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Great Notley is a village to the south-west of Braintree, Essex in England. It has an approximate population of 7,845 and became an independent civil parish on 1 April 2000 as a result of The Great Notley Parish Council Order 2000.
Countryside Properties and the Shape of Time
University of London, 2002. Reprinted in ''Home Cultures Journal'', 2004. Illustrated academic review. The parish also includes the older estate of
Due to the size of Great Notley, there is little in the way of indoor entertainment facilities. Outdoor entertainment includes various playgrounds and the aforementioned country park (known as the 'Discovery Centre'), which includes outdoor play equipment, a café and water features.
There are various small businesses operating in Great Notley, including a veterinary centre, a public house (the ''Prince Louis''), an estate agents and a tanning salon. There is also a Tesco supermarket located in the garden village, making it the third Tesco to be built within the Braintree district.
Archeology
Excavations in Great Notley revealed the remains of Iron Age and Roman settlements with a series of enclosures overlaid with a Roman development on the site of the Skyline Business Park, where it is thought that there was a series of occupations on the site from the late Iron Age onwards, which included brewing, farming and the production of textiles.Estates
Great Notley was designed as asuburb
A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area, which may include commercial and mixed-use, that is primarily a residential area. A suburb can exist either as part of a larger city/urban area or as a separate ...
an development, a self-sustainable garden village composed of three distinct hamlets linked via a spine road:
* Notley Green hamlet, to the south
* Oaklands Manor hamlet, centred on a new manor house
* Panners Farm hamlet, to the north
It was built mostly by Countryside Properties, and is cited as an example of Countryside's design philosophy of 'instant maturity' and 'instant community'.Daisy FroudCountryside Properties and the Shape of Time
University of London, 2002. Reprinted in ''Home Cultures Journal'', 2004. Illustrated academic review. The parish also includes the older estate of
White Court
White Court is a residential housing estate in the village of Great Notley, south west of Braintree, Essex, England, built on the site of the old Oaklands estate, which was used as an American army hospital during World War II. The estate also i ...
, now in the centre of the village; a business park, 'Skyline120', and a country park
A country park is a natural area designated for people to visit and enjoy recreation in a countryside environment.
United Kingdom
History
In the United Kingdom, the term ''country park'' has a special meaning. There are around 250 recognised coun ...
.
Amenities
Due to the size of Great Notley, there is little in the way of indoor entertainment facilities. Outdoor entertainment includes various playgrounds and the aforementioned country park (known as the 'Discovery Centre'), which includes outdoor play equipment, a café and water features.
There are various small businesses operating in Great Notley, including a veterinary centre, a public house (the ''Prince Louis''), an estate agents and a tanning salon. There is also a Tesco supermarket located in the garden village, making it the third Tesco to be built within the Braintree district.
Schools
There are two schools in Great Notley; White Court Primary School and Notley Green Primary School, which was opened in 1999. The main secondary school for the area is Notley High School, which is located in the neighbouring village of Black Notley.References
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