Chigwell
Chigwell is a town and civil parish in the Epping Forest District of Essex, England. and is adjacent to the northern boundary of Greater London. It is on the Central line of the London Underground. In 2025 the parish had a population of 17,743.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 13,000 residents
- Description: town and civil parish in Epping Forest, Essex, UK
- Also known as: “Chigwell, Essex”
Places of Interest
Highlights include The Kings Head Hotel and Chigwell tube station.
Chigwell tube station
Metro station
Photo: Sunil060902, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chigwell is a London Underground station in the town of Chigwell in the Epping Forest district of Essex. It is on the Hainault Loop of the Central line, between Grange Hill and Roding Valley stations. It is located in Travelcard Zone 4.
Chigwell School
School
Photo: John Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chigwell School is a co-educational independent boarding and day school. It is a private school in Chigwell, in the Epping Forest district of Essex. It consists of a Pre Prep, Prep School, Senior School and Sixth Form.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hainault and Chigwell Row.
Hainault
Suburb
Photo: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hainault is a large suburban area of East London, England, in the London Borough of Redbridge, 12.5 miles northeast of Charing Cross. Most of the housing in Hainault was built by the London County Council between 1947 and 1953.
Chigwell Row
Village
Photo: John Winfield, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chigwell Row is a small village falling within the Epping Forest district of Essex. It is located 12.9 miles north east of Charing Cross. It has a London area code, is served by London Buses route 150, and the closest London Underground station is Grange Hill.
Fairlop
Suburb
Fairlop is a suburban area of Ilford, in the London Borough of Redbridge in East London. Historically in Essex, it was part of the Municipal Borough of Ilford until 1965, when the Borough, including Fairlop, became part of Greater London. Fairlop is situated 1½ miles south of Chigwell.
Chigwell
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Chigwell, Epping Forest District, Essex, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.62283° or 51° 37′ 22″ northLongitude
0.08054° or 0° 4′ 50″ eastPopulation
13,000Elevation
118 feet (36 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB CHIOpen location code
9F32J3FJ+46OpenStreetMap ID
node 27731564OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Chigwell” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Chigwell”
- Asturian: “Chigwell”
- Basque: “Chigwell”
- Bengali: “চিগওয়েল”
- Cebuano: “Chigwell”
- Chinese: “Chigwell”
- Chinese: “奇格威尔”
- Chinese: “奇格威爾”
- Chinese: “奇格韦尔”
- Chinese: “齊格威爾”
- Dutch: “Chigwell”
- French: “Chigwell”
- German: “Chigwell”
- Gujarati: “ચિગવેલ”
- Hebrew: “צ’יגוול”
- Irish: “Chigwell”
- Italian: “Chigwell”
- Japanese: “チグウェル”
- Kannada: “ಚಿಗ್ವೆಲ್”
- Korean: “치그웰”
- Ladin: “Chigwell”
- Latin: “Cingeuuella”
- Lithuanian: “Čigvelis”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Chigwell”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Chigwell”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Chigwell”
- Persian: “چیگول”
- Polish: “Chigwell”
- Portuguese: “Chigwell”
- Russian: “Чигвелл”
- Slovenian: “Chigwell, Essex”
- Spanish: “Chigwell”
- Swedish: “Chigwell”
- Tamil: “சிஃவெல்”
- Telugu: “చిగ్వేల్”
- Turkish: “Chigwell, Essex”
- Turkish: “Chigwell”
- Urdu: “چیجویل”
- Volapük: “Chigwell”
- Welsh: “Chigwell”
- Yue Chinese: “積維”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include St Mary’s, Chigwell and High Road Cemetery.
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