Great Leighs
Great Leighs is a village in the civil parish of Great and Little Leighs, in the Chelmsford district of Essex, England, halfway between Chelmsford itself and Braintree.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 2,710 residents
- Description: village in Essex, England, UK
- Also known as: “Great Leighs, Essex”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sandylay and Moat Woods and The Castle.
Sandylay and Moat Woods
Forest
Photo: Glyn Baker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sandylay and Moat Woods is a 7.5-hectare nature reserve east of Great Leighs in Essex. It is owned and managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust. These adjacent woods are mainly coppiced small-leaved lime, with a small stream and many flowering plants, including wood anemones, sweet violets, spurge laurel, stinking iris and early purple orchid.
Phyllis Currie Nature Reserve
Nature reserve
Photo: Glyn Baker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Phyllis Currie Nature Reserve is an 8.9-hectare nature reserve north-west of Great Leighs in Essex. It is owned and managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rank’s Green and Fuller Street.
Rank’s Green
Hamlet
Rank's Green or Ranks Green is a hamlet in the Braintree district, in the county of Essex, England. Other nearby settlements include the town of Braintree and the villages of Great Leighs and Fairstead and the hamlet of Gubbion's Green.
Fuller Street
Hamlet
Fuller Street is a hamlet in the civil parish of Fairstead and the Braintree District of Essex, England. The hamlet's public house is the Square and Compasses.
Chatham Green
Hamlet
Chatham Green is a hamlet in the civil parish of Little Waltham and the Chelmsford district of Essex, England. The hamlet is 1.5 miles north from Little Waltham village, and approximately 4 miles north from the county town of Chelmsford.
Great Leighs
- Category: locality
- Location: Great and Little Leighs, Chelmsford District, Essex, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.82802° or 51° 49′ 41″ northLongitude
0.50754° or 0° 30′ 27″ eastPopulation
2,710Elevation
217 feet (66 metres)Open location code
9F32RGH5+62OpenStreetMap ID
node 447046080OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2648069Wikidata ID
Q2151811
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Great Leighs” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Great Leighs”
- French: “Great Leighs”
- Irish: “Great Leighs”
- Latin: “Lega Magna”
- Polish: “Great Leighs”
- Spanish: “Great Leighs”
- Swedish: “Great Leighs”
- Welsh: “Great Leighs”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Endway and Gubbion’s Green.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Leighs Village Hall and Great Leighs Free Church.
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