Uttlesford is in North-West Essex and home to London Stansted International Airport.
The district is less than an hour from London by rail or road.
It is easily reached from London and Cambridge via junctions 8 and 9 of the M11.
The A120 links to Chelmsford and the wider Essex area.
Saffron Walden to Cambridge – 16 miles
Great Dunmow to Chelmsford – 13 miles
The mainline railway link is to London Liverpool Street and Cambridge. Stations serving the district are at Stansted Mountfitchet, Stansted Airport, Elsenham, Newport, Audley End (for Saffron Walden) and Great Chesterford.