page_title: Great Sampford
hierarchical_section_title: Great Sampford
caption_attribution_description: English: Great Sampford, Essex. In this village view of Great Sampford, you can see the parish church of St. Michael, which dates from the 13th century. The house on the left is a fine timber-framed building.
context_page_description: Great Sampford is a village and civil parish on the junction of the B1053 and B1051 roads in the north-west of the English county of Essex. The population of the Civil Parish at the 2011 Census was 586. The village includes a primary school, two places of worship and one public house. It is located three miles to the north-east of the town of Thaxted and eight miles to the south-east of Saffron Walden.
  It used to have a RAF airfield called RAF Great Sampford. The River Pant runs through the south of the village.
  It is connected to Hempstead by Howe Lane.
  The village contains two churches - the Baptist Church, which also owns a small hall adjacent to the property, used by the community for the pre-school; and also a Church of England parish church, St Michael's.
  Also in the village is a green and cricket club. Next to the green is a playground which includes a skatepark, donated by the National Lottery Fund, a zip wire funded by an Uttlesford District Council Community Grant, a small football pitch and a tennis court.
context_section_description: Great Sampford is a village and civil parish on the junction of the B1053 and B1051 roads in the north-west of the English county of Essex. The population of the Civil Parish at the 2011 Census was 586. The village includes a primary school, two places of worship and one public house.  It is located three miles to the north-east of the town of Thaxted and eight miles to the south-east of Saffron Walden.
  It used to have a RAF airfield called RAF Great Sampford.  The River Pant runs through the south of the village.
  It is connected to Hempstead by Howe Lane.
  The village contains two churches - the Baptist Church, which also owns a small hall adjacent to the property, used by the community for the pre-school; and also a Church of England parish church, St Michael's.
  Also in the village is a green and cricket club. Next to the green is a playground which includes a skatepark, donated by the National Lottery Fund, a zip wire funded by an Uttlesford District Council Community Grant, a small football pitch and a tennis court.
caption: St Michael's Church from the Thaxted end of the village.
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