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  official Name Birchanger
  latitude 518829
  longitude 01979
  os Grid Reference TL513227
  population 987
  civil Parish Birchanger
  shire District Uttlesford
  shire County Essex
  region East of England
  constituency Westminster Saffron Walden
  post Town BISHOPS STORTFORD
  postcode District CM23
  postcode Area CM
  dial Code 01279


Birchanger is a Village and Civil Parish in Essex , England . It is located 3 Km (2 Mile s) northeast from Bishop's Stortford , Hertfordshire and is 25 km (16 miles) northwest from the county town of Chelmsford . The village is in the district of Uttlesford and in the parliamentary constituency of Saffron Walden . There is a Parish Council .1

The local church is St Mary's, CoE and the village has a cricket, bowls and football club. It close to London Stansted Airport , which is 3 km (2 miles) to the east and is 2 km (1 mile) south of Stansted Mountfitchet . It is also the site of a Birchanger Green Services , a Motorway Service Station on the M11 Motorway .

According to the 2001 census it had a population of 987.

The name is derived from the old saxon - hanger meaning hill and there is a Birch wood on the hill.


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