Sheering

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

{{distinguish|Shearing (disambiguation){{!}}Shearing}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}}

{{Use British English|date=April 2017}}

{{Infobox UK place

|country= England

|official_name= Sheering

|civil_parish= Sheering

|coordinates = {{coord|51.80431|0.18451|display=inline,title}}

|population= 2,838

|population_ref= [http://www.eppingforestdc.gov.uk/Library/files/planning/Local_Development_Framework/Evidence_Base/Population%20Comparison%20Figures%20%281961%20to%202001%29.pdf] Epping Forest DC Census

|shire_district= Epping Forest

|shire_county= Essex

|region= East of England

|constituency_westminster= Harlow

|post_town= BISHOP'S STORTFORD

|postcode_district= CM22

|postcode_area= CM

|dial_code= 01279

|os_grid_reference=

|static_image= File:Church of St Mary the Virgin, Sheering, Essex ~ from the northwest.jpg

|static_image_caption= Church of St Mary the Virgin, Sheering

}}

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Sheering is a civil parish and village in the Epping Forest district of Essex, England. Sheering village is situated {{convert|2.8|mi|km|0}} north-east from Harlow, {{convert|4.5|mi|km|0}} south of Bishop's Stortford and {{convert|25|mi|km|0}} north-east from London. The Stort Navigation to the west has a lock at Sheering Mill. Lower Sheering, adjacent to Sawbridgeworth in Hertfordshire and its railway station, forms part of the civil parish.

Sheering village has approximately 350 households. There is a Church of England primary school and a public house - The Cock Inn, a general store with a post office, a sandwich shop and a hairdresser's.

Bus services connect Sheering to Harlow and Chelmsford.

The Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin on Church Lane, Sheering is a Grade I listed building.{{National Heritage List for England|num=1146947|desc=Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin|grade=I}} Four other buildings in the parish are Grade II* listed.

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