Little Waltham

Little Waltham is a village and civil parish in the Chelmsford district of Essex, England, lying 3 miles (5 km) north of the centre of Chelmsford itself. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 1,950. Since that census the parish has ceded some territory to the new parish of Chelmsford Garden.

It is adjacent to the village of Great Waltham. The Domesday Book refers to the two villages as Waltham, consisting of several manors. The site of an Iron Age village was excavated before upgrading the main road north between the current villages.

The village straddles the River Chelmer. Its main street has a number of old houses near the bridge, notably a rare Essex example of a Wealden hall house, now divided into three cottages. A footpath leads south alongside the river to a nature reserve. The countryside is under continued threat from housing and road development.