Great Chesterford is a village and civil parish in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England. The village is 13 miles north from Bishop's Stortford, 10 miles south from Cambridge and about 25 miles northwest from the city and Essex county town of Chelmsford. The Icknield Way Path passes through the village on its 110 miles route between Ivinghoe Beacon in Buckinghamshire and Knettishall Heath in Suffolk. The Icknield Way Trail, a route for walkers, horse riders and cyclists also passes through.