Hastingwood is a hamlet in the North Weald Bassett civil parish of the Epping Forest district of Essex, England.

Nearby settlements include the town of Harlow, North Weald and the hamlet of Foster Street.

[citation needed] The remains of the estate lie on Hastingwood Road, with the mansion house dating from the 1500s still standing and given Grade II protection in 1952.

[1] In 1520, Hastingwood was formerly listed as 'Hazelwood' due to its proximity to a local copse of hazel trees in the Paris Hall estate.

[2] Hastingwood Farm was renamed 'The Rainbow Inn' (after the name of the owner) and became used as a stop for travellers with their horses between Cambridge and London.

[3] In the 20th century, the population expanded slightly up until the 1920s and plateaued until 1945, after-which, in the post-Second World War period, it rose.

The proximity of Hastingwood to North Weald Airfield also served as a reason why housing development was required.

[citation needed] In 1949, Hastingwood was incorporated into the North Weald Bassett parish and removed from the Harlow Hundred.

[citation needed] St Clare's Hospice was established at the south of the village and opened by Baroness Jay of Paddington in 1990.

The council manages such things as local cemeteries, green space, recreational grounds, and allotments.

[6] Hastingwood's public house is the Grade II listed Rainbow and Dove, which dates to the 17th century.

[8] Further Grade II listed buildings include farmhouses, barns and cottages, and Paris Hall which dates to the mid-16th century.

A number of major arterial roads (B181 to Epping and A414 to London, Newmarket and, in the opposite direction, to Chelmsford) run nearby.

The main road from London to Newmarket and Norwich runs through the west and that from Epping to Chelmsford through the south of the parish.