Braintree is a local government district in the

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Essex Essex () is a Ceremonial counties of England, 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 Riv ...

, with a population (2011 census) of 147,084. Its main town is Braintree. The three towns of the district are Braintree, Halstead and Witham. The district was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the

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s of Braintree and Bocking, Halstead, and Witham and (for list of parishes)

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and Halstead Rural District. White Hart Hotel, Witham, Essex - geograph

Council

The council is controlled by the Conservatives 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 *Gosfield & Greenstead Green *Great Notley & Black Notley * Halstead St Andrews *Halstead Trinity *Hatfield Peverel and Terling *Hedingham * Kelvedon 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 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