Little Waltham | |
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Village centre | |
Location within Essex | |
Population | 1,285 |
OS grid reference | TL7012 |
Shire county | |
Region | |
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 | |
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]