Greenstead Green

Greenstead Green and Halstead Rural is a civil parish in the Braintree district, in the county of Essex, England. The parish includes the village of Greenstead Green and the hamlet of Burton's Green, Plaistow Green and Whiteash Green. In 2011 the parish had a population of 670. The parish touches Coggeshall, Colne Engaine, Earls Colne, Gosfield, Great Maplestead, Halstead, Little Maplestead, Pebmarsh, Sible Hedingham and Stisted and surrounds the urban parish of Halstead. There are 35 listed buildings in Greenstead Green and Halstead Rural.

Belcher's and Broadfield Woods is a 14.4-hectare (36-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Halstead and Braintree in Essex. It is managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust as the Brookes Nature Reserve.The site is coppice woodland on chalky boulder clay. There is a variety of woodlands types, such as wet ash and maple, pedunculate oak and hornbeam, and acid birch, ash and lime. The ground flora includes species which are locally uncommon, including greater butterfly-orchid and bird's-nest orchid. There is also a variety of butterflies, and ponds which have frogs and newts.The site is crossed by footpaths.

Halstead is a town and civil parish in the Braintree District of Essex, England. Its population of 11,906 in 2011 was estimated to be 12,161 in 2019. The town lies near Colchester and Sudbury, in the Colne Valley.

The Ramsey Academy is a coeducational secondary school with academy status, located in Halstead, Essex, England.

Halstead railway station was located in Halstead, Essex. It was 56 miles 34 chains (90.81 km) from London Liverpool Street via Marks Tey. It closed in 1962.

Tumbler's Green is a hamlet near the towns of Halstead and Braintree in the Braintree district, in the English county of Essex. Other nearby settlements include Folly Green, Pattiswick, Stisted and Greenstead Green.

Holy Trinity Church is a redundant Anglican church in the town of Halstead, Essex, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. The church stands to the north of the junction between Trinity Street (the A131 road) and Chapel Hill.

Halstead Town Football Club is a football club based in Halstead, Essex, England. They are currently members of the Essex Senior League and play at Rosemary Lane.

Marks Hall was a Jacobean country house some 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Coggeshall in Essex, England. Previously a timber manor house, the 17th-century brick building was demolished in 1950.

Pattiswick is a village near the A120 road, and former civil parish, now in the parish of Bradwell, in the Braintree district, in the county of Essex, England. In 1931 the parish had a population of 297. On 1 April 1949 the parish was abolished and merged with Bradwell, part also went to Coggeshall.

Earls Colne railway station was located in Earls Colne, Essex. It was 53 miles 77 chains (86.84 km) from London Liverpool Street via Marks Tey.

Stisted is a civil parish, Church of England parish, and former manor near Braintree, Essex, England. Andrew Motion, a former Poet Laureate, was raised there.