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The Hadhams and Pelhams are nice places; might be Hertfordshire though...
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Probably Moreton the only village I stopped at on the dunwich dynamo.
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Saffron Walden.
It's a bit UKIP central, but very attractive small town, okay-ish transport links to London and decent countryside around it.
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I'm outraged by the suggestions of places in Hertfordshire in response to this question...
North Essex is the nicest bit. Hard to go wrong up there. But Thaxted/Great Bardfield/Finchingfield sort of area's good.
Danbury/The Baddows (where Alex Dowsett lives) are nice and convenient for Chelmsford.
Or you could go north up Felsted way, the bit between Chelmsford and Braintree is good from what I remember.You could say the same about the Layers (de la Hay, Breton, Marney) for Colchester.
Avoid south Essex, the Dengie peninsula and personally I'd say east Essex too unless you like Jaywick or the snootier-than-thou Frinton types. Generally you're better to avoid the coast.
My choice of where to live in rural Essex would basically be decided by where would be a good place to ride to Tiptree (for the jam factory with amazing scones) or the Blue Egg on good lanes. Which is quite a big swath of north Essex.
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We're looking for a nice part of Essex to live. I figured that LFGSS would be extremely knowledgeable about places in Essex as seen from two wheels.
Ignoring budget for now, we want to live somewhere rural with a bit of land. Transport connections to London not a big deal, both of us are able to work from home. We like Essex because it is halfway between our respective parents, in Suffolk and Northamptonshire but also close enough to London to visit other family and friends on occasion.
Are there any villages or areas that really stand out in the collective LFGSS hive mind?