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CM2 9HQ - Great Baddow

Great Baddow is a major village and civil parish in the Chelmsford borough of Essex, England. It is close to the city of Chelmsford and, with a population of over 13,000, is one of the largest villages in the country.

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Situated in local authority Moulsham Lodge, Great Baddow is classed as urban with city and town. Nearest towns are Chelmsford (2 miles away), Ingatestone (5 miles away), Billericay (7 miles away), with the capital city, London being 27 miles away.

Essex

Essex offers everything from beautiful landscape to historic towns and buildings, and from cultural attractions to quiet medieval villages to well, yes, the 'kiss 'n' cuddle' of Southend-on-Sea. Get past the stereotype and there is a region waiting to be discovered and which should be as lauded as some of the more famous tourism destinations across the UK.

One of the home-counties, Essex sits on the Thames and looks out on the North Sea. It is to the north-east of Greater London and borders Hertfordshire to the west, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north. The Essex landscape varies greatly making for some wonderful scenery, from jagged coastline and low salt marshes and streams to gently undulating pastoral countryside and farmland populated by sheep and cows.

The rural land that borders Suffolk is quite beautiful and the landscape offers up views recognizable from a number of famous Constable paintings.
Essex is one of the oldest counties and was at one time part of the East Saxon Kingdom. Originally held by the Trinovantes tribe, Essex was the first region to be taken over by the Romans in 43 AD and Colchester is the oldest recorded town in Britain.

Consequently the region offers a wealth of archaeological riches - in particular the Roman remains of Colchester, capital of the province of Britannia. Colchester Castle has an extensive exhibition on Roman Colchester and there are remains of a unique Roman Circus in the city. There are also an astonishing 14,000 buildings with listed building status in Essex and those worth visiting include Colchester Castle, Hylands House, Audley House, Thaxted Guildhall, Hedingham Castle and the 7th century Saxon Church of St. Peter-on-the-Wall.

From its gentle seaside resorts to gaudy Southend, and from Epping Forest to Waltham Abbey to the elegant county town of Chelmsford, Essex is a charming corner of England offering history, beauty, culture and, yes, a little bit of slap and tickle.

Where is it?

Location
Great Baddow

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Ward
Moulsham Lodge

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Local Authority
Chelmsford

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Council

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Constituency

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County
Essex

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Region
East of England

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Country
England

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Classification
Urban with City and Town

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Area Type
Non-metropolitan District

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ONS GSS ID
E00109656

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LSOADZ_NAME
Chelmsford 015E

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Government ID
Chelmsford 015

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Coordinates
51.715, 0.472

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Phone Code
(01245) xxxxxx

Nearby Towns

Chelmsford	2 mi
Ingatestone	4.7 mi
Billericay	6.7 mi
Wickford	7.7 mi
Reading	64.3 mi
Brighton	66.6 mi
Norwich	71.7 mi
London	26.6 mi
Cardiff	157.7 mi
Edinburgh	325 mi