Great Chesterford

Great Chesterford is a village and civil parish in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England. The village is 3 miles north-west of Saffron Walden, its post town, 10 miles south from Cambridge and about 25 miles northwest from the city and Essex county town of Chelmsford.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Great Chesterford railway station and Congregational Chapel.

Great Chesterford railway station

Railway station

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Great Chesterford railway station is on the West Anglia Main Line serving the village of Great Chesterford in Essex, England. It is 45 miles 56 chains down the line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between Audley End and Whittlesford Parkway stations.

Congregational Chapel

Church

Photo: John Sutton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Congregational Chapel is a church.

Cemetery Chapel

Church

Photo: Duncan Grey, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cemetery Chapel is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Duxford and Saffron Walden.

Duxford

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Duxford is a small village in the English county of Cambridgeshire, approximately 8 miles south of Cambridge. It is probably best known as the location of a Second World War British and American airfield, today serving as an important branch of the Imperial War Museum.

Saffron Walden

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Saffron Walden is a market town in Essex, East Anglia. It's 15 miles south of Cambridge and 46 miles north of London so it's commuterland for both, and in 2021 had a population of 16,600.

Great Chesterford

Type: Locality
Location: Uttlesford District, Essex, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.0742° or 52° 4′ 27″ north

Longitude

0.2201° or 0° 13′ 12″ east

Elevation

190 feet (58 metres)

Open location code

9F4236FC+M2

GeoNames ID

7293553

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Highlights include Whittlesford Parkway railway station and Saffron Walden Golf Club.

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