Ashen, Essex

Ashen
St Augustine Of Canterbury, Ashen
Ashen
Location within Essex
Population354 (Parish, 2021)
OS grid referenceTL745424
Civil parish
  • Ashen
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSUDBURY
Postcode districtCO10
PoliceEssex
FireEssex
AmbulanceEast of England
UK Parliament

Ashen is a village and civil parish in Essex, England. It is located about 8 km (5.0 mi) east-southeast of Haverhill and is 36 km (22 mi) north from the county town of Chelmsford. The village lies to the south of the River Stour, which here forms the county boundary with Suffolk. The village is in the district of Braintree and in the parliamentary constituency of the same name. The parish is part of the Bumpsteads and Upper Colne parish cluster.

At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 354.