Birds Green is a
hamlet
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in the
civil parish
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of
Abbess, Beauchamp and Berners Roding
Abbess, Beauchamp and Berners Roding is a group of three small villages in the County of Essex, England. Collectively, they form one Civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Epping Forest (district), Epping Forest district of Essex.
Accor ...
and the
Epping Forest
Epping Forest is a area of ancient woodland, and other established habitats, which straddles the border between Greater London and Essex. The main body of the forest stretches from Epping in the north, to Chingford on the edge of the Lond ...
district of
Essex
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, England. The hamlet is within
The Rodings
The Rodings are a group of eight villages in the upper part of the River Roding and the west of Essex, England, the largest group in the country to bear a common name. (Registration required.) The Rodings do not lie within a single district in t ...
group of civil parishes, and is west from the
county town
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of
Chelmsford
Chelmsford () is a city in the City of Chelmsford district in the county of Essex, England. It is the county town of Essex and one of three cities in the county, along with Colchester and Southend-on-Sea. It is located north-east of London ...
. The village of
Beauchamp Roding is less than to the north, and
Fyfield to the south.
The
River Roding
The River Roding () is a river that rises at Molehill Green, Essex, England, then flows south through Essex and London and forms Barking Creek as it reaches the River Thames.
Course
The river leaves Molehill Green and passes through or near a ...
flows through Birds Green, and feeds three lakes for angling at the northeast of the hamlet.
Birds Green Fishing Lakes
Matt Skerrett, iessex.co.uk.
References
External links
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Epping Forest District
Hamlets in Essex
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