title: Matching Tye
text: # Matching Tye
  
  Matching Tye is a village which forms part of the civil parish of Matching, in the County of Essex, England. It is 2.3 miles (3.7 km) east of Harlow, 2.9 Miles (4.8 km) south-east of Sawbridgeworth and 6.3 miles (10.4 km) north-east of Epping.
  
  The actor and comedian Rik Mayall was born at Matching Tye.
  
  ## Other Matching parish settlements
  
  * Carter's Green
  * Housham Tye
  * Matching
  * Matching Green
  * Newman's End
  
  ## Transport
  
  There is no railway station in the village, the nearest active rail link is Harlow Mill, 4.2 miles from the village centre.
  
  