Matching Green

{{Short description|Village in Essex, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

{{Use British English|date=May 2025}}

{{Infobox UK place

|country = England

|official_name= Matching Green

|civil_parish=Matching

|coordinates = {{coord|51.777|0.225|display=inline,title}}

| population = 636

| population_ref = [http://www.eppingforestdc.gov.uk/council_services/planning/census/matching.asp Parish Profile : Matching] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041113181434/http://www.eppingforestdc.gov.uk/Council_Services/planning/census/Matching.asp |date=2004-11-13 }}. Epping Forest District Council.

|shire_district=Epping Forest

|shire_county =Essex

|region= East of England

|constituency_westminster= Brentwood and Ongar

|post_town= HARLOW

|postcode_district= CM17

|postcode_area= CM

|dial_code= 01279

|os_grid_reference=

|static_image_name='The Chequers' public house, Matching Green, Essex - geograph.org.uk - 172069.jpg

|static_image_caption=The Chequers public house

}}

Matching Green is a village and the largest settlement in the civil parish of Matching, in Essex, England. It is {{convert|3.0|mi|km|1}} east of Harlow, {{convert|4.5|mi|km|1}} north-west of Chipping Ongar and {{convert|3.9|mi|km|1}} south-east of Sawbridgeworth.

File:Matching Green CC v. High Beach CC at Matching Green, Essex, England 5.jpg

Matching Green has one of the largest village greens in Essex. The green is almost triangular in shape, covers 5.6 hectares (13.8 acres), contains the local cricket field, and is edged by mainly detached cottages and houses dating from the 14th to 19th century, twenty-eight of which are listed buildings. The village public house is The Chequers at the western edge of the green.

The site of the former RAF Matching lies to the east of village.

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