Great Bentley

Great Bentley is a village, civil parish and electoral ward in the Tendring district of North Essex, England, located seven miles east of Colchester. It is home to the second largest village green in the country, at a size of 43 acres (170,000 m), behind Duncan Down and has won 'Village of the Year' several times. Great Bentley railway station provides the village with frequent rail services along the Sunshine Coast Line to London Liverpool Street, Clacton-on-Sea, Colchester and Walton-on-the-Naze.