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 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.

Not to be confused with Shearing.

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.

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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