Great Dunmow
Built-up area in Uttlesford, Essex, England
| Coordinates: | 51.873, 0.351 |
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| OS grid ref: | TL 61 22 |
| Population: | 7,749 |
| Dialling code: | 01371 |
The market town of Great Dunmow in the district of Uttlesford, Essex, England sits amid gently rolling agricultural countryside and has a long history as a market and coaching town. The high street still shows Georgian and older buildings and a parish church at its heart, and the town is famous for the quirky medieval flitch custom - the Dunmow Flitch - where couples traditionally prove their domestic harmony to win a flitch of bacon.
Today Great Dunmow mixes local farming and independent shops with a growing commuter population thanks to good road links and proximity to Stansted Airport and larger centres such as Bishop's Stortford and Saffron Walden; community events, a regular market and active local societies keep a strong social feel despite modern development.
Postcode districts covering Great Dunmow
Most populated places nearby
- Cambridge 24.4 miles
- Basildon 21.7 miles
- Colchester 22.9 miles
- Chelmsford 11.1 miles
- Harlow 12.7 miles
- Stevenage 23.2 miles
- Barking and Dagenham 24.2 miles
- Welwyn Garden City 23.8 miles
- Cheshunt 20.9 miles
- Braintree 8.7 miles
- Brentwood 17.4 miles
- Bishop's Stortford 7.9 miles
Neighbouring places
- Great Dunmow North Ward 0.8 miles
- Great Dunmow South & Barnston Ward 1.4 miles
- Little Easton Parish 1.6 miles
- Barnston Built-up area 2 miles
- Little Canfield Parish 2.1 miles
- Great Easton Built-up area 2.2 miles
- Great Canfield Parish 2.6 miles
- Flitch Green & Little Dunmow Ward 2.7 miles
- Little Dunmow Built-up area 2.9 miles
- Flitch Green Parish 2.9 miles
- High Roding Built-up area 3 miles
- Stebbing Built-up area 3.1 miles
Example postcodes in Great Dunmow
CM6 2AB, CM6 1WH, CM6 2AL, CM6 1BP, CM6 1AJ, CM6 1HH, CM6 3YD, CM6 1YX, CM6 1YB … See all
Transport links
- Stansted Airport 5 miles
- London Southend Airport 25.6 miles
- Stansted Airport Railway Station 4 miles
- Elsenham Railway Station 6.1 miles
Hotels near Great Dunmow Ad
- Hampton by Hilton London Stansted Airport 3 4.2 miles
- Radisson Blu Hotel London Stansted Airport 4 3.9 miles
- Holiday Inn Express London Stansted Airport 3 4.4 miles
- Channels Hotel 4 9.3 miles
- Farmhouse Inn 3 4.3 miles
- Novotel London Stansted Airport 4 5.9 miles
- The Great Hallingbury Manor Hotel 4 6.1 miles
- Down Hall Hotel 4 8.2 miles
- Holiday Inn Express Braintree 3 8 miles
- Stay and Relax at the Yew Tree 8.4 miles
Schools in Great Dunmow
- Dunmow St Mary's Primary School Primary
- Great Dunmow Primary School Primary
- Helena Romanes School All ages
Local points of interest
- Tilty Abbey Historic site 3 miles
- Chelmsford City Racecourse Recreation 7.3 miles
- Dines Hall Country house 8.9 miles
- Cressing Road Stadium 9.5 miles
- Furze Woods Forest 11 miles
- Saffron Walden Museum Museum 11.5 miles
- Audley End House and Gardens Museum 11.6 miles
- Ongar Castle Historic site 12.4 miles
- Hylands Estate 12.5 miles
- Marks Hall Estate 14.3 miles
- Coggeshall Abbey Historic site 14.6 miles
- East Anglian Railway Museum Museum 17.8 miles