Pentlow is a small, rural civil parish in the district of Braintree, Essex, in eastern England, lying near the county boundary with Suffolk and set in the gently rolling agricultural landscape by the River Stour. The parish feels tucked away from major roads, with lanes, farmland and scattered clusters of cottages giving it a distinctly quiet, pastoral character.
Locally there is a strong sense of history and place in the form of period houses and farmsteads, and the community is largely agricultural or commuter-based, with people travelling to nearby market towns such as Sudbury or Colchester for work and services. Village life is small-scale and neighbourly, sustained by a parish council and occasional local events rather than large commercial activity.
Postcode districts covering Pentlow
Most populated places nearby
- Ipswich 22.5 miles36.2 km
- Cambridge 23.1 miles37.1 km
- Colchester 16.5 miles26.6 km
- Chelmsford 24.6 miles39.6 km
- Braintree 13.8 miles22.2 km
- Bury St. Edmunds 12.4 miles19.9 km
- Bishop's Stortford 24.9 miles40 km
- Haverhill 8.8 miles14.2 km
- Witham 18.9 miles30.3 km
- Thetford 23.9 miles38.4 km
- Sudbury 5 miles8.1 km
- Maldon 23.8 miles38.3 km
Neighbouring places
- Cavendish Built-up area 0.8 miles1.2 km
- Foxearth Parish 1.8 miles2.8 km
- Glemsford Built-up area 2 miles3.2 km
- Belchamp Otten Parish 2 miles3.2 km
- Stour Valley North Ward 2.3 miles3.6 km
- Belchamp St. Paul Parish 2.3 miles3.8 km
- Liston Parish 2.4 miles3.8 km
- Clare Built-up area 2.6 miles4.2 km
- Borley Parish 2.8 miles4.5 km
- Belchamp Walter Parish 2.8 miles4.5 km
- Poslingford Parish 3.2 miles5.1 km
- Stanstead Parish 3.3 miles5.3 km
Example postcodes in Pentlow
CO10 7JR, CO10 7JW, CO10 7JS, CO10 7JL, CO10 7FY, CO10 7JT, CO10 7SP, CO10 7JP, CO10 7JJ … See all
Transport links
- Stansted Airport 21.8 miles35 km
- London Southend Airport 35 miles56.4 km
- Sudbury Railway Station 4.9 miles7.9 km
- Castle Hedingham Railway Station 6.1 miles9.9 km
- Bus Station 4.8 miles7.6 km
Hotels near Pentlow Ad
- The Bull Hotel Long Melford by Greene King Inns 3 3.4 miles5.4 km
- The Crown Inn Hotel 3.3 miles5.3 km
- Painters at the Angel 4.7 miles7.5 km
- The Mill Hotel 4 4.4 miles7.1 km
- The George and Dragon Inn 3.3 miles5.2 km
- Sturmer Hall Hotel and Conference Centre 4 7.5 miles12.1 km
- The Suffolk Hotel 8.6 miles13.8 km
- The Dorrington 9.2 miles14.8 km
- Rose & Crown Hotel 5 8.7 miles14 km
Local points of interest
- Ickworth House Estate 9.7 miles15.5 km
- East Anglian Railway Museum Museum 11.6 miles18.7 km
- Marks Hall Estate 12.4 miles19.9 km
- Cressing Road Stadium 14.2 miles22.9 km
- Coggeshall Abbey Historic site 14.6 miles23.6 km
- Colchester Community Stadium Stadium 15.3 miles24.6 km
- Newmarket Racecourse Recreation 15.8 miles25.5 km
- West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village Historic site 16.2 miles26 km
- Chelmsford City Racecourse Recreation 17.2 miles27.6 km
- Roman Circus visitor centre Museum 17.2 miles27.7 km
- Saffron Walden Museum Museum 17.4 miles27.9 km
- Tilty Abbey Historic site 17.5 miles28.2 km