Clavering is a village and civil parish in the Uttlesford district, in north-west Essex in England. It lies 6 miles (10 km) south-west of Saffron Walden, its post town, and 20 miles (32 km) south of Cambridge. The name 'Clavering' means 'place where clover grows'. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 1,345.