Great and Little Leighs

Great and Little Leighs is a locality in , , . Great and Little Leighs is situated nearby to the village , as well as near the hamlet .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sandylay and Moat Woods and Phyllis Currie Nature Reserve.

Forest
Photo: Glyn Baker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a 7.5-hectare nature reserve east of in . 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.

Nature reserve
Photo: Glyn Baker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an 8.9-hectare nature reserve north-west of in . It is owned and managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust.

Church
Photo: Trevor Wright, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ford End and Bannister Green.

Village
Photo: NewInEngland, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a small village in the parish of halfway between and in , England, comprising over 150 houses. In 2018 it had an estimated population of 733. is situated 3 miles west of Great and Little Leighs.

Hamlet
Photo: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village near , in the Uttlesford district, in the county of , England. It was the site of Halt railway station on the Bishop's Stortford-Braintree Branch Line, prior to that station's closure in 1952. is situated 3 miles northwest of Great and Little Leighs.

Hamlet
is a hamlet in the civil parish of and the Chelmsford district of , England. The hamlet is 1.5 miles north from Little Waltham village, and approximately 4 miles north from the county town of .

Great and Little Leighs

Latitude
51.8205° or 51° 49′ 14″ north
Longitude
0.498° or 0° 29′ 53″ east
Elevation
164 feet (50 metres)
Open location code
9F32RFCX+56
Geo­Names ID
7293505
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