The ward covers central Braintree and the neighbouring neighbourhood of Beckers Green in Essex, England. It combines the commercial heart of the town - with its market-town streets, civic buildings and pockets of Georgian and Victorian architecture - with quieter residential streets, reflecting Braintree’s history as a regional market and light-manufacturing centre.
Beckers Green itself is largely residential with local shops, small community greens and a down-to-earth neighbourhood feel; the wider area supports a mix of retail, local services and some light industry on the outskirts. Good road and rail connections make it handy for commuters while nearby rural Essex gives easy access to attractive villages and countryside, so the ward mixes urban convenience with a tangible local community life.
Postcode districts covering Braintree Central & Beckers Green
Most populated places nearby
- Southend-on-Sea 23.2 miles
- Basildon 21.7 miles
- Colchester 13.8 miles
- Chelmsford 10.3 miles
- Harlow 20.9 miles
- Braintree 0.9 miles
- Brentwood 20.5 miles
- Canvey Island 24.4 miles
- Bishop's Stortford 17.1 miles
- Billericay 18.2 miles
- Wickford 18.3 miles
- Rayleigh 19.6 miles
Neighbouring places
- Braintree South Ward 0.4 miles
- Bocking Blackwater Ward 0.6 miles
- Braintree Built-up area 0.9 miles
- Bocking South Ward 1.2 miles
- Braintree West Ward 1.2 miles
- Black Notley Built-up area 1.3 miles
- Tye Green Built-up area 1.4 miles
- Great Notley & Black Notley Ward 1.5 miles
- Great Notley Built-up area 1.9 miles
- Bocking North Ward 1.9 miles
- Cressing Parish 2 miles
- Rayne Built-up area 2.3 miles
Example postcodes in Braintree Central & Beckers Green
CM7 1XH, CM7 1GU, CM7 1UW, CM7 3JT, CM7 3AU, CM7 3AP, CM7 0JR, CM7 3PG, CM7 3JF … See all
Transport links
- Stansted Airport 14.1 miles
- London Southend Airport 21.7 miles
- Braintree Railway Station 0.4 miles
- Braintree Freeport Railway Station 0.4 miles
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Schools in Braintree Central & Beckers Green
- Alec Hunter Academy Secondary
- Beckers Green Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Cressing Road Stadium 0.3 miles
- Dines Hall Country house 3.2 miles
- Chelmsford City Racecourse Recreation 3.2 miles
- Marks Hall Estate 5.3 miles
- Coggeshall Abbey Historic site 5.5 miles
- East Anglian Railway Museum Museum 9 miles
- Tilty Abbey Historic site 10.6 miles
- Hylands Estate 13.3 miles
- Roman Circus visitor centre Museum 14.1 miles
- Berechurch Hall Estate 14.4 miles
- Colchester Community Stadium Stadium 14.6 miles
- Furze Woods Forest 16.2 miles