Ingatestone is a village in Essex, England, with a population of about 5,000. To the prompt north lies the town of Fryerning, and also with each other both form the civil church of Ingatestone and also Fryerning. Ingatestone lies within Metropolitan Green Belt land 20 miles (32 km) north-east of London. The built-up area is mostly positioned in between the A12 trunk road and also the Great Eastern Main Railway Line. Today it is a wealthy traveler town. The civil parish for the location is regulated by Ingatestone and also Fryerning Parish Council. Because 1974 the town has actually been within the Borough of Brentwood, although in earlier times the parish was part of Chelmsford Rural district, Chelmsford Rural Sanitary District, and also Chelmsford Poor Law Union. The village exists within the Chelmsford Hundred. Ingatestone has 2 sanctuary, one covering the railway station and also Terminal Lane, and also the other shielding the main buying location of High Street.