Braintree District

Braintree District is a local government district in , England. The district is named after the town of , where the council is based. The district also includes the towns of and and surrounding rural areas.
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  • Type: Locality with 151,000 residents
  • Description: non-metropolitan district in Essex, England, UK
  • Also known as: Braintree

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bocking Windmill and Bovingdon Hall Woods.

or Bocking Churchstreet Windmill is a grade I listed at , , England which has been restored.

Forest
is a 69.4-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of in . It is composed of several woods, including Parkhall Wood, Bovingdon Wood, Shoulder of Mutton Wood, and Maid's Wood.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Halstead and Braintree.

is a town and civil parish in the Braintree district of , England. It lies on the River Colne, 6 miles north-east of and 12 miles north-west of .

is a town in , . For a town of its size it boasts very few amenities. However, a shopping village on the outskirts, 'Freeport', has roughly 80 shops.

Village
Bocking is a suburban village on the northern side of , in , England. Bocking village was historically in two parts; the original settlement around the parish church became known as , while a separate linear settlement called Bocking grew up a little way to the south along Bradford Street and The Causeway, adjoining the northern edge of Braintree.

Braintree District

Latitude
51.9182° or 51° 55′ 6″ north
Longitude
0.5826° or 0° 34′ 58″ east
Population
151,000
Elevation
259 feet (79 metres)
Open location code
9F32WH9M+73
Geo­Names ID
7290690
Wiki­data ID
Q897454
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In Other Languages

From Bavarian to Yue Chinese—“Braintree District” goes by many names.
  • Bavarian: Braintree
  • Belarusian: Брэйнтры
  • Cebuano: Braintree District
  • Chinese: Braintree
  • Chinese: 布倫特里區
  • Chinese: 布蘭翠
  • Dutch: Braintree (Engeland)
  • Dutch: Braintree District
  • Dutch: Braintree
  • French: Braintree
  • German: Braintree District
  • German: Braintree
  • Irish: Braintree
  • Italian: Braintree
  • Italian: Distretto di Braintree
  • Japanese: ブレントリー
  • Korean: 브레인트리구
  • Latvian: Breintrī distrikts
  • Latvian: Breintrī
  • Luxembourgish: Braintree
  • Min Nan Chinese: Braintree (koān)
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Braintree (distrikt)
  • Norwegian: Braintree
  • Polish: Braintree (dystrykt)
  • Polish: Braintree
  • Russian: Брейнтри
  • Russian: район Брейнтри
  • Serbo-Croatian: Braintree
  • Slovenian: Braintree
  • Spanish: Distrito de Braintree
  • Swedish: Braintree (distrikt)
  • Swedish: Braintree District
  • Urdu: برینٹری ضلع
  • Welsh: Ardal Braintree
  • Yue Chinese: 布蘭翠
  • Braintree

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Bocking Mill Hill and Cressing Road.

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