Bishop's Stortford

Bishop's Stortford
Looking down Windhill towards the town centre
Bishop's Stortford is located in Hertfordshire
Bishop's Stortford
Bishop's Stortford
Location within Hertfordshire
Population41,088 (2020)[1]
OS grid referenceTL495215
Civil parish
  • Bishop's Stortford
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBISHOP'S STORTFORD
Postcode districtCM22, CM23
Dialling code01279
PoliceHertfordshire
FireHertfordshire
AmbulanceEast of England
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Hertfordshire
51°52′19″N 0°10′21″E / 51.8720°N 0.1725°E / 51.8720; 0.1725

Bishop's Stortford is a historic market town in the London commuter belt. Located in Hertfordshire near the border with Essex, just west of the M11 motorway and Stansted Airport, it is 22 miles north-east of Central London and 34 minutes away by rail from Liverpool Street station. The town had an estimated population of 41,088 in 2020.[2] The district of East Hertfordshire, where the town centre is located, has been ranked as the best place to live in the UK by the Halifax Quality of Life annual survey in 2020.[3] The town is commonly known as Stortford by locals.

  1. ^ "Parish Population Estimates". ONS. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  2. ^ "East of England (United Kingdom): Counties and Unitary Districts & Settlements – Population Statistics, Charts and Map". www.citypopulation.de.
  3. ^ "Revealed: The best place to live in the UK". Sky News. Retrieved 11 March 2022.

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