Little Bentley

Little Bentley
Little Bentley Location within Essex
Population	271 (2011)[1]
OS grid reference	TM117257
District	Tendring
Shire county	Essex
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Colchester
Postcode district	CO7
List of places UK England Essex 51°53′23″N 1°04′30″E / 51.88963°N 1.07503°E / 51.88963; 1.07503

Little Bentley is a village and civil parish in the Tendring district of Essex, England. It sits on rising ground just to the west of the Holland Brook.

In the Second World War troops and Commandoes sometimes encamped locally, and there was a control post for the anti-aircraft guns around the nearby Gt Bromley radar station. A number of Allied aircraft force-landed in the large field south of the Church, including an American B17 bomber. Several V1 flying bombs also hit the parish.^{[citation needed]}

The Hall, south west of the Church, was once a larger building. It has a large game wood, made up mainly of coppiced chestnut trees. The Hall is nowadays noted for its annual garden show, making use of water features fed by streams from the wood.^{[citation needed]}

In the hamlet of Ravens' Green, 2 miles from the village centre, is a large house formerly known as "the Gamekeepers", for many decades a pub.^{[citation needed]}

Little Bentley is also the home of the Little Bentley Park Polo Club.