Roydon,_Essex Roydon is a small village located in the Epping Forest district of the County of Essex, England. It is located 1.5 miles (2.4Harlow, 3.5 miles (5.7Hoddesdon and 4.6 miles (7.4Epping.It lies on the Stort Navigation and River Stort. The village is recorded in the Domesday Book as Ruindune and appears later as Reidona in c. 1130, as Reindon in 1204, and as Roindon in 1208.