Berden

Berden
Berden
Location within Essex
Population473 (Parish, 2021)
OS grid referenceTL469298
• London30 mi (48 km) S
Civil parish
  • Berden
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBISHOP'S STORTFORD
Postcode districtCM23
PoliceEssex
FireEssex
AmbulanceEast of England
UK Parliament

Berden is a village and civil parish in Essex, England. Berden village is approximately 6 miles (10 km) north from Bishop's Stortford, its post town (which is over the county boundary in Hertfordshire), and 21 miles (34 km) north-west of Essex's county town of Chelmsford. Berden parish, with its own parish council, is in the district of Uttlesford and in the parliamentary constituency of Saffron Walden.

At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 473.

Berden was part of Clavering hundred and is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as a location with four villagers and five smallholders.