Sewards End extends along the Walden Road, two miles east of Saffron Walden. The village is about a mile long on the B1053. It is 43 miles from London, 17 from Cambridge and 14 from Bishops Stortford. Audley End railway station is 4.5 miles away. Some of the village dates back to the 11th century. Today Sewards End has about 190 houses and about 140 children. The village has an active WI,  youth club, mothers and toddlers, and carpet bowls. A library van visits the village on a Friday morning, once every three weeks. Open gardens and a village fete are held every few years.  St James Church holds services every two weeks. 
We also hold regular monthly coffee mornings, village drinks and pub nights.

A village history was written in 2000 and republished in 2009. Copies can be obtained from Tracy Coston (Tel: 01223 894462 /tracy@coston.me.uk).

The Parish Council was set up in 2004.