Sheering

Sheering is a civil parish and village in the Epping Forest district of Essex, England. Sheering village is situated 2.8 miles (5 km) north-east from Harlow, 4.5 miles (7 km) south of Bishop's Stortford and 25 miles (40 km) north-east from London. The neighbouring village of Lower Sheering forms part of the civil parish.

Sheering

Church of St Mary the Virgin, Sheering
Sheering
Location within Essex
Population2,838 [1]
Civil parish
  • Sheering
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBISHOP'S STORTFORD
Postcode districtCM22
Dialling code01279
PoliceEssex
FireEssex
AmbulanceEast of England
UK Parliament

Sheering village has approximately 350 households. There is a Church of England primary school and two public houses, The Cock Inn and The Crown, a general store with a post office, a sandwich shop and a hairdresser's.

Bus services connect Sheering to Harlow and Chelmsford.

Sheering's Early English Gothic parish church on Church Lane is dedicated to St Mary.

See also

The Hundred Parishes

References

  1. Epping Forest DC Census
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