Little Hallingbury

Little Hallingbury

Little Hallingbury is a village located in Essex, UK. It is between river and forest, on a high rise of ground, near the main railway at Bishop's Stortford and the M11 motorway.

As it is right on the Essex and Hertfordshire border many people think the village is in Hertfordshire. It has a Bishop's Stortford postcode, but is in the Uttlesford district of North West Essex.

Little Hallingbury is a fine village and the area has much to offer, including walks, two good pubs and a very active social life.

Little Hallingbury Mill is a converted mill which today is a guest house restaurant. It was built as a silk mill in 1874 and there was milling on this site for many years before it was turned into a fine hotel complex.

Hatfield Forest

To the north of the village lies Hatfield Forest, designated as a Royal Hunting Forest from the time of the Norman kings. The forest is open to the public and covers convert|1049|acre|km2|0 of woodland, grassland with trees, lake and marsh.

The earthworks at Hatfield Forest including Portingbury Hills, and a large lake and ditch, also indicated that midsummer sunrise and other events were marked and observed.

The lake at Hatfield Forest, and the 50ft wide ditch emerging form it, is enclosed by ancient woodland and endowed with the same mystical atmosphere that exists at Wandlebury – not oppressive, but eerie. The lake itself was formed only 230 years ago by the damming of a stream, but one of its shores forms the continuation of the sweeping half-circle of the ditch into which the water has also spilled.

Portingbury Hills

Portingbury Hills in Hatfield Forest is an Iron Age farmstead.

It consists of a rectangular mound measuring 100 by 70ft surrounded by a strong ditch up to 35ft wide.

The banks are not very high, but it is a 'strange' spot with a very certain 'feeling' ..

Famous People

Tom McKirdy - International Rock Star has said to have a £2.2 million mansion in this village after locals spotted the star in the local post office but rumours have yet to be confirmed


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