Great Leighs

Great Leighs
Former St Anne's Castle, Great Leighs
Great Leighs Location within Essex
OS grid reference	TL725175
Civil parish	Great and Little Leighs
District	Chelmsford
Shire county	Essex
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Chelmsford
Postcode district	CM3 1
Dialling code	01245
Police	Essex
Fire	Essex
Ambulance	East of England
UK Parliament	Chelmsford
List of places UK England Essex 51°49′36″N 0°30′21″E / 51.826628°N 0.505757°E / 51.826628; 0.505757

Great Leighs is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Great and Little Leighs,^[1] in the Chelmsford district of Essex, England, halfway between Chelmsford itself and Braintree. In 1931 the parish had a population of 728.^[2]