick.

Church
Photo: Julieanne Savage, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is situated 1½ miles southeast of Purleigh.

Nature reserve
Photo: Trevor Harris, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a 6.1-hectare nature reserve in Maldon in . It is managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust. This is a 2.4 kilometres linear site along the route of the former railway line between Maldon and , and it is mainly on embankment. is situated 2 miles north of Purleigh.

Pub
Photo: Roger Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is situated 2 miles east of Purleigh.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Woodham Ferrers and Maldon.

Village
Photo: Angela Tuff, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small village and former civil parish about 8 miles southeast of , located between and , now in the civil parish of and Bicknacre in the county of , England. is situated 3 miles southwest of Purleigh.

Photo: Diane Roberts, CC0.
is a town and civil parish on the Blackwater Estuary in , England. It is the seat of the and starting point of the Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation.

Village
Photo: Terryjoyce, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village in the civil parish of Woodham Ferrers and , in the county of , England. It is approximately 4.0 mi north of and 5.7 mi southeast of the city of . is situated 3 miles west of Purleigh.

Purleigh

Latitude
51.68702° or 51° 41′ 13″ north
Longitude
0.65939° or 0° 39′ 34″ east
Population
1,150
Elevation
102 feet (31 metres)
Open location code
9F32MMP5+RQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29670483
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2639843
Wiki­data ID
Q2291128
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Welsh—“Purleigh” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Пурлеигх”
  • Cebuano: “Purleigh”
  • Chinese: “Purleigh”
  • Dutch: “Purleigh”
  • French: “Purleigh”
  • Irish: “Purleigh”
  • Italian: “Purleigh”
  • Japanese: “プアライフ”
  • Ladin: “Purleigh”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Purleigh”
  • Persian: “پرلی”
  • Polish: “Purleigh”
  • Spanish: “Purleigh”
  • Swedish: “Purleigh (parish i Storbritannien)”
  • Swedish: “Purleigh”
  • Welsh: “Purleigh”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Purleigh Playing Field and All Saints, Purleigh.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Purleigh”. Photo: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0.