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Saffron Walden
Remains of the Norman castle in Saffron Walden, Essex, England.
Uttlesford
district, England, United Kingdom
Uttlesford, district, administrative and historic county of Essex, England. It occupies the northwestern corner of the county, where it borders Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire.
A low ridge of chalk hills runs from southwest to northeast through a rolling countryside. The district is largely rural. The main town is Saffron Walden; there are also many smaller old parishes, such as Thaxted, Great Dunmow, and Stansted Mountfitchet. The region has long been a residential area for affluent commuters to London. London Stansted Airport has become the capital’s third major field, after Heathrow and Gatwick. Area 248 square miles (642 square km). Pop. (2001) 68,946; (2011) 79,443.
This article was most recently revised and updated by Chelsey Parrott-Sheffer.
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