Country: | England |
Official Name: | Sheering |
Civil Parish: | Sheering |
Coordinates: | 51.8043°N 0.1845°W |
Population: | 2,838 |
Population Ref: | [1] |
Shire District: | Epping Forest |
Shire County: | Essex |
Region: | East of England |
Constituency Westminster: | Harlow |
Post Town: | BISHOP'S STORTFORD |
Postcode District: | CM22 |
Postcode Area: | CM |
Dial Code: | 01279 |
Static Image: | File:Church of St Mary the Virgin, Sheering, Essex ~ from the northwest.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Church of St Mary the Virgin, Sheering |
Sheering is a civil parish and village in the Epping Forest district of Essex, England. Sheering village is situated 2.8miles north-east from Harlow, 4.5miles south of Bishop's Stortford and 25miles 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.
Sheering village has approximately 350 households. There is a Church of England primary school and a public house - The Cock Inn, 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. Four other buildings in the parish are Grade II* listed.