Sandon, Essex

Coordinates: 51°42′54″N 0°31′34″E / 51.715°N 0.526°E / 51.715; 0.526

Sandon
St Andrew, Sandon
Sandon  Sandon shown within Essex
OS grid reference	TL731052
District	Chelmsford
Shire county	Essex
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Chelmsford
Postcode district	CM2 7
Dialling code	01245
Police	Essex
Fire	Essex
Ambulance	East of England
EU Parliament	East of England
UK Parliament	Maldon & East Chelmsford
List of places: UK • England • Essex

Sandon is a small village just off junction 17 of the A12 in Essex, adjacent to Great Baddow and close to Danbury. It was known for an ancient oak tree covering most of the village green. This rare Spanish oak was planted in 1888 to mark Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee, and was removed for safety reasons in 2000 after collapsing due to long-standing fungal infection (this oak tree was used by a local artist for many of his paintings, and was represented on the village sign for several years). Three new oak trees were planted on the village green to continue its legacy and mark Queen Elizabeth's Golden Jubilee.

Sandon has a secondary School, which is on Molrams Lane, which marks the border between Sandon and Great Baddow.

The Sandon School in Chelmsford, Essex is a 11-18 mixed comprehensive of 1200 students and is a specialist College in Mathematics and Computing which has just received redesignation offering a two year Key Stage 3 in English, Mathematics, ICT and Science.
“A good school and improving school” OFSTED (October 2007)
Holders of Sportsmark, Healthy Schools Award and Investors in People.

Sandon's only pub is The Crown, which is situated on the village green opposite St. Andrews Church (in recent years the Crown was closed for one year following a fire in January 2004, but re-opened in March 2005). Foundation stones from a long-demolished village primary school can be spotted in the walls of the pub car park.

There are two pits located next to the A12. These are the results of gravel extraction during previous decades. In recent years these pits have been subject to an application to be utilised as landfill sites, but now have been planted on and are used by children as play areas and by dog walkers.

Major changes to the village over the last 40 years include the building of the Gablefields estate (on the east edge of the village) on the site of the old Gable Farm in 1975, the construction of the A12 bypass further to the east around 1986, and the construction in the intervening area of an extension to Gablefields, The Lintons, in the 1990s.

References

• Department of Education and Skills
• BBC The Jubilee Oak - A Sense of Place - Programme Six

but are currently used only by dog walkers.

External links

• [1] Sandon Church website, giving information about St Andrew's, its services and events, as well as important contacts

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