Woodham Walter is a village about three miles west of Maldon in the English county of Essex.

The village is part of the Wickham Bishops and Woodham ward of the Maldon district.

[citation needed] The modern name may derive from the Fitzwalter family who owned Woodham Walter Hall, a moated manor house in the village for many generations.

[citation needed] There are three public houses, the Bell Inn, the Queen Victoria and The Cats.

[7] Thomas, Earl of Sussex, obtained a licence from Elizabeth I on 26 June 1562 to build the new parish church of St Michael the Archangel.