Bacteriostatic water in Sawbridgeworth

Local facts for Sawbridgeworth

Sawbridgeworth sits in the CM21 postcode district (CM area), within East Hertfordshire, East of England, England.

CM21 is a mainland UK district, so orders to Sawbridgeworth go out on next-day UK delivery. How we deliver.

Nearest universities with REF 2021 research submissions in Biological Sciences or Chemistry:

• Queen Mary University of London, Biological Sciences & Chemistry, 34.7 km
• Institute of Zoology, Biological Sciences, 37.4 km
• University College London, Biological Sciences & Chemistry, 37.5 km

Straight-line distance. Listed for local context only; no affiliation implied.

Further universities within 80 km of Sawbridgeworth with REF 2021 submissions in these units:

• Birkbeck College (UKPRN 10007760): Biological Sciences, 37.7 km south-west
• University of Greenwich (UKPRN 10007146): Chemistry, 38 km south
• King's College London (UKPRN 10003645): Biological Sciences & Chemistry, 38.1 km south-west
• Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine (UKPRN 10003270): Biological Sciences & Chemistry, 41.6 km south-west
• Institute of Cancer Research: Royal Cancer Hospital (The) (UKPRN 10003324): Biological Sciences, 42.3 km south-west
• University of Cambridge (UKPRN 10007788): Biological Sciences & Chemistry, 43.8 km north
• The University of Essex (UKPRN 10007791): Biological Sciences, 55.3 km east
• Royal Holloway and Bedford New College (UKPRN 10005553): Biological Sciences, 65.7 km south-west

Nearby: Harlow (6.2 km), Bishop's Stortford (6.5 km), Hoddesdon (12.7 km), Ware (12.8 km), Epping (13 km).

Regional hub: St Albans.

Sawbridgeworth lies east of St Albans, about 34.4 km in a straight line.

Other location pages in the CM postcode area (25 of the 227 we list for East of England):

• Harlow, CM20, 6.2 km
• Chipping Ongar, CM5, 13.7 km
• Uttlesford, CM22, 15.5 km
• Great Dunmow, CM6, 16 km
• Thaxted, CM6, 20.5 km
• Essex, CM1, 22.1 km
• CM, 22.3 km
• Chelmsford, CM1, 23.7 km

Postcode districts in the CM area covered by our East of England location pages: CM0, CM1, CM3, CM5, CM6, CM7, CM8, CM9, CM12, CM15, CM16, CM20, CM21, CM22, CM23.

More nearby location pages in East of England (within 50 km; straight line, nearest first):

Also in East Hertfordshire (7 location pages): Bishop's Stortford 6.5 km, East Hertfordshire 11.2 km, Ware 12.8 km, Hertford 15.8 km, Hertfordshire 17.4 km, Buntingford 18.8 km.

Nearest location page in each direction from Sawbridgeworth: north, Bishop's Stortford (6.5 km); east, Chipping Ongar (13.7 km); south, Harlow (6.2 km); west, East Hertfordshire (11.2 km).

Location pages in East of England within 10 km of Sawbridgeworth: 3; within 25 km: 31; within 50 km: 112.

Map reference: 51.8123, 0.1511 (OS Open Names osgb4000000074570942).

Sources: OS Open Names and ONS Postcode Directory (OGL), OpenStreetMap (ODbL), REF 2021, Parcelforce zone list. Updated 12 Oct 2026.