Birchanger is a village in Essex, England, 3 km northeast of Bishop's Stortford and 25 km northwest of the county town, Chelmsford. The village is in the district of Uttlesford and the parliamentary constituency of Saffron Walden. There is a Parish Council. The local CoE church of St Mary the Virgin, dating from the 12th century, is a Grade II* listed building. The village lies close to London Stansted Airport, 3 km to the east, and is 2 km south of Stansted Mountfitchet.