Flitch Green
| Flitch Green | |
| Essex | |
|---|---|
 Flitch Green | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TL656214 |
| Location: | 51°51’38"N, -0°24’57"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 2,645 (2021) |
| Post town: | Dunmow |
| Postcode: | CM6 |
| Dialling code: | 01371 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Uttlesford |
Flitch Green is a hamlet which consists of a housing development built outside the village of Little Dunmow in Essex. Flitch Green is near the A120 dual carriageway between Felsted and Great Dunmow, the last of which is about five miles away. Flitch Green is on the site of an old sugar beet factory.
The development, originally named 'Oakwood Park', is next to the Flitch Way, a public right of way between Bishop's Stortford and Braintree where the old railway line]] used to run. The name 'Flitch' refers to a local custom, the Fitch Trials, at which a flitch of bacon is awarded to the most devoted marriage couple. Building of Flitch Green began in 2001. The population (in December 2008) was 1,200, increasing to 2,190 at the 2011 Census.
Flitch Green Primary School, which serves the estate, was opened in September 2008. The primary school converted to The Flitch Green Academy in 2011.
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