Braintree is a

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in the

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Essex Essex () is a county in the East of England. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, the North Sea to the east, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south, and G ...

, with a population (2011 census) of 147,084. Its main town is Braintree. The three towns of the district are Braintree,

Halstead Halstead is a town and civil parish in the Braintree District of Essex, England. Its population of 11,906 in 2011 Witham Witham () is a town in the county of Essex in the East of England, with a population ( 2011 census) of 25,353. It is part of the District of Braintree and is twinned with the town of Waldbröl, Germany. Witham stands between the city of Che ...

. The district was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the

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s of

Braintree and Bocking Braintree and Bocking is an unparished area in the Braintree district, in the county of Essex, England. It is around 10 miles from Chelmsford. It includes Braintree, Bocking, Bocking Churchstreet, High Garrett and Thistley Green. In 2021 it h ...

and (for list of parishes)

Braintree Rural District Braintree Rural District was a rural district in the county of Essex, England. It was created in 1894. In 1934 the parish of Bocking was removed from the rural district and became part of the newly created Braintree and Bocking Urban Distric ...

and

Halstead Rural District Halstead was a rural district in Essex, England from 1894 to 1974. It was created by the Local Government Act 1894 as a successor to the Halstead rural sanitary district. In 1934 it was greatly enlarged by adding the areas of the disbanded Belc ...

White Hart Hotel, Witham, Essex - geograph

Council

The council is controlled by the

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who hold 34 of the 49 seats. The council is based at Causeway House on Bocking End in Braintree. The building was purpose-built for the council and opened in 1981.

Wards

There are 26 wards: * Bocking Blackwater *Bocking North *Bocking South * Braintree Central and Beckers Green *Braintree South *Braintree West *Bumpstead *

Coggeshall Coggeshall ( or ) is a small town in Essex, England, between Colchester and Braintree on the Roman road Stane Street and the River Blackwater. It has almost 300 listed buildings and a market whose charter was granted in 1256 by Henry III. ...

*Gosfield & Greenstead Green *Great Notley & Black Notley *

Halstead Halstead is a town and civil parish in the Braintree District of Essex, England. Its population of 11,906 in 2011 Kelvedon Kelvedon is a village and civil parish in the Braintree District of Essex in England, between Chelmsford and Colchester. It had a population of 4,717 in 2001, reducing to 3,587 at the 2011 Census. It is now home to several businesses including ...

and Feering * Rayne *Silver End and Cressing *Stour Valley North (includes Ashen and Foxearth) *Stour Valley South (includes Bulmer and Alphamstone) *The Colnes *Three Fields *

Witham Witham () is a town in the county of Essex in the East of England, with a population ( 2011 census) of 25,353. It is part of the District of Braintree and is twinned with the town of Waldbröl, Germany. Witham stands between the city of Che ...

Central *Witham North *Witham South *Witham West * Yeldham

Arms

References

External links

Enjoy Braintree District; places to stay, arts, museum, culture events listing by the Braintree Council

Braintree District Council

Enjoy Braintree District
Non-metropolitan districts of Essex {{Essex-geo-stub