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| Great Bentley | |
|---|---|
 The village sign | |
  Great Bentley Location within Essex | |
| Population | 2,253 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | TM110215 |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Colchester |
| Postcode district | CO7 |
| Dialling code | 01206 |
| Police | Essex |
| Fire | Essex |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| UK Parliament | |
| Website | greatbentleyparishcouncil.co.uk |
Great Bentley is a village, civil parish and electoral ward in the Tendring district of north Essex, England, located seven miles east of Colchester. The parish includes the hamlets of Aingers Green and South Heath. It is home to the second largest village green in the country, at a size of 43 acres (170,000 m2), behind Duncan Down and has won 'Essex Village of the Year'[1] and 'Daily Telegraph/Calor Gas Village of the Year'[2] awards. Great Bentley railway station provides the village with frequent rail services along the Sunshine Coast Line to London Liverpool Street, Clacton-on-Sea, Colchester and Walton-on-the-Naze.
Great Bentley is scattered round an extensive level or common, of 43 acres (170,000 m2), on the eastern side of the vale of a rivulet, seven miles (11 km) east-south-east of Colchester. The parish contains 2500 inhabitants, and 3,188 acres (12.90 km2) of fertile land, including hills and valleys, and extending southward to the Flag Creek, a tidal creek which connects with the Colne, near Brightlingsea. The population of the civil parish reduced to 2,253 at the census 2011.[3]
Great Bentley is the second largest village in the Tendring district, with a population of 2,381. The village has road, rail and bus links.
- ^ "Essex: Great Bentley named as Essex Village of the Year 2013". 11 July 2013.
- ^ "Village of the year". 9 December 2000.
- ^ "Ward/Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 25 September 2015.