Borough of Brentwood

Borough of Brentwood
Non-metropolitan district, Borough
Brentwood shown within Essex
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	East of England
Non-metropolitan county	Essex
Status	Non-metropolitan district, Borough
Admin HQ	Brentwood
Incorporated	1 April 1974
Government
• Type	Non-metropolitan district council
• Body	Brentwood Borough Council
• Leadership	Alternative - Sec. 31 (Conservative)
• MPs	Eric Pickles
Area
• Total	59.12 sq mi (153.12 km²)
Area rank	187th (of 326)
Population (mid-2014 est.)
• Total	75,645
• Rank	298th (of 326)
• Density	1,300/sq mi (490/km²)
• Ethnicity	93.4% White 2.9% S.Asian [Majority of which are of Mauritian descent] 1.4% Black 1.3% Mixed 1.0% Chinese or Other
Time zone	GMT (UTC0)
• Summer (DST)	BST (UTC+1)
ONS code	22UD (ONS) E07000068 (GSS)
OS grid reference	TQ595938
Website	www.brentwood.gov.uk

The Borough of Brentwood is a local government district and borough in Essex in the East of England.

History & Geography

The borough is named after the town of Brentwood which is the main development in the area. There are still large areas of woodland including Shenfield Common, Hartswood (named after its last private owner, a Mr Hart), Weald Country Park, and Thorndon Country Park. The original district council was formed in 1974 from the former area of Brentwood Urban District, part of Epping and Ongar Rural District and part of Chelmsford Rural District. By royal charter, the district became a borough on 27 April 1993.

Politics

The council has 37 councillors, divided between 15 wards with between 1 and 3 councillors. Following the United Kingdom local elections, 2015 the political composition of Brentwood Borough Council is as follows:^[1]

Year	Conservative	Liberal Democrat	Labour	Independent
2015	24	10	2	1

Boundaries

Brentwood is bordered by Epping Forest district (to the north-west), Chelmsford (north-east), Basildon district (south-east), Thurrock (south, aligned with the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway and the London Borough of Havering (south-west).

Transport

The main transport links run in a south-west to north east direction through the Borough with other important links running west to east. Shenfield and Ingatestone provide long distant trains to Colchester, Ipswich and other long distant destinations. However Brentwood is served by TfL-run local trains between London Liverpool Street and Shenfield. Both Brentwood and Shenfield are also served by medium distant trains to Southend Victoria, Southend Airport and Southminster. Also within the borough is West Horndon which provides direct trains to London Fenchurch Street and Southend-on-Sea.

A major artery running through the borough is the A12 dual-carriageway, running from London to Chelmsford, then Colchester, the ports of Harwich and Felixstowe, Ipswich, Lowestoft, and finally Great Yarmouth. The old Roman road (A1023) goes right through the centre of Brentwood and joins the A12 (that bypasses the town) at the far ends of Brentwood. Within different parts of Brentwood the A1023 is called (from west to east) Brook Street, London Road, High Street, Shenfield Road, and Chelmsford Road. The other main road is the A127 which separates from the A12 near Romford and then proceeds easterly to Southend-on-Sea.

Media

The borough is served by a dedicated radio station, Phoenix FM.

Education

Secondary schools

Anglo European School
Brentwood County High School
Brentwood School
Brentwood Ursuline Convent School
Becket Keys
Shenfield High School
St Martin's School
Trinity School

Primary schools

Bentley St. Paul's Church of England School
Blackmore Primary School
Doddinghurst CofE Junior School
Doddinghurst Infant School
Hogarth Primary School
Holly Trees Primary School
Hutton All Saints Church of England Primary School
Ingatestone and Fryerning Church of England Primary School
Ingatestone Infant School
Ingrave Johnstone Church of England Primary School
Kelvedon Hatch Community Primary School
Larchwood Primary School
Long Ridings Primary School
Mountnessing Church of England Primary School
St. Helen's Catholic Infant School
St. Helen's Catholic Junior School
St. Joseph the Worker Roman Catholic Primary School
St. Mary's Church of England Primary School
St. Peter's Church of England Primary School
St. Thomas of Canterbury Church of England Infant School
St. Thomas of Canterbury Church of England Junior School
Warley Primary School
West Horndon Primary School
Willowbrook Primary School (formerly Brookfield School)

Special schools

The Endeavour School
Grove House School

Civil parishes and settlements in the borough

Twinning

Brentwood is twinned with Roth bei Nürnberg in Germany and Montbazon in France.

References

↑ "Political Balance". Brentwood Borough Council. Retrieved 8 June 2015.

Ceremonial county of Essex

Unitary authorities	Southend-on-Sea Thurrock

Boroughs or districts	Basildon Braintree Brentwood Castle Point Chelmsford Colchester Epping Forest Harlow Maldon Rochford Tendring Uttlesford

Major settlements	Aveley Basildon Billericay Braintree Brentwood Brightlingsea Buckhurst Hill Burnham-on-Crouch Canvey Island Chelmsford Chigwell Chipping Ongar Clacton-on-Sea Coggeshall Colchester Corringham Dovercourt Eastwood Epping Frinton-on-Sea Grays Great Dunmow Hadleigh Halstead Harlow Harwich Holland-on-Sea Ingatestone Leigh-on-Sea Loughton Maldon Manningtree Pitsea Purfleet Rayleigh Rochford Saffron Walden Shoeburyness South Benfleet Southend-on-Sea South Woodham Ferrers Southminster Stanford-le-Hope Thaxted Tilbury Waltham Abbey Walton-on-the-Naze West Mersea West Thurrock Wickford Witham Wivenhoe

Rivers	Blackwater Brain Cam Can Chelmer Ching Cobbins Brook Colne Crouch River Lea River Lee Flood Relief Channel Mardyke Prittle Brook Roach Roding Stort Stour Stour Brook Ter Thames

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Districts of the East of England

Bedfordshire	Bedford Central Bedfordshire Luton

Cambridgeshire	Cambridge East Cambridgeshire Fenland Huntingdonshire Peterborough South Cambridgeshire

Essex	Basildon Braintree Brentwood Castle Point Chelmsford Colchester Epping Forest Harlow Maldon Rochford Southend-on-Sea Tendring Thurrock Uttlesford

Hertfordshire	Broxbourne Dacorum East Hertfordshire Hertsmere North Hertfordshire St Albans Stevenage Three Rivers Watford Welwyn Hatfield

Norfolk	Breckland Broadland Great Yarmouth King's Lynn and West Norfolk North Norfolk Norwich South Norfolk

Suffolk	Babergh Forest Heath Ipswich Mid Suffolk St Edmundsbury Suffolk Coastal Waveney

Coordinates: 51°36′N 0°18′E / 51.6°N 0.3°E / 51.6; 0.3

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