Goldhanger is a village and a civil parish on the B1026 road in the Maldon District, in the county of Essex, England.

Goldhanger had an agricultural museum[2] and has a church dedicated to St Peter.

Goldhanger is at the head of a short creek, on the north side of the estuary of the River Blackwater, 4 miles (6.4 km) east northeast of the town of Maldon.

There are eight roads in Goldhanger: Head Street, Fish Street, Church Street, St Peter's Close, Maldon Road, Hall Estate, Sorrell Close, and finally Blind Lane.

The place-name Goldhanger is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as Goldhangra.