East of England
Essex
Uttlesford District

Saffron Walden

Saffron Walden is a market town in , 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.
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  • Type: Town with 15,200 residents
  • Description: market town in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England
  • Also known as: “Saffron Walden, Essex”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Walden Castle and Saffron Walden Museum.

Ruins
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was a medieval castle in , England, built during the Anarchy of the 12th century. Only the ruined core of the structure remains today.

Museum
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is a local museum in Saffron Walden, , east England. The museum is one of the oldest purpose-built museums in the United Kingdom.

Garden
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is a group of linked ornamental gardens in Saffron Walden, Essex, England. The gardens are listed Grade II* on the Register of Parks and Gardens. They are located off Castle Street, close to the . Features include a maze.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Little Walden and Little Chesterford.

Village
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is a village in the civil parish of Saffron Walden, in the Uttlesford district, in the county of , England. It lies about 3 miles north of the market town of Saffron Walden and is 12 miles from .

Village
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is a small village and civil parish in Uttlesford, , in the . Close to the border, it is built principally along a single sunken lane to the east of a chalk stream tributary of the or Granta and is located 3⁄4 mile southeast of and some 2+1⁄2 miles northwest of Saffron Walden. is situated 2½ miles northwest of Saffron Walden.

Saffron Walden

Latitude
52.0216° or 52° 1′ 18″ north
Longitude
0.2411° or 0° 14′ 28″ east
Population
15,200
Elevation
194 feet (59 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB SAW
Open location code
9F4226CR+JF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 27327450
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2638878
Wiki­data ID
Q183329
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Saffron Walden” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Saffron Walden”
  • Arabic: “سافرون والدن”
  • Asturian: “Saffron Walden”
  • Basque: “Saffron Walden”
  • Bengali: “শেফর ওয়াডেন”
  • Catalan: “Saffron Walden (Essex)”
  • Catalan: “Saffron Walden”
  • Cebuano: “Saffron Walden”
  • Chinese: “Saffron Walden”
  • Chinese: “沙福華登”
  • Chinese: “萨弗伦沃尔登”
  • Chinese: “薩弗倫沃爾登”
  • Czech: “Saffron Walden”
  • Dutch: “Saffron Walden”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سافرون والدن”
  • Esperanto: “Saffron Walden”
  • Finnish: “Saffron Walden”
  • French: “Saffron Walden”
  • German: “Saffron Walden”
  • Gujarati: “સેફ્રોન વાલ્ડેન”
  • Hungarian: “Saffron Walden”
  • Irish: “Saffron Walden”
  • Italian: “Saffron Walden”
  • Japanese: “サフラン・ウェルデン”
  • Japanese: “サフロン・ウォールデン”
  • Japanese: “サフロン・ウォルデン”
  • Japanese: “サフロン・ウオルデン”
  • Kannada: “ಸ್ಯಾಫ್ರನ್ ವಾಲ್ಡನ್”
  • Korean: “사프론 월든”
  • Ladin: “Saffron Walden”
  • Latin: “Waldena Abbatis”
  • Latin: “Waldena ad Forum”
  • Latin: “Waldena Magna”
  • Latin: “Waldena Mercati”
  • Latin: “Waldena Sanctae Mariae”
  • Latvian: “Safronvoldena”
  • Lithuanian: “Safren Valdenas”
  • Macedonian: “Сафрон Волден”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Saffron Walden”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Saffron Walden”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Saffron Walden”
  • Norwegian: “Saffron Walden”
  • Persian: “سافرون والدن”
  • Polish: “Saffron Walden”
  • Portuguese: “Saffron Walden”
  • Romanian: “Saffron Walden”
  • Russian: “Сафрон-Уолден”
  • Russian: “Саффрон Уолден”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Saffron Walden”
  • Slovak: “Saffron Walden”
  • Slovenian: “Saffron Walden”
  • South Azerbaijani: “سافرون والدن”
  • Spanish: “Saffron Walden”
  • Swedish: “Saffron Walden”
  • Tamil: “சப்பிரான் வால்டென்”
  • Telugu: “సాఫ్ఫ్రాన్ వాల్డెన్”
  • Urdu: “سیفرون والدین”
  • Urdu: “سیفرون والڈن”
  • Volapük: “Saffron Walden”
  • Welsh: “Saffron Walden”

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