Ford End
Ford End is a small village in the parish of Great Waltham halfway between Chelmsford and Great Dunmow in Essex, England, comprising over 150 houses.
Ford End is a small village in the parish of Great Waltham halfway between Chelmsford and Great Dunmow in Essex, England, comprising over 150 houses. In 2018 it had an estimated population of 733. Circa 1870, it had a population of 775 as recorded in the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales.
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Worth seeing in and around Ford End
2 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Pleshey Castle and town enclosure
Pleshey Castle is a man-made motte and bailey castle in Pleshey in Essex, England. It was built in the 11th century and it is one of the best preserved motte and bailey castles in England.
2.4 km · castle in Essex, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Leez Priory
Leez Priory is a 16th-century mansion in Little Leighs, a small parish in the district of Chelmsford in the county of Essex, England. The civil parish boundary between Felsted and Great and Little Leighs crosses the priory, so that it partially lies in Felsted and partially in Great and Little Leighs.
3.1 km · building in Essex, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Ford End
- Airports
- London Stansted (STN), 15 km · London Luton (LTN), 55 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 73 km
- London → Ford End52 km · quickest by road, 1h 43m · £6–9
- Luton, Luton → Ford End59 km · quickest by road, 1h 46m · £7–10
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Ford End165 km · quickest by road, 3h 5m · £18–24
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No local-transport research exists yet for Ford End
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Ford End. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inIt is served by Stena Line ferries from Hook of Holland (), near The Hague and Rotterdam.
- Get inAt Harwich, Harwich International railway station is attached to the ferry terminal.
- Get inis served by the Harwich Harbour Ferry during summer months, direct from Shotley and Felixstowe, both in Suffolk.
From Wikivoyage: Essex (England), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-05.
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Next door to Ford End
Ford End is 49 km from Islington, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Felstedvillage in Uttlesford, Essex, England, UK3.6 km
- Plesheyvillage in Essex, England, UK2.5 km
- Howe Streethamlet in Chelmsford district, Essex, England, UK2.6 km
- Littley Greenhamlet in Essex, England, UK2.3 km
- Hartford Endhamlet in Essex, UK1.5 km
- Onslow Greenhamlet in Uttlesford, Essex, England2.6 km