Chickney
Parish in Uttlesford, Essex, England
| Coordinates: | 51.937, 0.278 |
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| OS grid ref: | TL 56 28 |
Chickney is a tiny, quietly rural parish in the district of Uttlesford, Essex, England, set amid arable fields and winding country lanes a few miles from the market towns of Saffron Walden and Thaxted. It has one of the smallest populations in the county and feels very much like a dispersed farming community rather than a nucleated village, with little in the way of shops or services and a landscape dominated by farmland and hedgerows.
The main point of interest is the little Norman church of St Mary, notable for its historic fabric and surviving medieval wall paintings and protected as a listed building, which gives Chickney a particular historic charm. Socially and economically the area is largely agricultural, with residents often linked into neighbouring parishes for events and community life, making it a peaceful spot valued for its heritage and countryside tranquillity.
Postcode districts covering Chickney
Most populated places nearby
- Cambridge 19.2 miles30.9 km
- Chelmsford 16.4 miles26.4 km
- Harlow 13.7 miles22.1 km
- Stevenage 20.1 miles32.3 km
- Welwyn Garden City 22.2 miles35.7 km
- Cheshunt 21.3 miles34.3 km
- Braintree 12.3 miles19.8 km
- Brentwood 21.7 miles34.9 km
- Hatfield 25 miles40.2 km
- Bishop's Stortford 6.8 miles10.9 km
- Billericay 22.3 miles35.9 km
- Hitchin 23.4 miles37.7 km
Neighbouring places
- Henham Built-up area 1.1 miles1.8 km
- Broxted Parish 1.3 miles2.1 km
- Elsenham & Henham Ward 1.8 miles2.9 km
- Tilty Parish 2.2 miles3.6 km
- Elsenham Built-up area 2.4 miles3.9 km
- Widdington Built-up area 2.5 miles4 km
- Debden Built-up area 2.8 miles4.5 km
- Ugley Green Built-up area 2.9 miles4.7 km
- Debden & Wimbish Ward 3.1 miles4.9 km
- Ugley Parish 3.1 miles4.9 km
- Thaxted Built-up area 3.3 miles5.3 km
- Great Easton Built-up area 3.4 miles5.4 km
Example postcodes in Chickney
Transport links
- Stansted Airport 4 miles6.5 km
- Luton Airport 27.9 miles44.9 km
- Elsenham Railway Station 2.4 miles3.9 km
- Stansted Airport Railway Station 3.4 miles5.4 km
Hotels near Chickney Ad
- Hampton by Hilton London Stansted Airport 3 3.7 miles5.9 km
- Radisson Blu Hotel London Stansted Airport 4 3.1 miles5 km
- Farmhouse Inn 3 2.9 miles4.6 km
- Holiday Inn Express London Stansted Airport 3 4.4 miles7 km
- Novotel London Stansted Airport 4 5 miles8.1 km
- The Great Hallingbury Manor Hotel 4 5.6 miles9 km
- Stay and Relax at the Yew Tree 4.9 miles7.9 km
- Desalis Hotel London Stansted 2.3 miles3.8 km
- Days Inn London Stansted Airport 3 5.7 miles9.2 km
- Ramada by Wyndham London Stansted Airport 4 5.7 miles9.2 km
Local points of interest
- Tilty Abbey Historic site 2.5 miles4.1 km
- Audley End House and Gardens Museum 6.3 miles10.1 km
- Saffron Walden Museum Museum 6.3 miles10.2 km
- Chelmsford City Racecourse Recreation 12 miles19.3 km
- Cressing Road Stadium 13.3 miles21.3 km
- Dines Hall Country house 13.6 miles21.9 km
- Furze Woods Forest 15 miles24.1 km
- Ongar Castle Historic site 16.1 miles25.8 km
- Marks Hall Estate 17.5 miles28.1 km
- Hylands Estate 17.6 miles28.4 km
- Coggeshall Abbey Historic site 18.3 miles29.5 km
- Cambridge University Botanic Garden Gardens 18.8 miles30.2 km