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Braintree is a town of about 30,000 people in the county of Essex, in the south east of England. It is located at the junction of two Roman roads: one coming from the county town of Chelmsford, about ten miles or so to the south-west, and the other (known as Stane Street ) running westwards to Great Dunmow, and eastwards to Colchester. Stane Street was a main road (the A120) until the bypass system was built in the late 20th century. It is the main town in the Braintree District.In fact, there are two contiguous towns here: Braintree proper lies to the south of Stane Street, and Bocking lies to the north. The two together can be referred to as "Braintree and Bocking", although most people just lump them together as "Braintree".
Braintree has two railway stations. Trains depart from Braintree to London Liverpool Street approximately once an hour during the daytime, and similarly in the other direction. The track terminates at Braintree. It used to continue westwards, through the village of Rayne, to Great Dunmow, but this section of the route has been disused for decades.
Braintree is twinned with the French town of Pierrefitte-sur-SeinePierrefitte-sur-Seine is a commune of Seine-Saint-Denis and a suburb of Paris, located between Saint-Denis and the departement of Val d'Oise. The town is twinned with Braintree ( UK) and Rudersdorf bei Berlin ( Germany). In March 2004 the French President.
1 Physical geography
Braintree lies about 50 metreFor other uses of "metre" and "meter", see Metre (disambiguation). The metre is the basic unit of length in the International System of Units (SI: Systeme International d'Unites). It is defined as the length of the path travelled by light in absolute vacus above sea levelFor considerations of sea level change, in particular rise associated with possible global warming, see sea level rise''. Mean sea level (MSL) is the average height of the sea, with reference to a suitable reference surface. Defining the reference level ,[1]. Essex is rather flat on the whole, and the Braintree area is no exception; however, there is a general downward trend in the height of the ground from the northwest towards the coast to the southeast. Two rivers flow through Braintree in this direction. Pod's Brook approaches the western side of the town, forming a natural boundary between Braintree and the neighbouring village of Rayne about two mileA mile is any of several units of distance, or, as physicists say, of length. Today, one mile is mainly equal to about 1609 metres on land and 1852 metres at sea and in the air, but see below for the details. Current definitions The meanings of mile thats (three kilometreA kilometre ( American spelling: kilometer (symbol: km is a unit of length equal to 1000 metres. It is approximately equal to 0. 621 miles, 1094 yards or 3281 feet. Slang terms for kilometre include " klick" (or "click") and "kay". Click" is also used fors) to the west. Pod's Brook becomes the River Brain as it passes under the Roman road, before running through the southern part of Braintree. The River Pant (or BlackwaterThis article refers to the Essex river; for the Hampshire river, see River Blackwater, Hampshire. The River Blackwater is a river in England. It flows through Essex passing Maldon and reaching the North Sea at West Mersea. Blackwater, River, Essex Blackwa) runs roughly parallel to it, through the north of Bocking, and away to the east of the town. The Brain eventually flows into the Blackwater several miles away, near WithamWitham (pronounced Wit-ham) is a town in the county of Essex, in the south east of England. Witham is twinned with the town of Waldbrol, Germany. The parish of Witham appears in the Domesday Book of 1086. Towns in Essex..
