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LOCAL INFO
Local Area
Information - Bishops Stortford (Herts)
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Shopping
Shopping in Bishops Stortford is highly recommended. In addition to traditional
street markets on Thursdays and Saturdays, Bishops Stortford is served by a wide variety
of shops. These include National multiples, such a Marks and Spencers, Burtons and
Laura Ashley as well as copious high quality retailers such as Clement Joscelyne selling
furniture and household goods, Zelleys the jewellers, Maslens hardware shop, Carr and Bury
the drapers, Pearsons the towns major department store and Tissimans and Sons who
are probably the oldest and most attractive shop premises in Bishops Stortford and they
offer the service and quality expected from traditional gentlemen's tailor and
outfitters. This business was established in the 16th Century.
Pubs and Restaurants
For those who enjoy a meal or an evening at the pub Bishops Stortford can satisfy most
people's needs. The choice of menus range from ethnic such as, The Stortford Garden
for Chinese cooking and the Indian Restaurant in South Street to the Restaurante Venezia
in Devoils Lane for fine Italian food. There are several fast food outlets such as
The Pizza Hut, The Deep Pan Pizza Co and Wimpeys in market square. For a more
traditional dinner, the George Hotel has an excellent restaurant as
does Hazlewood's Restaurant in North Street. There are also a number of traditional
tea rooms close to the town centre including, The Jolly Teapot, Copper Kettle and Bay Tree
in Sworders Yard. There are many Public Houses of all shapes and sizes catering for
both the old and young throughout the town.
Your local Internet Provider
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Your local Councils
Bishops Stortford Town Council, The Old Monastery, Wind Hill,
Bishops Stortford, Herts CM23 2ND Tele: 01279 652274.
East Hertfordshire District Council, Council Offices, 2 The Causeway, Bishops Stortford,
Herts CM2 2EJ. Tele: 01279 655261.
EMERGENCY SERVICES
Police Station
Basbow Lane, Bishop's Stortford, Herts, CM23 2NA
Telephone: (01279) 508908
St. Margaret's Hospital, The Plain, Epping, Essex
Telephone: 01992 561666
Princess Alexander Hospital, Hamstel Road, Harlow, Essex
Telephone: 01279 444455
Magistrates Court
The Court House, High Street, Bishops Stortford.
Tele: 01992 556531
The Library
The Causeway, Adderley Road. Tele: 01279 654946
Tourist Information Centre
Bishops Stortford Town Council Offices, The Old Monastery,
(through the Courtyard), Windhill, Bishops Stortford.
Tele: 01279 652274
Social Services Centre
5-6 Ducketts Wharf, South Street. Tele: 01279 653231
Bus Depots
Eastern National Limited, Station Road, Passengers
Enquiries.
Tele: 01245 353104
London County Bus Service Limited
Tele: 01279 426349.
Citizens Advice Bureau
74 South Street Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 3AZ
Phone: 08701 264083 (including 24 hour touch-tone advice service)
Fax: 01279 306698 Web Site:www.adviceguide.org.uk
Market days - Thursday - Market Square and North
Street
Saturday - Market Square only
Registrar of Births, Marriages and Deaths
2 Hockerill Street, Bishops Stortford. Tele: 01279 652273
(marriages)
01279 651318 (births and deaths).
Car Parks
Adderley Road (Multi Storey), Anchor Street, Apton Road, Basbow
Lane, British Rail, Station Road, Hockerill (Crown Terrace), Link Road (The Causeway),
Riverside (Near Sainsburys), The Causeway. Parking Season Tickets available via East
Herts District Council - Tele: 01279 655261.
Swimming Pool
Grange Paddocks, Rye Street - Tele: 01279
652332.
Hospitals and Health Centres
Herts and Essex Hospital, Haymeads Lane, Bishops
Stortford. Tele: 01279 655191
Princess Alexandra Hospital, Hamstel Road, Harlow. Tele: 01279 444455
St Margaret's Hospital, The Plain, Epping. Tele: 01992 561666
Health Centre and Dental Clinic, Market Square, Bishops Stortford. Tele: 01279
652745
Family Planning Clinic, Herts and Essex Hospital, Bishops Stortford. Tele: 01279
657759
Charities
Enhancing the
quality of life of patients living with cancer and
other life-limiting illnesses in eastern Hertfordshire.
The
Isabel Hospice website http://www.isabelhospice.org.uk/
Doctors Surgeries
Bishops Park Health Centre, Lancaster Way. Tele:
01279 755057
Church Street Partnership, 30a Church Street. Tele: 01279 657636
Dr.P.J. Hickman, Highcroft Surgery, 27 Thorley Hill. Tele: 01279 657684
The South Street Surgery, 83 South Street. Tele: 01279 653225
The Stansted Surgery, 86 St Johns Road, Stansted. Tele: 01279 813200
Thorley Health Clinic, Villiers-sur-Marne Avenue. Tele: 01279 506610
Dental Practices
Dental Surgery, 52 Chantry Road. Tele: 01279 654112
Eyles and Dodsley, 2 Woodfields, Stansted. Tele: 01279 815041
Paul Kletz and David Sher and Associates, 26 South Street. Tele: 01279 505060
The Limes Dental Practice, 30 Stansted Road. Tele: 01279 758210
Thorley Neighbourhood Centre, Villiers-sur-Marne Avenue. Tele: 01279 507695
Urie, Sutherland and Stewart Dental Surgery, 36 Hadham Road. Tele: 01279 755720
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