Stanstead Abbotts | |
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![]() The High Street in Stanstead Abbotts | |
Location within Hertfordshire | |
Population | 1,950 (2011 Census)[1] |
OS grid reference | TL4011 |
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District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | WARE |
Postcode district | SG12 |
Dialling code | 01920 |
Police | Hertfordshire |
Fire | Hertfordshire |
Ambulance | East of England |
UK Parliament | |
Stanstead Abbotts (alternatively Stanstead Abbots) is a village and civil parish in the district of East Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, England; it lies on the county boundary with Essex. At the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 1,983.[2]
The village is situated approximately two miles (three kilometres) south-southeast of Ware, four miles (six kilometres) southeast of Hertford, two miles (three kilometres) north-northeast of Hoddesdon and five miles (eight kilometres) west of Harlow. The village is separated from the village of Stanstead St Margarets by the River Lea.