Braintree District

Braintree District
Non-metropolitan district
Braintree shown within Essex
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	England
Region	East of England
Non-metropolitan county	Essex
Status	Non-metropolitan district
Admin HQ	Braintree
Incorporated	1 April 1974
Government
• Type	Non-metropolitan district council
• Body	Braintree District Council
• Leadership	Leader & Cabinet (Conservative)
• MPs	James Cleverly Priti Patel
Area
• Total	236.18 sq mi (611.71 km2)
Area rank	68th (of 309)
Population  (mid-2019 est.)
• Total	152,604
• Rank	129th (of 309)
• Density	650/sq mi (250/km2)
• Ethnicity	95.% White 1.1% Mixed 1.3% S.Asian 1.0% Black
Time zone	UTC0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
ONS code	22UC (ONS) E07000067 (GSS)
OS grid reference	TL7522
Website	www.braintree.gov.uk

Braintree is a local government district in the English county of Essex, with a population (2011 census) of 147,084. Its main town is Braintree.

The main centres of population are Braintree, Witham and Halstead.

The district was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the urban districts of Braintree and Bocking, Halstead, and Witham and (for list of parishes) Braintree Rural District and Halstead Rural District.

Council

The council is controlled by the Conservatives who hold 34 of the 49 seats.

Further information: Braintree District Council elections

Wards

There are 26 wards:

• Bocking Blackwater
• Bocking North
• Bocking South
• Braintree Central and Beckers Green
• Braintree South
• Braintree West
• Bumpstead
• Coggeshall
• Gosfield & Greenstead Green
• Great Notley & Black Notley
• Halstead St Andrews
• Halstead Trinity
• Hatfield Peverel and Terling
• Hedingham
• Kelvedon and Feering
• Rayne
• Silver End and Cressing
• Stour Valley North (includes Ashen and Foxearth)
• Stour Valley South (includes Bulmer and Alphamstone)
• The Colnes
• Three Fields
• Witham Central
• Witham North
• Witham South
• Witham West
• Yeldham

Arms

Coat of arms of Braintree District

Notes Granted 15th October 1974. Crest On a wreath of the colours on a mount Vert in front of a garb Or a boar passant Azure crined and unguled Or supporting with the dexter fore-hoof a Maltese cross Gules. Escutcheon Gules a pale Or between two seaxes in pale points upward Argent hilts pommels and quillons Or over all a fess wavy Argent charged with a bar wavy Sable in chief a lion rampant Azure a like lion in base. Supporters On either side a lion Sable gorged with a riband Argent pendent therefrom by a ring a mullet Argent surmounted of a pentagon Or fimbriated and charged with a fleur-de-Lys Vert and holding in the month a shuttle erect threaded Proper. Motto By Wisdom And Foresight.

External links

• Enjoy Braintree District; places to stay, arts, museum, culture events listing by the Braintree Council
• Braintree District Council
• Enjoy Braintree District