More infoThere are many ancient villages in Essex, but one in particular has an interesting history, fantastic travel links, and even some absolutely gorgeous homes! Hatfield Broad Oak is a very large parish located right near Stansted Airport, in a part of the Essex countryside full of woods and streams. You can spot just a few fragments of walls and fish ponds, but the nave of the priory church still forms part of the present parish church. Homes in Hatfield Broad Oak don't come cheap, though - house prices in Hatfield Broad Oak have an overall average of £584,364 over the last year, well over the Essex house price average! And this is no surprise - it's quite the lovely little spot to live in.