Sheering
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Sheering
Sheering is located in Essex
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 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 Stort Navigation to the west has a lock at Sheering Mill. Lower Sheering, adjacent to Sawbridgeworth in Hertfordshire and its railway station, forms part of the civil parish.

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.

The Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin on Church Lane, Sheering is a Grade I listed building.[2] Four other buildings in the parish are Grade II* listed.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Epping Forest DC Census
  2. ↑ Historic England. "Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin (Grade I) (1146947)". National Heritage List for England.
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