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Also known as Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire

Sawbridgeworth ( , historically or ) is a town and civil parish in the East Hertfordshire district of Hertfordshire, England. It lies east of the county town of Hertford, in between the towns of Bishop's Stortford to the north and Harlow to the south. The town is on the west bank of the River Stort, which forms the county boundary with Essex.

Key facts

UK place.country
England
UK place.official_name
Sawbridgeworth
UK place.label_position
top
UK place.population
8,742
UK place.population_ref
(Parish, 2021)
UK place.civil_parish
Sawbridgeworth
UK place.shire_district
East Hertfordshire
UK place.region
East of England
UK place.shire_county
Hertfordshire
UK place.constituency_westminster
Hertford and Stortford
UK place.post_town
Sawbridgeworth
UK place.postcode_district
CM21
UK place.postcode_area
CM
UK place.dial_code
01279
UK place.os_grid_reference
TL481151
UK place.static_image_name
St Mary the Great, Sawbridgeworth, Herts - geograph.org.uk - 358893.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption
St Mary the Great, Sawbridgeworth

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
civil parish
Population
8458
Time zone
UTC±00:00
Image
Sawbridgeworth library - geograph.org.uk - 933444.jpg
Dialing code
01279
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Commons category
Sawbridgeworth
OS grid reference
TL481151
postal code
CM21
twinned administrative body
Moosburg an der Isar
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Sawbridgeworth ( , historically or ) is a town and civil parish in the East Hertfordshire district of Hertfordshire, England. It lies east of the county town of Hertford, in between the towns of Bishop's Stortford to the north and Harlow to the south. The town is on the west bank of the River Stort, which forms the county boundary with Essex.

As well as the town itself, the parish also covers surrounding rural areas, particularly to the north and south of the town, including the hamlet of Spellbrook. At the 2021 census, the parish had a population of 8,742, and the Sawbridgeworth built-up area as defined by the Office for National Statistics, which extends beyond the parish boundary to include the Lower Sheering area, had a population of 10,475.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sawbridgeworth” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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