Area Info for Saffron Walden (Essex)

Overview of Saffron Walden

Saffron Walden is a historic market town located in Essex, England. It is renowned for its well-preserved medieval architecture and rich history. The town's name is derived from the saffron crocus, which was once cultivated in the area, and Walden, a reference to the Walden family who held the manor in medieval times.

History

Saffron Walden has a history dating back to the medieval period, with evidence of settlement from the 12th century. The town grew significantly during the Middle Ages, largely due to its market rights established in the 13th century. It was an important centre for the saffron trade, which contributed to its prosperity. The town's historic buildings, including the Church of St Mary the Virgin and the medieval town walls, reflect its medieval heritage.

Geography and Location

Situated in north-west Essex, Saffron Walden is approximately 15 miles south of Cambridge and 12 miles north of Bishop's Stortford. The town is characterised by its picturesque streets, open green spaces, and surrounding countryside, making it a popular destination for visitors seeking historical and rural charm.

Key Attractions

- Saffron Walden Market: A traditional market held regularly in the town centre, offering local produce, crafts, and goods. - Audley End House and Gardens: A grand Jacobean mansion managed by English Heritage, featuring beautiful gardens and historical interiors. - The Museum of East Anglian Life: Showcasing the rural history and heritage of the region. - St Mary the Virgin Church: A prominent medieval church with notable architecture and historical significance.

Economy and Community

The local economy historically revolved around agriculture, trade, and the saffron industry. Today, Saffron Walden maintains a vibrant community with a mix of retail, tourism, and local services. The town hosts various events and festivals throughout the year, fostering a strong sense of community.

Transport

Saffron Walden is accessible by road, with good connections to nearby towns and cities via the A130 and A11 roads. The town does not have a railway station; the nearest stations are in Cambridge and Bishop's Stortford, providing rail links to London and other major cities.
Education
School
St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School0.00 miles
Castle Street, Saffron Walden, Essex, CB10 1BQ
R A Butler Infant School0.43 miles
South Road, Saffron Walden, Essex, CB11 3DG
R A Butler Junior School0.43 miles
South Road, Saffron Walden, Essex, CB11 3DG
St Thomas More Catholic Primary School, Saffron Walden0.54 miles
South Road, Saffron Walden, Essex, CB11 3DW
Walden School0.69 miles
Mount Pleasant Road, Saffron Walden, Essex, CB11 3EB
Saffron Walden County High School0.76 miles
Audley End Road, Saffron Walden, Essex, CB11 4UH
Katherine Semar Junior School1.11 miles
Ross Close, Saffron Walden, Essex, CB11 4DU
Katherine Semar Infant School1.11 miles
Ross Close, Saffron Walden, Essex, CB11 4DU
Joyce Frankland Academy, Newport2.76 miles
Bury Water Lane, Newport, Saffron Walden, Essex, CB11 3TR
Great Chesterford Church of England Primary Academy3.19 miles
School Street, Great Chesterford, Saffron Walden, Essex, CB10 1NN
Newport Primary School3.48 miles
Frambury Lane, Newport, Saffron Walden, Essex, CB11 3PU
Debden Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School3.56 miles
High Street, Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex, CB11 3LE
Ashdon Primary School3.57 miles
Bartlow Road, Ashdon, Saffron Walden, Essex, CB10 2HB
Wimbish Primary School3.88 miles
Tye Green, Wimbish, Saffron Walden, Essex, CB10 2XE
Radwinter Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School4.16 miles
Water Lane, Radwinter, Saffron Walden, Essex, CB10 2TX
Granta School4.99 miles
Cambridge Road, Linton, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB21 4NN
Health
Clinic
Skylark Centre0.68 miles
Radwinter Road, Saffron Walden, Essex, CB11 3HY
Specsavers Hearcare - Cambridgeshire (Mobile - Linton)5.23 miles
Linton Health Centre, Coles Lane, Linton, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB21 4JS
Specsavers Hearcare - Cambridgeshire (Sawston)6.86 miles
Sawston Medical Centre, London Road, Sawston, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB22 3HU
Sawston Health Centre6.86 miles
London Road, Sawston, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB22 3HU
Clements Surgery8.63 miles
Greenfields Way, Haverhill, Suffolk, CB9 8LU
Western House8.63 miles
2 Cambridge Road, Stansted, Essex, CM24 8BZ
Stansted Clinic8.72 miles
72 Chapel Hill, Stansted, Essex, CM24 8AQ
The Health Centre (Haverhill)9.06 miles
Camps Road, Haverhill, Suffolk, CB9 8HF
Haverhill Health Centre9.06 miles
Camps Road, Haverhill, Suffolk, CB9 8HF
AHP Suffolk (Haverhill)9.06 miles
Haverhill Health Centre, Camps Road, Haverhill, Suffolk, CB9 8HF
Haverhill Physiotherapy Clinic9.32 miles
Anne Of Cleves House, Hamlet Road, Haverhill, Suffolk, CB9 8EE
Freshwell Health Clinic9.92 miles
Wethersfield Road, Finchingfield, Braintree, Essex, CM7 4BQ
Specsavers Hearcare - Cambridgeshire (Mobile - Melbourn)10.11 miles
Orchard Surgery, New Road, Melbourn, Royston, Hertfordshire, SG8 6BX
Specsavers Hearcare - Cambridgeshire (Cambridge Addenbrookes Hospital)11.07 miles
Cambridge University Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB2 0QQ
S3 and S2 Addenbrookes Hospital11.07 miles
Hills Road, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB2 0QQ
Ida Darwin11.16 miles
Ida Darwin Hospital, Fulbourn, Cambridge, CB21 5EE
GP
The Rectory Practice0.09 miles
18 Castle Street, Saffron Walden, Essex, CB10 1BP
Gold Street Surgery0.32 miles
The Gold Street Surgery, Gold Street, Saffron Walden, Essex, CB10 1EJ
Borough Lane Surgery0.61 miles
2 Borough Lane, Saffron Walden, Essex, CB11 4AF
Great Chesterford Branch3.06 miles
Great Chesterford Surgery, High Street, Great Chesterford, Saffron Walden, Essex, CB10 1PL
Great Chesterford Surgery (Branch)3.19 miles
School Street Surgery, School Street, Great Chesterford, Saffron Walden, Essex, CB10 1NN
Newport Surgery3.30 miles
Frambury Lane, Newport, Saffron Walden, Essex, CB11 3PY
Linton Health Centre5.23 miles
Coles Lane, Linton, Cambridge, Cambs, CB21 4JS
Thaxted Surgery6.56 miles
Margaret Street, Thaxted, Essex, CM6 2QN
Sawston Medical Practice6.86 miles
London Road, Sawston, Cambridge, CB22 3HU
Elsenham Surgery7.65 miles
Elsenham Surgery, Station Road, Elsenham, Bishop`s Stortford, Hertfordshire, CM22 6LA
The Stansted Surgery8.50 miles
Redlands, 86 St. Johns Road, Stansted, Essex, CM24 8JS
The Christmas Maltings and Clements Practice - Clements Surgery8.63 miles
Clements Surgery, Greenfields Way, Haverhill, Suffolk, CB9 8LU
Barley Practice8.63 miles
The Surgery, High Street,, Barley, Royston, ., SG8 8HY
Steeple Bumpstead Surgery8.80 miles
10 Bower Hall Drive, Steeple Bumpstead, Haverhill, Suffolk, CB9 7ED
The Christmas Maltings and Clements Practice - Christmas Maltings Surgery9.06 miles
Christmas Maltings Surgery, Camps road, Haverhill, Suffolk, CB9 8HF
Christmas Maltings Surgery - Dr Selby and Partners9.06 miles
Camps Road, Haverhill, Suffolk, CB9 8HF
Hospital
Saffron Walden Community Hospital0.68 miles
Radwinter Road, Saffron Walden, Essex, CB11 3HY
Addenbrooke's11.07 miles
Hills Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB2 0QQ
Rosie Hospital11.07 miles
Robinson Way, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB2 0QQ
Fulbourn Hospital11.21 miles
Fulbourn Hospital, Fulbourn, Cambridge, CB21 5EF
Royston Hospital11.25 miles
London Road, Royston, Hertfordshire, SG8 9EN
Herts and Essex Community Hospital11.46 miles
Haymeads Lane, Bishop`s Stortford, Hertfordshire, CM23 5JH
Kneesworth House Hospital12.09 miles
Kneesworth House, Old North Road, Bassingbourn, Royston, Hertfordshire, SG8 5JP
Nuffield Health, Cambridge Hospital12.39 miles
Nuffield Health Cambridge Hospital, 4 Trumpington Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB2 8AF
Brookfields Hospital12.41 miles
351 Mill Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB1 3DF
Union House14.07 miles
Union House, 37 Union Lane, Chesterton, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB4 1PX
Rivers Hospital15.86 miles
High Wych Road, Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, CM21 0HH
Spire Cambridge Lea Hospital16.04 miles
30 New Road, Impington, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB24 9EL
Braintree Community Hospital16.27 miles
Braintree Community Hospital, Chadwick Drive, Braintree, Essex, CM7 2AL
St Michael's Hospital16.31 miles
Rayne Road, Braintree, Essex, CM7 2QU
Newmarket Hospital16.92 miles
Exning Road, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 7JG
Halstead Hospital17.72 miles
78 Hedingham Road, Halstead, Essex, CO9 2DL
Pharmacy
Boots0.15 miles
Market Place, Saffron Walden, CB10 1HR
The Co-Operative Pharmacy0.23 miles
3 The Arches, Hill Street, Saffron Walden, CB10 1ED
Newport Pharmacy3.09 miles
The Brown House, High Street, Newport, CB11 3QY
Village Pharmacy5.11 miles
49 High Street, Linton, Cambridge, CB21 4HS
Thaxted Pharmacy6.69 miles
Thaxted Pharmacy, 3 Town Street, Thaxted, Essex, CM6 2LD
Sawston Partnership Ltd6.86 miles
Sawston Pharmacy, London Road, Sawston, Cambridge, CB22 3HU
Boots7.35 miles
25 High Street, Sawston, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB22 3BG
Sainsburys Pharmacy8.38 miles
Haycocks Road, Haverhill, Suffolk, CB9 7YL
David Holland Pharmacy8.63 miles
Norton Road, (Greenfields Way), Haverhill, CB9 8LU
Boots8.63 miles
Unit 2, The Green Building, 4-8 Cambridge Road, Stansted, Essex, CM24 8BZ
Haverhill Pharmacy9.06 miles
Christmas Maltings Surg, Camps Road, Haverhill, CB9 8HF
The Co-Operative Pharmacy9.17 miles
2 Mill Road, Haverhill, Suffolk, CB9 8BD
Boots9.27 miles
15 High Street, Haverhill, CB9 8AD
Tesco Instore Pharmacy9.34 miles
Tesco Pharmacy, Cangle Road, Haverhill, Suffolk, CB9 0BQ
Boots9.46 miles
37 Woollards Lane, Great Shelford, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB22 5LZ
The Co-Operative Pharmacy10.34 miles
71 High Street, Melbourn, Royston, SG8 6DU
Leisure
Park
BRIDGE END GARDENS (Grade II* Listed)0.13 miles
THE MAZE, SAFFRON WALDEN (Grade II Listed)0.30 miles
AUDLEY END (Grade I Listed)0.96 miles
HALES WOOD2.27 miles
SHORTGROVE HALL (Grade II Listed)2.32 miles
QUENDON HALL (Grade II Listed)4.57 miles
PAMPISFORD HALL (Grade II* Listed)6.09 miles
SAWSTON HALL (Grade II Listed)7.02 miles
COKENACH (Grade II Listed)9.03 miles
SPAINS HALL (Grade II* Listed)9.06 miles
WANDLEBURY9.32 miles
HAVERHILL RAILWAY WALKS9.60 miles
EASTON LODGE (Grade II Listed)9.73 miles
THE BEECHWOODS10.32 miles
RED, WHITE & BLUE10.33 miles
NINE WELLS10.68 miles
Shop
Groceries
Waitrose Saffron Walden0.23 miles
Hill Street, Saffron Walden, Essex, CB10 1EH
Tesco Saffron Walden (Superstore)0.80 miles
Radwinter Rd, Saffron Walden, Essex, CB10 2JP
Nisa Local1.01 miles
58-60 Cromwell Rd, Saffron Walden, Essex, CB11 4BE
Tesco Saffron Walden (Express)1.02 miles
Pleasant Valley, Saffron Walden, Essex, CB11 4AW
ALDI Thaxted Road1.06 miles
Saffron Walden, CB10 2UQ
Nisa Newport Stores Ltd3.09 miles
High St, Newport, Saffron Walden, Essex, CB11 3QY
Wimbish Shop 33 Engineers3.24 miles
Carver Barracks,Saffon Walden, Cambs, CB10 2YA
Costcutter Saffron Walden4.14 miles
32-34 Church Street, Saffron Walden, Essex, CB10 1SL
Co-op Cambridge5.23 miles
Linton, CB21 4JT
Costcutter Duxford5.72 miles
41 St Peters Street, Duxford, CB22 4RP
Nisa Local6.04 miles
Stortford Rd, Clavering, Saffron Walden, Essex, CB11 4PE
Acorn Conv. Store & Off Licence6.61 miles
Cambridge Road, Little Abington Cambridge CB21 6BN
Nisa Local6.66 miles
34 Town St, Thaxted, Dunmow, Essex, CM6 2LA
Saracens Filling Station6.77 miles
Mill End, Thaxted, Essex CM6 2LT
Londis, Whittlesford7.13 miles
1a High Street, Whittlesford, CB22 4LT
SPAR Sawston7.35 miles
Spar Store, 52 High Street, Cambridgeshire, CB22 3BG
Transport
Airport
London Stansted Airport9.41 miles
Cambridge City Airport12.98 miles
London Luton Airport28.11 miles
London City Airport36.97 miles
London Southend Airport37.26 miles
Biggin Hill Airport48.74 miles
Bus Stop
Church Street (SW)0.10 miles
Common Hill (S)0.16 miles
Common Hill (N)0.16 miles
East Street (E)0.24 miles
Chaters Hill (W)0.25 miles
Post Office (N)0.26 miles
Highfields (S)0.29 miles
Lambert Cross (E)0.29 miles
High Street (S)0.30 miles
High Street (N)0.31 miles
Usterdale Road (E)0.32 miles
Station Street (N)0.40 miles
Goddard Way (SE)0.40 miles
Thaxted Road (SE)0.40 miles
Hatherley Court (W)0.40 miles
The Axe (W)0.41 miles
Ferry Port
Wallasea Island Ferry Landing36.55 miles
Burnham on Crouch Ferry Landing37.15 miles
Woolwich Ferry North Pier37.32 miles
East India Pier37.35 miles
Camden Lock Waterbus37.41 miles
Woolwich Arsenal Pier37.41 miles
Woolwich Ferry South Pier37.49 miles
North Greenwich Pier37.56 miles
Barrier Gardens Pier37.66 miles
Canary Wharf Pier37.77 miles
Hilton Docklands Nelson Dock Pier37.91 miles
London Zoo Waterbus Stop38.03 miles
Tower Pier38.35 miles
St Katharine's Pier38.38 miles
London Bridge City Pier38.52 miles
Greenland Pier for Surrey Quays38.55 miles
Railway Station
Audley End Rail Station2.09 miles
Great Chesterford Rail Station3.08 miles
Newport (Essex) Rail Station3.39 miles
Whittlesford Parkway Rail Station6.23 miles
Elsenham Rail Station7.33 miles
Stansted Mountfitchet Rail Station8.80 miles
Shelford (Cambs) Rail Station9.49 miles
Stansted Airport Rail Station9.55 miles
Foxton Rail Station10.14 miles
Shepreth Rail Station10.78 miles
Meldreth Rail Station10.82 miles
Bishops Stortford Rail Station11.49 miles
Royston Rail Station11.54 miles
Cambridge Rail Station12.40 miles
Dullingham Rail Station13.24 miles
Ashwell & Morden Rail Station14.92 miles
Crime
Flood Data
Flood Risk Per Year (CB10 1B*)
Number of Properties in Catchment119
Very Low Risk (<0.1% chance of flooding)0
Low Risk (0.1% < 1% chance of flooding)0
Medium Risk (1% < 3.3% chance of flooding)0
High Risk (>3.3%)0
Property Sales
119, GODDARD WAY

SAFFRON WALDEN
ESSEX
CB10 2ED		£475,000
2025-03-31
detached
freehold
111, LITTLE WALDEN ROAD

SAFFRON WALDEN
ESSEX
CB10 2DN		£510,000
2025-03-21
semidetached
freehold
31, LAMBERT CROSS

SAFFRON WALDEN
ESSEX
CB10 2DP		£405,000
2024-10-25
semidetached
freehold
1, ST MARYS VIEW

SAFFRON WALDEN
ESSEX
CB10 2GF		£590,000
2024-09-13
semidetached
freehold
12, FLATFIELD ROAD

SAFFRON WALDEN
ESSEX
CB10 2SH		£675,000
2024-06-10
detached (New)
freehold
6, HOME PASTURE

SAFFRON WALDEN
ESSEX
CB10 2SY		£565,000
2024-05-31
detached (New)
freehold
71, LITTLE WALDEN ROAD

SAFFRON WALDEN
ESSEX
CB10 2DL		£690,000
2025-01-15
detached
freehold
82, LITTLE WALDEN ROAD

SAFFRON WALDEN
ESSEX
CB10 2DW		£280,000
2024-11-28
semidetached
freehold
40, LAMBERT CROSS

SAFFRON WALDEN
ESSEX
CB10 2DP		£455,000
2024-06-27
semidetached
freehold
107, GODDARD WAY

SAFFRON WALDEN
ESSEX
CB10 2ED		£457,500
2024-08-29
detached
freehold
136, GODDARD WAY

SAFFRON WALDEN
ESSEX
CB10 2ED		£540,000
2024-07-18
detached
freehold
113, LITTLE WALDEN ROAD

SAFFRON WALDEN
ESSEX
CB10 2DN		£645,000
2024-07-16
semidetached
freehold
127, GODDARD WAY

SAFFRON WALDEN
ESSEX
CB10 2ED		£447,500
2024-06-14
detached
freehold
Sold 2024-01-11   £340,000
105, LITTLE WALDEN ROAD

SAFFRON WALDEN
ESSEX
CB10 2DN		£665,000
2024-01-12
semidetached
freehold
DUNWICH HOUSE, LITTLE WALDEN ROAD

SAFFRON WALDEN
ESSEX
CB10 1UX		£1,387,500
2023-10-20
detached
freehold
3, CORNER PARK

SAFFRON WALDEN
ESSEX
CB10 2EF		£490,000
2023-08-17
detached
freehold
25, FLATFIELD ROAD

SAFFRON WALDEN
ESSEX
CB10 2SH		£486,000
2023-07-13
detached (New)
freehold
23, FLATFIELD ROAD

SAFFRON WALDEN
ESSEX
CB10 2SH		£710,000
2023-07-10
detached
freehold
27, FLATFIELD ROAD

SAFFRON WALDEN
ESSEX
CB10 2SH		£478,000
2023-07-06
detached (New)
freehold
2, FLATFIELD ROAD

SAFFRON WALDEN
ESSEX
CB10 2SH		£639,868
2023-06-16
otherPropertyType
freehold
BROADACRE COURT (FLAT 1), FLATFIELD ROAD

SAFFRON WALDEN
ESSEX
CB10 2SJ		£1,410,295
2023-06-16
otherPropertyType
freehold
5, LAMBERT CROSS

SAFFRON WALDEN
ESSEX
CB10 2DP		£559,000
2023-06-16
detached
freehold
4, LAMBERT CROSS

SAFFRON WALDEN
ESSEX
CB10 2DP		£435,000
2023-06-15
detached
freehold
75, LITTLE WALDEN ROAD

SAFFRON WALDEN
ESSEX
CB10 2DL		£680,000
2023-06-14
detached
freehold
124, GODDARD WAY

SAFFRON WALDEN
ESSEX
CB10 2ED		£475,000
2023-06-07
detached
freehold
35, LAMBERT CROSS

SAFFRON WALDEN
ESSEX
CB10 2DP		£740,000
2023-05-10
detached
freehold
12, MAYLEN CLOSE

SAFFRON WALDEN
ESSEX
CB10 2SQ		£697,500
2023-04-28
detached (New)
freehold
15, FLATFIELD ROAD

SAFFRON WALDEN
ESSEX
CB10 2SH		£450,000
2023-04-28
semidetached (New)
freehold
10, MAYLEN CLOSE

SAFFRON WALDEN
ESSEX
CB10 2SQ		£595,000
2023-04-28
detached (New)
freehold
2, MAYLEN CLOSE

SAFFRON WALDEN
ESSEX
CB10 2SQ		£705,000
2023-04-28
detached (New)
freehold
4, MAYLEN CLOSE

SAFFRON WALDEN
ESSEX
CB10 2SQ		£480,000
2023-04-28
detached (New)
freehold
17, FLATFIELD ROAD

SAFFRON WALDEN
ESSEX
CB10 2SH		£485,000
2023-04-27
semidetached (New)
freehold
1, HOME PASTURE

SAFFRON WALDEN
ESSEX
CB10 2SY		£3,656,765
2023-04-27
otherPropertyType
freehold
3, MAYLEN CLOSE

SAFFRON WALDEN
ESSEX
CB10 2SQ		£750,000
2023-04-11
detached (New)
freehold
19, FLATFIELD ROAD

SAFFRON WALDEN
ESSEX
CB10 2SH		£460,000
2023-04-03
semidetached (New)
freehold
5, MAYLEN CLOSE

SAFFRON WALDEN
ESSEX
CB10 2SQ		£710,000
2023-03-24
detached (New)
freehold
7, MAYLEN CLOSE

SAFFRON WALDEN
ESSEX
CB10 2SQ		£515,000
2023-03-23
detached (New)
freehold
8, CORNER PARK

SAFFRON WALDEN
ESSEX
CB10 2EF		£525,000
2023-03-17
detached
freehold
9, MAYLEN CLOSE

SAFFRON WALDEN
ESSEX
CB10 2SQ		£800,000
2023-03-14
detached (New)
freehold
LITTLE MEADOW
LITTLE WALDEN
SAFFRON WALDEN
ESSEX
CB10 1UZ		£1,050,000
2023-03-07
detached
freehold
21, FLATFIELD ROAD

SAFFRON WALDEN
ESSEX
CB10 2SH		£510,500
2023-01-04
semidetached (New)
freehold
1, MAYLEN CLOSE

SAFFRON WALDEN
ESSEX
CB10 2SQ		£643,000
2022-12-19
detached (New)
freehold
27, LAMBERT CROSS

SAFFRON WALDEN
ESSEX
CB10 2DP		£460,000
2022-12-14
semidetached
freehold
109, LITTLE WALDEN ROAD

SAFFRON WALDEN
ESSEX
CB10 2DN		£400,000
2022-12-09
semidetached
freehold
15, ST MARYS VIEW

SAFFRON WALDEN
ESSEX
CB10 2GF		£445,000
2022-11-25
detached
freehold
20, ST MARYS VIEW

SAFFRON WALDEN
ESSEX
CB10 2GF		£355,000
2022-11-25
terraced
freehold
13, FLATFIELD ROAD

SAFFRON WALDEN
ESSEX
CB10 2SH		£635,000
2022-11-11
detached (New)
freehold
6, LAMBERT CROSS

SAFFRON WALDEN
ESSEX
CB10 2DP		£440,000
2022-11-11
detached
freehold
98, LITTLE WALDEN ROAD

SAFFRON WALDEN
ESSEX
CB10 2DW		£600,000
2022-11-07
detached
freehold
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