Toot Hill is a village in the Epping Forest

Epping Forest (district)

Epping Forest is a local government district of the county of Essex, England. It is named after Epping Forest, of which the district contains a large part...

 District, in the English county of Essex

Essex

Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...

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Geography

Nearby settlements include the town of Chipping Ongar

Chipping Ongar

Chipping Ongar is a small market town, and a civil parish called Ongar, in the Epping Forest district of the county of Essex, England. It is located East of Epping, South-East of Harlow and North-West of Brentwood.-Geography:...

, the village of Greensted

Greensted

Greensted-juxta-Ongar is a village in Essex, England, strung out along the Greensted Road approximately one mile to the west of Chipping Ongar.-Naming:...

 and the hamlets of Greensted Green

Greensted Green

Greensted Green is hamlet in the Epping Forest District, in the English county of Essex. It is positioned at the western end of Greensted, slightly above 2 miles to the west of Ongar.- Name origin :...

 and Clatterford End

Clatterford End, Toot Hill

Clatterford End is hamlet near the village of Toot Hill, in the Epping Forest District, in the English county of Essex-Location grid:- External links :* http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/79867* http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/79866...

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Location grid

Amenities

Toot Hill has a golf course and a pub, the Green Man. The traditional timber village hall has been replaced with a prefabricated concrete edifice. A village store incorporating a post office was closed and the building was converted for residential use.

Water tower

The erection of a concrete water tower

Water tower

A water tower or elevated water tower is a large elevated drinking water storage container constructed to hold a water supply at a height sufficient to pressurize a water distribution system....

 to the north east of Toot Hill has increased the pressure in the public water supply and, more recently, provided an instant home for mobile telephone masts.

Transport

For transport there is the A414 road

A414 road

The A414 is a major road in England. It runs from the A41 at a junction west of Hemel Hempstead in Hertfordshire, through the town to junction 8 of the M1 motorway at Buncefield, and running parallel to the M1 until junction 7, heading south of St Albans, east through Hatfield, Hertford, then...

 nearby and there is a bus service operated by Regal Busways

Regal Busways

Regal Busways Ltd is a small bus operator established in 2001 and based in Essex. Their services operate through 30 local communities including Chelmsford, Epping, The Hanningfields, Canvey Island, Harlow, Ongar, Pleshey, Toot Hill, Upshire, Waltham Abbey, Waltham Cross and Wickford.-History:Regal...

 (under contract to Essex County Council) to Epping

Epping

Epping is a small market town and civil parish in the Epping Forest district of the County of Essex, England. It is located north-east of Loughton, south of Harlow and north-west of Brentwood....

 and Harlow

Harlow

Harlow is a new town and local government district in Essex, England. It is located in the west of the county and on the border with Hertfordshire, on the Stort Valley, The town is near the M11 motorway and forms part of the London commuter belt.The district has a current population of 78,889...

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Toot Hill village show

The Toot Hill village show takes place each August: in recent years the show has relocated three miles to the west of Toot Hill to a field at Stanford Rivers

Stanford Rivers

Stanford Rivers is a village and civil parish in the Epping Forest district of Essex, England. It is located North-East of Chipping Ongar, North-West of North Weald Bassett and South-East of Kelvedon Hatch.-External links:* *...

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