Greenstead Green is a village in the civil parish of Greenstead Green and Halstead Rural, near the town of Halstead

Halstead

Halstead is a town and civil parish located in Braintree District of Essex, England, near Colchester and Sudbury. It has a population of 11,053. The town is situated in the Colne Valley, and originally developed on the hill to the north of the river...

 in the Braintree

Braintree (district)

Braintree is a local government district in the English county of Essex. Its main town is Braintree.The main centres of population are Braintree, Witham and Halstead....

 district, in the English county of Essex

Essex

Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...

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Two Greenste(a)d Greens in Essex

Just like Greensted

Greensted

Greensted-juxta-Ongar is a village in Essex, England, strung out along the Greensted Road approximately one mile to the west of Chipping Ongar.-Naming:...

 (near Chipping Ongar

Chipping Ongar

Chipping Ongar is a small market town, and a civil parish called Ongar, in the Epping Forest district of the county of Essex, England. It is located East of Epping, South-East of Harlow and North-West of Brentwood.-Geography:...

) is sometimes confused with Greenstead, in Colchester

Colchester

Colchester is an historic town and the largest settlement within the borough of Colchester in Essex, England.At the time of the census in 2001, it had a population of 104,390. However, the population is rapidly increasing, and has been named as one of Britain's fastest growing towns. As the...

 (which is miles away from Greenstead Green), there can also be confusion between Greenstead Green and Greensted Green

Greensted Green

Greensted Green is hamlet in the Epping Forest District, in the English county of Essex. It is positioned at the western end of Greensted, slightly above 2 miles to the west of Ongar.- Name origin :...

 (near Chipping Ongar

Chipping Ongar

Chipping Ongar is a small market town, and a civil parish called Ongar, in the Epping Forest district of the county of Essex, England. It is located East of Epping, South-East of Harlow and North-West of Brentwood.-Geography:...

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Other nearby settlements

Other nearby settlements include Burton's Green, Earls Colne

Earls Colne

Earls Colne is a village in Essex, England named after the River Colne, on which it stands, and the Earls of Oxford who held the manor of Earls Colne from before 1086 to 1703.-Manor of Earls Colne:...

, Plaistow Green and Tumbler's Green

Tumbler's Green

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 :Other nearby settlements include Folly Green, Pattiswick, Stisted and Greenstead Green....

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