Bishop's Stortford is a market town in east Hertfordshire, England, just touching the county boundary with Essex. It is situated just west of the M11, is the closest town to London Stansted Airport, and is part of the London commuter belt. Its football club currently competes in the Conference South. In the 2006 edition of the Channel 4 'Best and Worst Places to Live in the UK', East Hertfordshire was the seventh best district to live in. The town has a population of about 35,000 (2001 census) and is administered by the East Hertfordshire district council.