Birchanger

infobox UK place
country = England
official_name= Birchanger
latitude= 51.8829
longitude= 0.1979
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 miles) 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.cite web |url=http://www.uttlesford.gov.uk/uttlesford/CFFiles/Parishes/parishsearchresults.cfm?parishID=6 |title=Uttlesford Information regarding Birchanger |accessdate=2007-01-27 |format=HTML |work=www.uttlesford.gov.uk ]

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.Fact|date=February 2007

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

ee also

*Birchanger Green services

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