The M11 motorway runs north to south 1 mile (1.6 km) east from the village.

During Roman Britain, Littlebury Green was named 'Stretley' after its position on the Ermine Street route towards Chesterford.

[2] White's Directory mentions the Roman road and of records referring to the settlement as 'Streetly Green'[3] In 1851 Littlebury Green comprised 32 houses, including two beer-houses.

A small chapel of ease, built in 1885 by subscription and dedicated to St Peter, held seating for 150.

[7] Apart from St Peter's chapel of ease, there are six Grade II listed buildings in Littlebury Green: the former Hoops public house, a timber-framed house dating to the 17th century; the adjacent Green Farmhouse, a c.1600 two-storey timber-framed and plastered house, with adjoining brick barn; Caitlin's Farmhouse, a c.1600 timber-framed and plastered house with brick-faced bottom storey; and Howe Hall, a 19th-century brick house with its adjoining 18th- 19th-century timber-framed and plastered dovecote.