Bishop's Stortford
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The Hertfordshire market town of Bishop’s Stortford is enduringly popular with families and commuters. Excellent local amenities put everything for family life on the doorstep. Excellent transport links get you to Central London in less than an hour, and you can drive to London Stansted Airport in 15 minutes. The M11 is just to the east of the town, and the A10 is to the west. With easy access to Hertford, Stevenage, and Harlow, this is a highly sought-after location for a new home.
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Living in Bishop's Stortford
Travel and transport
Much of Bishop’s Stortford’s popularity is down to the highly desirable location. The town is set just off the M11, which leads north to Cambridge (30 miles) and south to London (approximately 35 miles). Nearby centres, including Stevenage, Chelmsford and St Albans, are within an hours’ drive. Bishop’s Stortford train station links the town to London Liverpool Street on the West Anglia mainline, operated by East Anglia trains. There are also regular trains to Cambridge, Stratford, Harlow and King’s Lynn. London Stansted Airport is just 5 miles away.
Local information
The town’s high street is filled with period buildings which sit alongside the Jackson Square Shopping Centre. Fresh from a £5.5 million facelift, Jackson Square is full of high street names and coffee shops. Bishop's Stortford offers a cinema, a health club, and the Rhodes Arts Complex - a large live music and contemporary arts venue and museum. The twice-weekly market and monthly farmers’ market offer opportunities to enjoy local produce, and for your weekly essentials there’s no shortage of supermarkets.
Local schools
There is an excellent choice of schools in and around Bishop’s Stortford. Local primary schools include St Michael’s CofE, St Joseph’s Catholic, Summercroft and Hillmead, all of which are rated either ‘Good’ or ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted. There are five secondary schools in this catchment area. St Mary’s Catholic School, Birchwood High School, Hockerill Anglo-European College, Bishops Stortford High School and The Herts & Essex High School.