Great Sampford
| Great Sampford | |
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Great Sampford Church | |
Great Sampford Location within Essex | |
| Population | 579 (Parish, 2021)[1] |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | SAFFRON WALDEN |
| Postcode district | CB10 |
Great Sampford is a village and civil parish it the Uttlesford district of Essex, England. The village is at the junction of the B1053 and B1051 roads. The village includes a primary school, two places of worship and one public house. It is located 3 miles (5 km) north-east of the small town of Thaxted, and 8 miles (13 km) south-east of Saffron Walden, its post town. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 579.
It used to have a RAF airfield called RAF Great Sampford. The River Pant runs through the south of the village.
It is connected to Hempstead by Howe Lane.
The village contains two churches - the Baptist Church, which also owns a small hall adjacent to the property, used by the community for the pre-school; and also a Church of England parish church, St Michael's.
Also in the village is a green and cricket club. Next to the green is a playground which includes a skatepark, donated by the National Lottery Fund, a zip wire funded by an Uttlesford District Council Community Grant, a small football pitch and a tennis court.
Governance
Great Sampford is part of the electoral ward called The Sampfords. The population of this ward at the 2011 Census was 1,900.[2]
See also
References
- ^ "2021 Census Parish Profiles". NOMIS. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 31 March 2025. (To get individual parish data, use the query function on table PP002.)
- ^ "The Sampfords ward population 2011". Retrieved 28 September 2015.
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