Molehill Green

Molehill Green is a hamlet in Takeley parish in Essex, England, close to the perimeter of London Stansted Airport, The hamlet consists of approximately forty houses and lies about 2.2 miles (3.5 km) north of Takeley village.^[1]

Molehill Green
Molehill Green Location within Essex
Population	117
OS grid reference	TL564247
Civil parish	Takeley
District	Uttlesford
Shire county	Essex
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Bishop's Stortford
Postcode district	CM22
Dialling code	01279
Police	Essex
Fire	Essex
Ambulance	East of England
List of places UK England Essex 51.899°N 0.272°E / 51.899; 0.272

It has one pub called The Three Horseshoes, a small village hall, a shop and a cricket club. Most of the houses are named rather than numbered, and it has only one named street, School Lane. The hamlet was originally called Morrells Green, which is now the name of a small housing estate in Takeley. The River Roding rises from a spring close to the cricket club.

Molehill Green is geographically in Essex but its former postal county is Hertfordshire. Nearby are the hamlets of Chapel End, Broxted, Bamber's Green and the village of Takeley.

There is another Molehill Green in Essex, in Felsted parish.^[2]

Transport

Bus services allow travel to Bishop's Stortford, Saffron Walden, Elsenham, Henham and Stansted Mountfitchet.