| Bishop's Stortford | |
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 Looking down Windhill towards the town centre | |
  Bishop's Stortford Location within Hertfordshire | |
| Population | 41,088 (2020)[1] |
| OS grid reference | TL495215 |
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| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BISHOP'S STORTFORD |
| Postcode district | CM22, CM23 |
| Dialling code | 01279 |
| Police | Hertfordshire |
| Fire | Hertfordshire |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| UK Parliament | |
Bishop's Stortford is a historic market town and civil parish in the East Hertfordshire district, in the county of Hertfordshire, England. It is in the London commuter belt, near the border with Essex, just west of the M11 motorway and Stansted Airport, 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.[1] The district of East Hertfordshire, where the town centre is located, was ranked as the best place to live in the UK by the Halifax Quality of Life annual survey in 2020.[2]
- ^ a b "Parish Population estimates for mid-2011 to mid-2020 based on best-fitting of output areas to parishes". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
- ^ "Revealed: The best place to live in the UK". Sky News. Retrieved 11 March 2022.