Great Notley

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Great Notley
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Great Notley
Location within Essex
Population6,496 (2011 Census) [1]
OS grid reference TL740207
Civil parish
  • Great Notley [2]
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town BRAINTREE
Postcode district CM7, CM77
Dialling code 01376
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51°51′34″N0°32′03″E / 51.8595°N 0.5341°E / 51.8595; 0.5341

Great Notley is a village to the south-west of Braintree, Essex in England. It has an approximate population of 7,845 and became an independent civil parish on 1 April 2000 as a result of The Great Notley Parish Council Order 2000.

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Archeology

Excavations in Great Notley revealed the remains of Iron Age and Roman settlements with a series of enclosures overlaid with a Roman development on the site of the Skyline Business Park, where it is thought that there was a series of occupations on the site from the late Iron Age onwards, which included brewing, farming and the production of textiles. [3]

Estates

Great Notley was designed as a suburban development, a self-sustainable garden village composed of three distinct hamlets linked via a spine road: [4]

It was built mostly by Countryside Properties, and is cited as an example of Countryside's design philosophy of 'instant maturity' and 'instant community'. [5]

The parish also includes the older estate of White Court, now in the centre of the village; a business park, 'Skyline120', and a 40 ha (100 acres) country park.

Amenities

Bird Sculpture above Great Notley Country Park Bird Sculpture above Great Notley Country Park - geograph.org.uk - 57830.jpg
Bird Sculpture above Great Notley Country Park

Due to the size of Great Notley, there is little in the way of indoor entertainment facilities. Outdoor entertainment includes various playgrounds and the aforementioned country park (known as the 'Discovery Centre'), which includes outdoor play equipment, a café and water features.

There are various small businesses operating in Great Notley, including a veterinary centre, a public house (the Prince Louis), an estate agents and a tanning salon. There is also a Tesco supermarket located in the garden village, making it the third Tesco to be built within the Braintree area.

Schools

There are two schools in Great Notley; White Court Primary School and Notley Green Primary School, which was opened in 1999. The main secondary school for the area is Notley High School, which is located in the neighbouring town of Braintree, Essex.

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References

  1. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  2. "Great Notley Parish Council Website". Great Notley Parish Council. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  3. Jarvis, Joanne (January 2009). "Braintree is reborn". Essex Life. Archant.
  4. Countryside Properties (9 February 2007). "Case Study - Great Notley Garden Village, Braintree" . Retrieved 13 May 2007.
  5. Daisy Froud, Countryside Properties and the Shape of Time, University of London, 2002. Reprinted in Home Cultures Journal, 2004. Illustrated academic review.