Epping Green, Essex

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Epping Green
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Epping Green
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Epping Green
Location within Essex
OS grid reference TL435052
  London 15 mi (24 km)  SSW
Civil parish
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Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town EPPING
Postcode district CM16
Dialling code 01992
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51°43′42″N0°04′38″E / 51.7283°N 0.0773°E / 51.7283; 0.0773

Epping Green is a village in the civil parish of Epping Upland and Epping Forest district of Essex, England, situated on the B181 road between Epping and Harlow.

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The parish of Epping Upland, which stretches from the Wake Arms public house near Upshire at the south to the outskirts of Harlow at the north[ citation needed ], takes in part of Thornwood Common at the east, and the hamlet of Rye Hill. Epping Green lies mainly within Epping Forest land although most farmland is owned by Copped Hall Estates and leased to the local farmers.[ citation needed ]

Epping Green's now-closed public houses Epping Green Travellers Friend and Cock and Magpie adjacent on the B181 road.jpg
Epping Green’s now-closed public houses

Through the village are ancient market routes and cattle drover's lanes, which were routes from as far afield as Norfolk. The traditional village pond was originally a blacksmith's cooling pond.[ citation needed ] Following the closure of the combined post office and village store around 1996, [1] the closure of the Cock & Magpie public house around 2018 and the decision by the long-standing owner to put the remaining pub, The Traveller's Friend, up for sale in 2021, the village has lost its remaining commercial amenities. The 13th-century parish church of All Saints' at Epping Upland, less than 1 mile (1.6 km) to the south-east, serves Epping Green, and was the original Epping church before St John's was built.

Between the 1920s and 1940s Epping Green consisted chiefly of wooden cottages built along a country road.

Education

The village has its own Church of England primary school, Epping Upland Church of England Primary School. [2]

Transport

Bus

Route numberRouteNotes
31 Wheelchair symbol.svg Coopersale to Harlow Bus Station via Epping, Epping Green, Roydon Mon-Sat

References

  1. "Connection denied by Geolocation" (PDF). planpub.eppingforestdc.gov.uk.
  2. "Epping Upland C of E Primary School - Home". www.eppinguplandcofeschool.co.uk.