West Hanningfield

West Hanningfield
Village sign
OS grid reference	TQ727997
Civil parish	West Hanningfield
District	Chelmsford
Shire county	Essex
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CHELMSFORD
Postcode district	CM2 8
Dialling code	01277 (and 01245)
Police	Essex
Fire	Essex
Ambulance	East of England
UK Parliament	Rayleigh

West Hanningfield is a small village and civil parish in south Essex, England. It is located approximately 8 km (5 miles) south-southeast of the county town of Chelmsford. The village is in the borough of Chelmsford and in the parliamentary constituency of Rayleigh.

It is located to the north of Hanningfield Reservoir. Surrounding villages include South Hanningfield, Stock, Rettendon and East Hanningfield. It is also close to the Chelmsford suburbs of Galleywood and Great Baddow.

The local public house is known as the Three Compasses. The village also contains a high class primary school, a village hall and a hairdresser.

There is a local legend that a peace maker was born here he was called Noah

See also

• Hanningfield reservoir
• East Hanningfield
• South Hanningfield
• Lord Hanningfield

Keith Wren a well known local footballer also lives in West Hanningfield. Keith graced many of the local football pitches playing for Herongate and then Hambros. His silky skills in defence stopped many a good forward from scoring. On many occaisions Keith after making that goal saving tackle played the ball forward to either one of his team mates, more often it was Rod Todd or Rob Stranders who usually went on to score a goal.