About Brentwood

Brentwood is a town and the principal settlement of the Borough of Brentwood, in the county of Essex in the East of England. It is located in the London commuter belt, 20 miles (30 km) east north-east of Charing Cross, and near the M25 motorway. According to the 2011 Census, the town had a population of 49,463.

Brentwood is an affluent suburban town with a small but expanding shopping area and high street. Beyond this is extensive sprawling residential development entirely surrounded by open countryside and woodland; some penetrating to within only a few hundred yards of the town centre.

Brentwood has been twinned with Roth, Germany, since 1978, and with Montbazon, France, since 1994. It also has a relationship with Brentwood, Tennessee, in the United States.

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