Little Waltham

Little Waltham
Village centre
Little Waltham Location within Essex
Population	1,285
OS grid reference	TL7012
Shire county	Essex
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CHELMSFORD
Postcode district	CM3
Dialling code	01245
Police	Essex
Fire	Essex
Ambulance	East of England
UK Parliament	Saffron Walden
List of places UK England Essex 51°48′00″N 0°29′00″E / 51.8000°N 0.4833°E / 51.8000; 0.4833

Little Waltham^[1][2] is a village and civil parish just north of Chelmsford, in Essex, England. It is adjacent to the village of Great Waltham. The Domesday Book refers to the two villages as Waltham, consisting of several manors. The site of an Iron Age village was excavated before upgrading the main road north between the current villages.

The village straddles the River Chelmer. Its main street has a number of old houses near the bridge, notably a rare Essex example of a Wealden hall house, now divided into three cottages. A footpath leads south alongside the river to an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, part of which is a nature reserve.^[3] The countryside is under continued threat from housing and road development.^[4]