Great Notley is a modern garden‑suburb on the southern edge of Braintree in Essex, England, largely built from the 1990s as a planned mixed‑use community. It centres on the attractive Great Notley Country Park - a lake, play areas and footpaths - and was designed with family housing, primary schools and local shops to create a self‑contained feel rather than a simple commuter dormitory.
Today it reads as a largely residential, family‑oriented district with active community groups, sports clubs and decent local retail, while many residents commute to nearby centres such as Chelmsford and Colchester or to London. The development sits on what was previously farmland, so it lacks a long medieval core, but its proximity to the Braintree Village outlet and good road links make it both convenient and pleasantly green compared with older urban areas.
Postcode districts covering Great Notley
Most populated places nearby
- Southend-on-Sea 22.7 miles
- Basildon 20.4 miles
- Colchester 15.5 miles
- Chelmsford 8.9 miles
- Harlow 19.1 miles
- Braintree 2 miles
- Brentwood 18.8 miles
- Canvey Island 23.4 miles
- Bishop's Stortford 15.5 miles
- Billericay 16.7 miles
- Hoddesdon 24.4 miles
- Wickford 17.2 miles
Neighbouring places
- Great Notley & Black Notley Ward 0.6 miles
- Braintree West Ward 0.9 miles
- Little Common Built-up area 1.1 miles
- Rayne Built-up area 1.3 miles
- Braintree South Ward 1.5 miles
- Black Notley Built-up area 1.5 miles
- Bocking South Ward 1.9 miles
- Braintree Central & Beckers Green Ward 1.9 miles
- Braintree Built-up area 2 miles
- Great Leighs Built-up area 2.3 miles
- Bocking Blackwater Ward 2.3 miles
- Tye Green Built-up area 2.4 miles
Example postcodes in Great Notley
CM77 8FY, CM77 7QD, CM77 7QU, CM77 7AF, CM77 7WH, CM77 7WE, CM77 7GN, CM77 7PR, CM77 7FZ … See all
Transport links
- Stansted Airport 12.6 miles
- London Southend Airport 21.2 miles
- Braintree Railway Station 1.6 miles
- Braintree Freeport Railway Station 1.8 miles
Hotels near Great Notley Ad
- Holiday Inn Express Braintree 3 0.7 miles
- Channels Hotel 4 6.1 miles
- White Hart Hotel by Greene King Inns 3 1.7 miles
- The Lion Inn 7 miles
- White Hart Hotel by Greene King Inns 3 6.8 miles
- Ranfield's Brasserie Hotel Rooms 4 6.8 miles
- Essex Golf & Country Club 3 7.6 miles
- Farmhouse Inn 3 9.3 miles
- County Hotel Chelmsford 4 8.9 miles
- The Dorrington 7.4 miles
Schools in Great Notley
- Notley Green Primary School Primary
- White Court School Primary
Local points of interest
- Chelmsford City Racecourse Recreation 1.5 miles
- Dines Hall Country house 2.2 miles
- Cressing Road Stadium 2.2 miles
- Coggeshall Abbey Historic site 7.1 miles
- Marks Hall Estate 7.2 miles
- Tilty Abbey Historic site 9.4 miles
- East Anglian Railway Museum Museum 10.9 miles
- Hylands Estate 11.8 miles
- Furze Woods Forest 14.3 miles
- Roman Circus visitor centre Museum 15.8 miles
- Berechurch Hall Estate 15.9 miles
- Ongar Castle Historic site 16 miles