Sheering facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Sheering |
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Church of St Mary the Virgin, Sheering |
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Population | 2,838 |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | BISHOP'S STORTFORD |
Postcode district | CM22 |
Dialling code | 01279 |
Police | Essex |
Fire | Essex |
Ambulance | East of England |
EU Parliament | East of England |
UK Parliament |
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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 a public house - The Cock Inn, 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. Four other buildings in the parish are Grade II* listed.