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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D1%8D%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B2%D1%83%D0%B4_(%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%8F)" title="Брэнтвуд (Англія) – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Брэнтвуд (Англія)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%83%D0%B4" title="Брентуд – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Брентуд" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brentwood_(Anglaterra)" title="Brentwood (Anglaterra) – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Brentwood (Anglaterra)" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brentwood_(lungsod_sa_Hiniusang_Gingharian)" title="Brentwood (lungsod sa Hiniusang Gingharian) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Brentwood (lungsod sa Hiniusang Gingharian)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brentwood,_Essex" title="Brentwood, Essex – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Brentwood, Essex" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brentwood" title="Brentwood – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Brentwood" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brentwood_(Essex)" title="Brentwood (Essex) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Brentwood (Essex)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brentwood_(Reino_Unido)" title="Brentwood (Reino Unido) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Brentwood (Reino Unido)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brentwood" title="Brentwood – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Brentwood" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brentwood_(Essex)" title="Brentwood (Essex) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Brentwood (Essex)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%8C_%D8%A7%D8%B3%DA%A9%D8%B3" title="برنتوود، اسکس – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="برنتوود، اسکس" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brentwood_(Essex)" title="Brentwood (Essex) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Brentwood (Essex)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brentwood,_Essex" title="Brentwood, Essex – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Brentwood, Essex" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B8%8C%EB%A0%8C%ED%8A%B8%EC%9A%B0%EB%93%9C_(%EC%97%90%EC%8B%9D%EC%8A%A4%EC%A3%BC)" title="브렌트우드 (에식스주) – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="브렌트우드 (에식스주)" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brentwood_(Essex)" title="Brentwood (Essex) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Brentwood (Essex)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brentwood" title="Brentwood – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Brentwood" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brentvuda" title="Brentvuda – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Brentvuda" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%88%D8%AF_(%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%AF)" title="برنتوود (برينتود) – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="برنتوود (برينتود)" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brentwood_(Essex)" title="Brentwood (Essex) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Brentwood (Essex)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brentwood_(Essex)" title="Brentwood (Essex) – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Brentwood (Essex)" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brentwood_i_Essex" title="Brentwood i Essex – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Brentwood i Essex" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brentwood_(Anglia)" title="Brentwood (Anglia) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Brentwood (Anglia)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brentwood_(Essex)" title="Brentwood (Essex) – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Brentwood (Essex)" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brentwood" title="Brentwood – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Brentwood" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B2%D1%83%D0%B4_(%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%8F)" title="Брентвуд (Англия) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Брентвуд (Англия)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brentwood,_Essex" title="Brentwood, Essex – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Brentwood, Essex" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brentwood_(Yngland)" title="Brentwood (Yngland) – Silesian" lang="szl" hreflang="szl" data-title="Brentwood (Yngland)" data-language-autonym="Ślůnski" data-language-local-name="Silesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ślůnski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brentwood,_Essex" title="Brentwood, Essex – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Brentwood, Essex" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brentwood,_Essex" title="Brentwood, Essex – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Brentwood, Essex" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B2%D1%83%D0%B4" title="Брентвуд – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Брентвуд" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brentwood,_Essex" title="Brentwood, Essex – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Brentwood, Essex" 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.latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Brentwood,_Essex&params=51.62_N_0.305_E_region:GB_type:city"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">51°37′12″N</span> <span class="longitude">0°18′18″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">51.620°N 0.305°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">51.620; 0.305</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Brentwood</b> is a town in <a href="/wiki/Essex" title="Essex">Essex</a>, <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a>, in the <a href="/wiki/London_metropolitan_area" title="London metropolitan area">London commuter belt</a> 20 miles (30 km) north-east of <a href="/wiki/Charing_Cross" title="Charing Cross">Charing Cross</a> and close to the <a href="/wiki/M25_motorway" title="M25 motorway">M25 motorway</a>. The population of the built-up area was 55,340 in 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-built_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-built-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Brentwood is a town with a shopping area along the High Street, a <a href="/wiki/Roman_road" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman road">Roman road</a> which became one of the main roads between London and East Anglia. Beyond the town centre are residential developments surrounded by open countryside and woodland; some of this countryside lies within only a few hundred yards of the town centre. <a href="/wiki/Brentwood_Cathedral" title="Brentwood Cathedral">Brentwood Cathedral</a> is the seat of the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Brentwood" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Brentwood">Roman Catholic Diocese of Brentwood</a>. </p><p>Since 1978, Brentwood has been <a href="/wiki/Twin_towns_and_sister_cities" class="mw-redirect" title="Twin towns and sister cities">twinned</a> with <a href="/wiki/Roth,_Bavaria" title="Roth, Bavaria">Roth</a> in Germany and with <a href="/wiki/Montbazon" title="Montbazon">Montbazon</a> in France since 1994.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It also has a relationship with <a href="/wiki/Brentwood,_Tennessee" title="Brentwood, Tennessee">Brentwood, Tennessee</a> in the United States. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brentwood,_Essex&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brentwood,_Essex&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The name was assumed by some in the 1700s to derive from a corruption of the words 'burnt' and 'wood', with the name Burntwood still visible on some 18th-century maps. However, <i><a href="/wiki/Brent_(name)" title="Brent (name)">brent</a></i> was the middle English for "burnt". The name describes the presumed reason for settlement in the part of the Forest of Essex (later <a href="/wiki/Epping_Forest" title="Epping Forest">Epping Forest</a>) that would have covered the area, where a major occupation was charcoal burning. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_history">Early history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brentwood,_Essex&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Early history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Although a <a href="/wiki/Bronze_Age" title="Bronze Age">Bronze Age</a> axe has been found in Brentwood and there are clear signs of an entrenched encampment in <a href="/wiki/Weald_Country_Park" title="Weald Country Park">Weald Country Park</a>, it is considered unlikely that there was any significant early settlement of the area. At the time, most of Essex was covered by the <a href="/wiki/Epping_Forest" title="Epping Forest">Great Forest</a>. It is believed that despite the Roman road between <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a> and <a href="/wiki/Colchester" title="Colchester">Colchester</a> passing through the town, the <a href="/wiki/Saxons" title="Saxons">Saxons</a> were the earliest settlers of the area.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The borough was on a crossroads, where the Roman road from <a href="/wiki/Colchester" title="Colchester">Colchester</a> to London crossed the route the pilgrims took over the <a href="/wiki/River_Thames" title="River Thames">River Thames</a> to Canterbury. A chapel was built in or around 1221, and in 1227 a market charter was granted. Its growth may have been stimulated by the cult of St. Thomas the Martyr, to whom the chapel was dedicated: the 13th-century ruin of <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Becket" title="Thomas Becket">Thomas Becket</a> Chapel was a popular stopping point for pilgrims on their way to Canterbury. The ruin stands in the centre of the high street and the nearby parish church of Brentwood, built in the 1880s, retains the dedication to St. Thomas of Canterbury.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Pilgrims_Hatch" title="Pilgrims Hatch">Pilgrims Hatch</a>, or 'Pilgrims' gate', was probably named from pilgrims who crossed through on their way to the chapel. It is likely, however, that Brentwood's development was due chiefly to its main road position, its market, and its convenient location as an administrative centre. Early industries were connected mainly with textile and garment making, brewing, and brickmaking.<sup id="cite_ref-History_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-History-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/Peasants%27_Revolt" title="Peasants' Revolt">Peasants' Revolt</a> of 1381, Brentwood was the meeting place for some of the instigators, such as <a href="/wiki/John_Ball_(priest)" title="John Ball (priest)">John Ball</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jack_Straw_(rebel_leader)" title="Jack Straw (rebel leader)">Jack Straw</a>. They apparently met regularly in local pubs and inns. The first event of the Peasants' Revolt occurred in Brentwood, when men from Fobbing, Corringham and Stanford were summoned by the commissioner Thomas Bampton to Brentwood to answer as to who had avoided paying the poll tax. Bampton insisted that the peasants pay what was demanded of them. The peasants refused to pay and a riot ensued as Bampton attempted to arrest the peasants. The peasants moved to kill Bampton, but he managed to escape to London. The rioters then, fearing the repercussions of what they had done, fled into the forest. After the riot the peasants sent word to the rest of the country and initiated the Peasants' Revolt.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Essex <a href="/wiki/Assizes" title="Assizes">assizes</a> were sometimes held here, as well as at <a href="/wiki/Chelmsford" title="Chelmsford">Chelmsford</a>. One such pub was <i>The White Hart</i> <sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (now a nightclub). One of the oldest buildings in Brentwood; it is believed to have been built in 1480 although apocryphal evidence suggests a hostelry might have stood on the site as much as a hundred years earlier and been visited in 1392 by <a href="/wiki/Richard_II_of_England" title="Richard II of England">Richard II</a>, whose coat of arms included a <i><a href="/wiki/White_Hart" title="White Hart">White Hart</a></i>. The ground floor was originally stabling and in the mid-1700s the owners ran their own coach service to London. On 13 September 2009, the building and roof suffered significant damage during a fire.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The building now shows little of its original historic interest, </p><p>Marygreen Manor, a 16th-century building on London Road, is mentioned in <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Pepys" title="Samuel Pepys">Samuel Pepys</a>' diaries and is said to have been often visited by the Tudor monarch <a href="/wiki/Henry_VIII_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry VIII of England">Henry VIII</a> when Henry Roper, Gentleman Pursuant to Queen <a href="/wiki/Catherine_of_Aragon" title="Catherine of Aragon">Catherine of Aragon</a>, lived there in 1514. It is now a hotel and restaurant.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1686 Brentwood's inns were estimated to provide 110 beds and stabling for 183 horses.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There were 11 inns in the town in 1788. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ruins_of_St._Thomas_a_Becket_chapel_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1528751.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Ruins_of_St._Thomas_a_Becket_chapel_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1528751.jpg/220px-Ruins_of_St._Thomas_a_Becket_chapel_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1528751.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Ruins_of_St._Thomas_a_Becket_chapel_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1528751.jpg/330px-Ruins_of_St._Thomas_a_Becket_chapel_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1528751.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Ruins_of_St._Thomas_a_Becket_chapel_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1528751.jpg/440px-Ruins_of_St._Thomas_a_Becket_chapel_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1528751.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>The Baytree Centre</figcaption></figure> <p>Protestant martyr <a href="/wiki/William_Hunter_(Protestant_martyr)" class="mw-redirect" title="William Hunter (Protestant martyr)">William Hunter</a> was burnt at the stake in Brentwood in 1555. A monument to him was erected by subscription in 1861 at Wilson's Corner. <a href="/wiki/Brentwood_School_(Essex)" class="mw-redirect" title="Brentwood School (Essex)">Brentwood School</a> was founded in 1557 and established in 1558, in Ingrave Road and behind the greens on Shenfield Road by <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Browne_(justice)" class="mw-redirect" title="Anthony Browne (justice)">Sir Anthony Browne</a> and the site of Hunter's execution in commemorated by a plaque in the school. Thomas Munn, 'gentleman brickmaker' of Brentwood, met a less noble end when he was hanged for robbing the Yarmouth mail and his body was exhibited in chains at <a href="/wiki/Gallows_Corner" title="Gallows Corner">Gallows Corner</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a road junction a few miles from Brentwood, in Romford. A ducking stool was mentioned in 1584.<sup id="cite_ref-History_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-History-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As the Roman road grew busier, Brentwood became a major coaching stop for stagecoaches, with plenty of inns for overnight accommodation as the horses were rested. A 'stage' was approximately ten miles, and being about 20 miles (32 km) from London, Brentwood would have been a second stop for travellers to <a href="/wiki/East_Anglia" title="East Anglia">East Anglia</a>. This has not changed; there is an above average number of pubs in the area - possibly due to the army being stationed at <a href="/wiki/Warley_Barracks" title="Warley Barracks">Warley Barracks</a> until 1958. Some of the pubs date back to the 15th and 16th centuries. Brentwood was also significant as a hub for the London postal service, with a major post office since the 18th century. The major post office on the high street was closed in the 2008 budget cuts; Brentwood residents now must rely on sub-post offices.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Defoe" title="Daniel Defoe">Daniel Defoe</a> wrote about Brentwood as being "...full of good inns, and chiefly maintained by the excessive multitude of carriers and passengers,<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which are constantly passing this way to London, with droves of cattle, provisions and manufactures." </p><p>The 'Brentwood Ring', the earliest Christian ring ever to have been discovered in Britain was found in Brentwood in the late 1940s. It now resides at the <a href="/wiki/British_Museum" title="British Museum">British Museum</a> in London.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The only other ring of its type in existence can be found at the <a href="/wiki/Vatican_Museum" class="mw-redirect" title="Vatican Museum">Vatican Museum</a> in <a href="/wiki/Rome" title="Rome">Rome</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Modern_history">Modern history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brentwood,_Essex&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Modern history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Brentwood_Cathedral-2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Brentwood_Cathedral-2.jpg/220px-Brentwood_Cathedral-2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="142" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Brentwood_Cathedral-2.jpg/330px-Brentwood_Cathedral-2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1a/Brentwood_Cathedral-2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="233" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Brentwood_Cathedral" title="Brentwood Cathedral">Brentwood Cathedral</a></figcaption></figure> <p>In 1917, the Roman Catholic church on Ingrave Road was awarded cathedral status. Between 1989 and 1991 the building was modified to an Italianate Classical style. <a href="/wiki/Brentwood_Cathedral" title="Brentwood Cathedral">Brentwood Cathedral</a> is currently the seat of the <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Roman Catholic</a> <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Brentwood" title="Bishop of Brentwood">Bishop of Brentwood</a>. Nearby <a href="/wiki/Ingatestone_Hall" title="Ingatestone Hall">Ingatestone Hall</a> is noted for its Roman Catholic connections through the Petre family. The hall is a 16th-century manor house built by Sir William Petre at Yenge-atte-Stone.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The staunch Petres played a significant role in the preservation of the Catholic faith in England. Sir William was assistant to <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Cromwell,_1st_Earl_of_Essex" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex">Thomas Cromwell</a> when <a href="/wiki/Henry_VIII_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry VIII of England">Henry VIII</a> sought to <a href="/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_Monasteries" class="mw-redirect" title="Dissolution of the Monasteries">dissolve the monasteries</a> and ascended to the confidential post of Secretary of State, throughout the revolutionary changes of four Tudor monarchs: Henry VIII, <a href="/wiki/Edward_VI_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Edward VI of England">Edward VI</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mary_I_of_England" title="Mary I of England">Mary I</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_I_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Elizabeth I of England">Elizabeth I</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Queen Mary, in 1553, on her way to claim her crown in London, stopped at Ingatestone Hall; later, Queen Elizabeth I spent several nights at the hall on her royal progress of 1561. </p><p>Today, Ingatestone Hall, like all other large Tudor houses, is an expression of wealth and status and retains many of the features of a 16th-century knightly residence, despite alterations by descendants who still live in the house.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ingatestone Hall represented the exterior of Bleak House in the 2005 television adaptation of <a href="/wiki/Charles_Dickens" title="Charles Dickens">Charles Dickens</a>' novel, and also appeared in an episode of the television series <i><a href="/wiki/Lovejoy" title="Lovejoy">Lovejoy</a></i>. It is open to the public for tours, concerts, and performances; the hall and grounds can be rented for weddings and other occasions.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Brentwood was the location of <a href="/wiki/Warley_Hospital" title="Warley Hospital">Warley Hospital</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Psychiatric_hospital" title="Psychiatric hospital">psychiatric hospital</a>, from 1853 to 2001. A British <a href="/wiki/East_India_Company" title="East India Company">East India Company</a> elephant training school was based in Brentwood and this remained an active army base as a depot for the <a href="/wiki/Essex_Regiment" title="Essex Regiment">Essex Regiment</a> until 1959,<sup id="cite_ref-History_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-History-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> when much of the site was redeveloped as the European headquarters for the <a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford Motor Company</a>. A few buildings remain from the Barracks – the regimental chapel, the gymnasium (now home to Brentwood Trampoline Club) and the officers' mess (now Marillac Hospital). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Military_history">Military history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brentwood,_Essex&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Military history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The military has associations with <a href="/wiki/Warley,_Essex" title="Warley, Essex">Warley</a> going back over 200 years. It also had strategic importance during the time of the Spanish Armada - it was used as a meeting place for contingents from eight eastern and midland counties (900 horsemen assembled here) to then travel on to Tilbury. The local common was used as a military camp in 1742, and became a permanent feature as <a href="/wiki/Warley_Barracks" title="Warley Barracks">Warley Barracks</a> in 1804. </p><p>During <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, over 1,000 bombs were dropped on Brentwood, with 19 flying bombs (<a href="/wiki/V-1_flying_bomb" title="V-1 flying bomb">V1</a>), 32 long-range rockets (<a href="/wiki/V2_rocket" class="mw-redirect" title="V2 rocket">V2</a>) and many incendiary bombs and parachute mines. 5,038 houses were destroyed, 389 people were injured and 43 died. The 15th- and 16th-century pubs, however, survived. Brentwood had been considered a safe enough haven to evacuate London children here - 6,000 children arrived in September 1939 alone. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Today">Today</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brentwood,_Essex&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Today"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:First_Essex_43715_on_Route_9,_Brentwood_High_Street_(15978375165).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/First_Essex_43715_on_Route_9%2C_Brentwood_High_Street_%2815978375165%29.jpg/220px-First_Essex_43715_on_Route_9%2C_Brentwood_High_Street_%2815978375165%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/First_Essex_43715_on_Route_9%2C_Brentwood_High_Street_%2815978375165%29.jpg/330px-First_Essex_43715_on_Route_9%2C_Brentwood_High_Street_%2815978375165%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/First_Essex_43715_on_Route_9%2C_Brentwood_High_Street_%2815978375165%29.jpg/440px-First_Essex_43715_on_Route_9%2C_Brentwood_High_Street_%2815978375165%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3888" data-file-height="2592" /></a><figcaption>A bus in Brentwood High Street</figcaption></figure> <p>The town is increasingly suburban, but it does have a very rural feel, with trees, fields and open spaces all around the town; Shenfield Common is also less than one mile from town centre shops. </p><p>Brentwood's high street has also been subject to major redevelopment works costing between £3 million and £7 million.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This included the demolition of the <i>Sir Charles Napier</i> pub to build an additional lane to improve traffic flow at the west end of the high street, and re-laying the pavements and road surface in the high street itself.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There is a proposal for creating "Dunton Garden Suburb" on land between Basildon and Brentwood. This proposal may have 6,000 homes, together with retail, commercial and leisure uses. This is a joint proposal of the two councils and a public consultation ended in March 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The proposal has met with criticism from all political parties<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the residents group Residents Against Inappropriate Development<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brentwood,_Essex&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Secondary schools include <a href="/wiki/Brentwood_County_High_School" title="Brentwood County High School">Brentwood County High School</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brentwood_School,_Essex" title="Brentwood School, Essex">Brentwood School</a>, <a href="/wiki/St_Martin%27s_School,_Brentwood" title="St Martin's School, Brentwood">St Martin's School</a> and <a href="/wiki/Becket_Keys_Church_of_England_School" title="Becket Keys Church of England School">Becket Keys Church of England School</a>. </p><p>Primary schools include St Helens Catholic Junior School, St Peters C of E, St Thomas of Canterbury C of E, Warley Primary, Willowbrook Primary, Holly Trees Primary, Hogarth Primary and Larchwood Primary School </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Business">Business</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brentwood,_Essex&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Business"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford Motor Company</a>'s United Kingdom headquarters were located in the suburb of <a href="/wiki/Warley,_Essex" title="Warley, Essex">Warley</a> until 2018. <sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From the financial services sector, <a href="/wiki/Equity_Insurance_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Equity Insurance Group">Equity Insurance Group</a>, comprising Equity Red Star (of <a href="/wiki/Lloyd%27s_of_London" title="Lloyd's of London">Lloyd's of London</a>), affinity provider Equity Direct Broking Limited and motorcycle insurance broker Bike Team, is headquartered in the town centre. General insurance broker Brents was established in the town in 1963.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/The_Bank_of_New_York_Mellon" class="mw-redirect" title="The Bank of New York Mellon">The Bank of New York Mellon</a> also has a substantial presence in Brentwood, as does <a href="/wiki/LV%3D" class="mw-redirect" title="LV=">LV=</a>, employing 350 people there. </p><p>The previous headquarters of electronics company <a href="/wiki/Amstrad" title="Amstrad">Amstrad</a> were located in Brentwood. The television show <i><a href="/wiki/The_Apprentice_(British_TV_series)" title="The Apprentice (British TV series)">The Apprentice</a></i> used overhead views of the <a href="/wiki/Canary_Wharf" title="Canary Wharf">Canary Wharf</a> business district in London as an accompaniment to interior shots of the previous Amstrad offices, Amstrad House, which has since been converted into a <a href="/wiki/Premier_Inn" title="Premier Inn">Premier Inn</a> hotel.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Well-known businesses that used to operate in the town include <a href="/wiki/Vacuum_flask" title="Vacuum flask">vacuum flask</a> manufacturer Thermos, and <a href="/wiki/George_Nissen" title="George Nissen">Nissen</a> whose UK factory and headquarters were established in the town by <a href="/wiki/Ted_Blake" title="Ted Blake">Ted Blake</a> in the mid-1960s but closed in the 1980s. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Governance">Governance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brentwood,_Essex&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Governance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Brentwood_Town_Hall_2023.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Brentwood_Town_Hall_2023.jpg/220px-Brentwood_Town_Hall_2023.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Brentwood_Town_Hall_2023.jpg/330px-Brentwood_Town_Hall_2023.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Brentwood_Town_Hall_2023.jpg/440px-Brentwood_Town_Hall_2023.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="2268" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Brentwood_Town_Hall" title="Brentwood Town Hall">Brentwood Town Hall</a></figcaption></figure> <p>There are two tiers of local government covering Brentwood, at <a href="/wiki/Non-metropolitan_district" title="Non-metropolitan district">district</a> (borough) and <a href="/wiki/Non-metropolitan_county" title="Non-metropolitan county">county</a> level: <a href="/wiki/Borough_of_Brentwood" title="Borough of Brentwood">Brentwood Borough Council</a>, based at <a href="/wiki/Brentwood_Town_Hall" title="Brentwood Town Hall">Brentwood Town Hall</a> and <a href="/wiki/Essex_County_Council" title="Essex County Council">Essex County Council</a>, based in <a href="/wiki/Chelmsford" title="Chelmsford">Chelmsford</a>. </p><p>Brentwood was historically a <a href="/wiki/Chapelry" title="Chapelry">chapelry</a> in the parish of <a href="/wiki/South_Weald" title="South Weald">South Weald</a>, becoming a separate <a href="/wiki/Civil_parish" title="Civil parish">civil parish</a> in 1866. The parish originally covered 460 acres (1.9 km<sup>2</sup>). In 1891 the population was 4,949. When elected parish and district councils were established in 1894 the parish was included in the <a href="/wiki/Billericay_Rural_District" title="Billericay Rural District">Billericay Rural District</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Brentwood gained independence from the rural district in 1899 when the parish was made an <a href="/wiki/Urban_district_(England_and_Wales)" title="Urban district (England and Wales)">urban district</a>. The urban district was substantially enlarged in 1934, when the neighbouring parishes of <a href="/wiki/Childerditch" title="Childerditch">Childerditch</a>, <a href="/wiki/East_Horndon" title="East Horndon">East Horndon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hutton,_Essex" title="Hutton, Essex">Hutton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ingrave" title="Ingrave">Ingrave</a>, <a href="/wiki/Little_Warley" title="Little Warley">Little Warley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shenfield" title="Shenfield">Shenfield</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Weald" title="South Weald">South Weald</a> and <a href="/wiki/West_Horndon" title="West Horndon">West Horndon</a> were all abolished and absorbed into Brentwood (with some adjustments to the boundaries with other neighbouring parishes).<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Brentwood_Urban_District" title="Brentwood Urban District">Brentwood Urban District</a> was abolished in 1974 and replaced by the larger <a href="/wiki/Borough_of_Brentwood" title="Borough of Brentwood">Brentwood District</a>, gaining the neighbouring rural parishes of <a href="/wiki/Blackmore" title="Blackmore">Blackmore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Doddinghurst" title="Doddinghurst">Doddinghurst</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ingatestone_and_Fryerning" title="Ingatestone and Fryerning">Ingatestone and Fryerning</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kelvedon_Hatch" title="Kelvedon Hatch">Kelvedon Hatch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mountnessing" title="Mountnessing">Mountnessing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Navestock" title="Navestock">Navestock</a> and <a href="/wiki/Stondon_Massey" title="Stondon Massey">Stondon Massey</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> No <a href="/wiki/Successor_parish" title="Successor parish">successor parish</a> was created for the former urban district.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The enlarged district has an area of 36,378 acres (147.22 km<sup>2</sup>) and was awarded <a href="/wiki/Borough_status_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Borough status in the United Kingdom">borough status</a> in 1993.<sup id="cite_ref-bulletin9293_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bulletin9293-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For elections to Westminster, Brentwood forms part of the <a href="/wiki/Brentwood_and_Ongar_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Brentwood and Ongar (UK Parliament constituency)">Brentwood and Ongar constituency</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Arts_and_media">Arts and media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brentwood,_Essex&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Arts and media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Brentwood Theatre and The Hermitage are the main cultural buildings in Brentwood, located on the same site in the town centre. </p><p>Brentwood Theatre is a fully fitted community theatre that serves more than 40 non-professional performing arts groups.<sup id="cite_ref-bwood-theatre-1_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bwood-theatre-1-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Owned and maintained by an independent charity, Brentwood Theatre receives no regular arts funding or subsidy. The Hermitage is used as the centre for Brentwood Youth Service. </p><p>The Hermitage youth service operates its own cafe, youth club and a live music venue called <i>The Hermit</i>, which has had hosted bands such as <a href="/wiki/Mot%C3%B6rhead" title="Motörhead">Motörhead</a> and <a href="/wiki/InMe" title="InMe">InMe</a>. InMe were heavily supported in their early years by the venue, whose purpose is to promote and encourage youth bands. It also plays host to private events such as a weekly jazz club that was run by the saxophonist <a href="/wiki/Spike_Robinson" title="Spike Robinson">Spike Robinson</a> until his death. Both venues co-host the Brentwood Blues Festival, a music event that has played host to the <a href="/wiki/Ian_Dury_and_the_Blockheads" class="mw-redirect" title="Ian Dury and the Blockheads">Blockheads</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bill_Wyman" title="Bill Wyman">Bill Wyman</a>. </p><p>Local TV coverage is provided by <a href="/wiki/BBC_London" title="BBC London">BBC London</a> and <a href="/wiki/ITV_London" title="ITV London">ITV London</a> which is received from the <a href="/wiki/Crystal_Palace_transmitting_station" title="Crystal Palace transmitting station">Crystal Palace</a> TV transmitter. <sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some areas of town can also receive <a href="/wiki/BBC_East" title="BBC East">BBC East</a> and <a href="/wiki/ITV_Anglia" title="ITV Anglia">ITV Anglia</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Sudbury_transmitting_station" title="Sudbury transmitting station">Sudbury</a> TV transmitter. <sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Local radio stations are <a href="/wiki/BBC_Essex" title="BBC Essex">BBC Essex</a> on 95.3 FM, <a href="/wiki/Heart_Essex" class="mw-redirect" title="Heart Essex">Heart Essex</a> on 96.3 FM, and <a href="/wiki/Phoenix_FM" title="Phoenix FM">Phoenix FM</a>, a community radio station that serves the Brentwood area. The station was formed in August 1996 and broadcast ten trial broadcasts under a restricted service licence, each lasting 28 days, the first starting on 29 December 1996 and the last ending on 25 February 2006. On 23 March 2007, the station started to broadcast permanently on 98.0 FM, featuring popular music, local musicians and acts, local events, and interviews with key local figures. </p><p>The Brentwood Art Trail has become a popular annual summer event which was developed to create an arts experience whereby art created by local people can be recognised and appreciated. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:British_Youth_Marching_Band.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/British_Youth_Marching_Band.jpg/220px-British_Youth_Marching_Band.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="110" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/British_Youth_Marching_Band.jpg/330px-British_Youth_Marching_Band.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/British_Youth_Marching_Band.jpg/440px-British_Youth_Marching_Band.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption>The Brentwood Imperial Youth Marching Band on <a href="/wiki/Red_Square" title="Red Square">Red Square</a> in 2018.</figcaption></figure> <p>Brentwood is also home to the Brentwood Imperial Youth Band, which perform at many events throughout the year. It is a successful band and attracts youngsters from the age of 10 from Brentwood and surrounding areas. It was the first British band to ever take part in the <a href="/wiki/Tournament_of_Roses_Parade" class="mw-redirect" title="Tournament of Roses Parade">Tournament of Roses Parade</a><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in <a href="/wiki/Pasadena,_California" title="Pasadena, California">Pasadena, California</a> and the first youth band to play the <a href="/wiki/Spasskaya_Tower_Military_Music_Festival_and_Tattoo" title="Spasskaya Tower Military Music Festival and Tattoo">Spasskaya Tower Military Music Festival and Tattoo</a> on <a href="/wiki/Moscow" title="Moscow">Moscow</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Red_Square" title="Red Square">Red Square</a>. It meets twice a week in Warley.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Among the many theatre companies in the region, Brentwood Operatic Society and Shenfield Operatic Society are two that represent the many groups providing excellent theatrical productions for the community. Brentwood Operatic Society also trains young actors with its <i>BOSSY Youth</i> acting program,<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> headed by Gaynor Wilson, who formerly directed actor Stephen Moyer. David Pickthall serves as musical director<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> when not scoring films and television shows for the BBC, directing British orchestras, and composing. The award-winning composer wrote two operas and three musicals, published worldwide by Samuel French Ltd. He is also the musical voice of the villainous penguin in the Oscar-winning <i>Wallace & Grommit: The Wrong Trousers</i>. </p><p>Brentwood's Orchestras for Young People was founded in 1990 and grew to include five ensembles for orchestral instrumentalists of school age, who perform regularly in and around the town. Regular rehearsals and workshops introduce the musicians to a wide variety of music, from well-known classical pieces to modern music.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Brentwood Performing Arts Festival has now been accepted into membership by the British and International Federation of Festivals of which Queen Elizabeth II is patron. With this, the Festival has achieved recognition as the Festival of Performing Arts for Brentwood. </p><p>The town is the venue of the Brentwood International Chess Congress which was set up in 2006 and first ran 17–18 February 2007. The congress attracted 235 competitors who included three <a href="/wiki/Grandmaster_(chess)" title="Grandmaster (chess)">Grandmasters</a> and five <a href="/wiki/International_Master" class="mw-redirect" title="International Master">International Masters</a>. The prize fund is relatively generous in comparison to many other similar congresses, being around £4,000. In 2007 it was the largest chess competition to be held in Essex and was organised by Brentwood Chess Club. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sport,_parks_and_open_spaces"><span id="Sport.2C_parks_and_open_spaces"></span>Sport, parks and open spaces</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brentwood,_Essex&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Sport, parks and open spaces"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Although close to the extremities of <a href="/wiki/Greater_London" title="Greater London">Greater London</a>, Brentwood is surrounded by open countryside and woodland. This has been cited as showing the success of the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Green_Belt" title="Metropolitan Green Belt">Metropolitan Green Belt</a> in halting the outward spread of London's built-up area.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Brentwood has a number of public open spaces including <a href="/wiki/List_of_King_George_V_Playing_Fields_in_Essex" title="List of King George V Playing Fields in Essex">King George V Playing Field</a>, Shenfield Common, and two country parks at South Weald and Thorndon. <a href="/wiki/Weald_Country_Park" title="Weald Country Park">Weald Country Park</a> was first chosen to hold the 2012 Olympics mountain biking but was declared to be "too easy" a course. Brentwood does however host a number of Criterium Cycle Races that attract many of Britain's greatest cyclists. </p><p>The town has two large sports centres providing access to a range of sports including badminton, squash, swimming, and football. There are a number of golf courses, including a 70-par municipal course very close to the town centre at Hartswood<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as others in the surrounding countryside. A number of cricket clubs exist in and around the town although the County Ground, closest to the town centre,<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> no longer hosts Essex matches. Brentwood is also home to <a href="/wiki/Non-league_football" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-league football">non-league football</a> club <a href="/wiki/Brentwood_Town_F.C." title="Brentwood Town F.C.">Brentwood Town F.C.</a> and basketball team <a href="/wiki/London_Leopards" class="mw-redirect" title="London Leopards">London Leopards</a>, who both play at the Brentwood Centre Arena. The town is also home to London league club Brentwood RLFC, the only rugby league club in west Essex. Brentwood Hockey Club is also based in the town at the Old County Ground and fielded 6 men's and 5 ladies' league teams for the 2014–15 season. </p><p>Brentwood Running Club (established in 1987 as Thrift Green Trotters), aims to encourage local runners to improve their fitness whilst having fun and meeting like-minded runners. The Club night is on Wednesdays, meeting at 7:30PM at the Brentwood Centre. A Beginners' group following the 13-week 'Couch to 5k' programme is run twice a year. <sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2022, a new track and field athletics club was established using the track located at Brentwood School. With more than 250 active members, Brentwood Beagles Athletics Club takes athletes from the age of five through to all masters aged athletes across all track and field, road running and cross country disciplines and event groups. In their first year of operation they have already had athletes competing nationally and also representing the county in a range of events. First year wins and trophies include the U13G 2022/23 Essex XC Relay Champions, six county championship medals, a number of Essex Schools Vests, County vests and national medals. In September 2022, the Beagles appointed former Chief Executive of Brentwood Borough Council, Bob McLintock, as their inaugural President.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although no longer manufactured here, Brentwood became the centre of <a href="/wiki/Trampolining" title="Trampolining">trampolining</a> in the United Kingdom between 1965 and 1981 after <a href="/wiki/George_Nissen" title="George Nissen">George Nissen</a> brought the new sport to the town in 1949 and eventually manufactured trampolines in the town, continuing to do so for many years after they ceased production in the US for fear of litigation. <a href="/wiki/Ted_Blake" title="Ted Blake">Ted Blake</a>, a long-term Brentwood resident, was managing director of Nissen UK from its inception until shortly before it closed and became a leading figure worldwide in the development of modern trampolining. Brentwood still has a thriving trampolining community but no longer a local factory.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The town also has a large <a href="/wiki/Volleyball" title="Volleyball">volleyball</a> club and the only <a href="/wiki/Team_handball" class="mw-redirect" title="Team handball">handball</a> club in Essex.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brentwood,_Essex&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-More_citations_needed_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Brentwood,_Essex" title="Special:EditPage/Brentwood, Essex">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">November 2016</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Trevor_Brooking" title="Trevor Brooking">Trevor Brooking</a> — former footballer and pundit</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Bruno" title="Frank Bruno">Frank Bruno</a> — boxer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leddra_Chapman" title="Leddra Chapman">Leddra Chapman</a> — singer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Davis" title="Steve Davis">Steve Davis</a> — snooker player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flynn_Downes" title="Flynn Downes">Flynn Downes</a> — footballer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Firth" title="Jonathan Firth">Jonathan Firth</a> — actor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barry_Hearn" title="Barry Hearn">Barry Hearn</a> — sports investor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Hearn" title="Eddie Hearn">Eddie Hearn</a> — sports promoter</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonty_Hearnden" title="Jonty Hearnden">Jonty Hearnden</a> — television presenter<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Herbert" title="Johnny Herbert">Johnny Herbert</a> — three time <a href="/wiki/Formula_One" title="Formula One">Formula One</a> race winner and winner of 1991 <a href="/wiki/Le_Mans_24_hours" class="mw-redirect" title="Le Mans 24 hours">Le Mans 24 hours</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Jervis,_1st_Earl_of_St_Vincent" title="John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent">John Jervis</a> — <a href="/wiki/Admiral_of_the_Fleet_(Royal_Navy)" title="Admiral of the Fleet (Royal Navy)">admiral of the fleet</a> and patron of <a href="/wiki/Horatio_Nelson,_1st_Viscount_Nelson" title="Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson">Nelson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Jorysz" title="Matthew Jorysz">Matthew Jorysz</a> — organist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarah_Kane" title="Sarah Kane">Sarah Kane</a> — playwright</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ross_Kemp" title="Ross Kemp">Ross Kemp</a> — actor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonja_Kristina" title="Sonja Kristina">Sonja Kristina</a> — singer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlton_Leach" title="Carlton Leach">Carlton Leach</a> — former criminal</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pixie_Lott" title="Pixie Lott">Pixie Lott</a> — singer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jodie_Marsh" title="Jodie Marsh">Jodie Marsh</a> — glamour model</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perry_McCarthy" title="Perry McCarthy">Perry McCarthy</a> — Formula One driver (former <a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_(2002_TV_series)" title="Top Gear (2002 TV series)">Top Gear</a> Stig)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_McPherson_(musician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dave McPherson (musician)">Dave McPherson</a> — musician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Merrifield" title="William Merrifield">William Merrifield</a> — Canadian soldier, recipient of the <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Cross" title="Victoria Cross">Victoria Cross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Murray_(actor)" title="Billy Murray (actor)">Billy Murray</a> — actor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noel_Moore" title="Noel Moore">Noel Moore</a> — civil servant</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Moyer" title="Stephen Moyer">Stephen Moyer</a> — actor<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesy_Nelson" title="Jesy Nelson">Jesy Nelson</a> — former member of pop group Little Mix</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Parlour" title="Ray Parlour">Ray Parlour</a> — former footballer and pundit</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eric_Pickles" title="Eric Pickles">Eric Pickles</a> — Conservative MP</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louise_Redknapp" title="Louise Redknapp">Louise Redknapp</a> — model and singer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neil_Ruddock" title="Neil Ruddock">Neil Ruddock</a> — former footballer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Randall_(journalist)" title="Jeff Randall (journalist)">Jeff Randall</a> — journalist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Logan_Sama" title="Logan Sama">Logan Sama</a> — grime DJ</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Skinner_(businessman)" title="Thomas Skinner (businessman)">Thomas Skinner</a> — businessman and The Apprentice contestant</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ellie_Taylor" title="Ellie Taylor">Ellie Taylor</a> — comedian</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhys_Thomas_(comedian)" title="Rhys Thomas (comedian)">Rhys Thomas</a> — actor, director, comedian, producer and writer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fatima_Whitbread" title="Fatima Whitbread">Fatima Whitbread</a> — Olympic medallist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Wickens" class="mw-redirect" title="Paul Wickens">Paul Wickens</a> — musician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danny_Young_(actor)" title="Danny Young (actor)">Danny Young</a> — actor</li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Brentwood_School_(Essex).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Brentwood_School_%28Essex%29.jpg/220px-Brentwood_School_%28Essex%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Brentwood_School_%28Essex%29.jpg/330px-Brentwood_School_%28Essex%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Brentwood_School_%28Essex%29.jpg/440px-Brentwood_School_%28Essex%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="445" /></a><figcaption>Brentwood School, established in 1558, has been attended by a number of famous pupils</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Brentwood_School,_Essex" title="Brentwood School, Essex">Brentwood School</a> pupils: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_Adams" title="Douglas Adams">Douglas Adams</a> - writer<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robin_Day" title="Robin Day">Robin Day</a> - British political broadcaster and commentator</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noel_Edmonds" title="Noel Edmonds">Noel Edmonds</a> - television presenter</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Lampard" title="Frank Lampard">Frank Lampard</a> - footballer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Hearn" title="Eddie Hearn">Eddie Hearn</a> - sports promoter</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Griff_Rhys_Jones" title="Griff Rhys Jones">Griff Rhys Jones</a> - actor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Straw" title="Jack Straw">Jack Straw</a> - English politician</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brentwood,_Essex&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:A12,_Brentwood,_Essex_-_geograph.org.uk_-_35434.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/A12%2C_Brentwood%2C_Essex_-_geograph.org.uk_-_35434.jpg/220px-A12%2C_Brentwood%2C_Essex_-_geograph.org.uk_-_35434.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/A12%2C_Brentwood%2C_Essex_-_geograph.org.uk_-_35434.jpg/330px-A12%2C_Brentwood%2C_Essex_-_geograph.org.uk_-_35434.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/A12%2C_Brentwood%2C_Essex_-_geograph.org.uk_-_35434.jpg/440px-A12%2C_Brentwood%2C_Essex_-_geograph.org.uk_-_35434.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/A12_road_(England)" title="A12 road (England)">A12 road</a> passes Brentwood</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a 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Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">January 2019</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Buses">Buses</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brentwood,_Essex&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Buses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Brentwood is served by a number of bus services, many being operated by <a href="/wiki/First_Essex" title="First Essex">First Essex</a>. The other main bus service providers include <a href="/wiki/Arriva_Herts_%26_Essex" title="Arriva Herts & Essex">Arriva Herts & Essex</a> <a href="/wiki/Ensignbus" title="Ensignbus">Ensignbus</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_London" title="Stagecoach London">Stagecoach London</a>. <a href="/wiki/List_of_bus_routes_in_London" title="List of bus routes in London">London Buses route 498</a> links <a href="/wiki/Romford" title="Romford">Romford</a> with Brentwood and operates daily. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Road">Road</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brentwood,_Essex&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Road"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/A12_road_(England)" title="A12 road (England)">A12</a>, which runs between London and Lowestoft, by-passes the town to the north and the London orbital <a href="/wiki/M25_motorway" title="M25 motorway">M25 motorway</a> is located 1.2 miles (2 km) to the south-west of the town. The <a href="/wiki/A128_road" title="A128 road">A128</a>, which links <a href="/wiki/Ongar,_Essex" title="Ongar, Essex">Ongar</a> with <a href="/wiki/Orsett" title="Orsett">Orsett</a>, travels through the centre of the town. The <a href="/wiki/A129_road" class="mw-redirect" title="A129 road">A129</a> travels through the north and east of the town, connecting Brentwood with Billericay and <a href="/wiki/Hadleigh,_Essex" title="Hadleigh, Essex">Hadleigh</a>. The <a href="/wiki/A1023_road" title="A1023 road">A1023</a> passes through Brentwood, connecting the town with the A12. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Railway">Railway</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brentwood,_Essex&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Railway"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Brentwood_railway_station" title="Brentwood railway station">Brentwood railway station</a> is located to the south of the town centre and is served by frequent <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_line" title="Elizabeth line">Elizabeth line</a> services between <a href="/wiki/Shenfield_railway_station" title="Shenfield railway station">Shenfield</a> and <a href="/wiki/London_Paddington_station" title="London Paddington station">London Paddington</a> via <a href="/wiki/Liverpool_Street_station" title="Liverpool Street station">Liverpool Street</a>, with two trains per hour continuing to <a href="/wiki/Heathrow_Terminal_5_station" title="Heathrow Terminal 5 station">Heathrow Terminal 5</a>. </p><p>Also within the <a href="/wiki/Brentwood_(borough)" class="mw-redirect" title="Brentwood (borough)">Borough of Brentwood</a> are <a href="/wiki/Ingatestone_railway_station" title="Ingatestone railway station">Ingatestone</a> and Shenfield stations, which provide fast services to Liverpool Street and <a href="/wiki/East_Anglia" title="East Anglia">East Anglia</a>; <a href="/wiki/West_Horndon_railway_station" title="West Horndon railway station">West Horndon</a> hosts services between <a href="/wiki/Fenchurch_Street_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Fenchurch Street station">London Fenchurch Street</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shoeburyness_railway_station" title="Shoeburyness railway station">Shoeburyness</a>. </p><p>The nearest London Underground stations are situated just outside of the Borough of Brentwood, at <a href="/wiki/Newbury_Park_tube_station" title="Newbury Park tube station">Newbury Park</a> (<a href="/wiki/Central_line_(London_Underground)" title="Central line (London Underground)">Central line</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Upminster_station" title="Upminster station">Upminster</a> (<a href="/wiki/District_line" title="District line">District line</a>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brentwood,_Essex&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-built-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-built_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-built_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/housing/articles/townsandcitiescharacteristicsofbuiltupareasenglandandwales/census2021">"Towns and cities, characteristics of built-up areas, England and Wales"</a>. <i>Census 2021</i>. 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