Brentwood, Essex

Brentwood
The ruins of the Chapel of Thomas Becket
Brentwood Location within Essex
Population	55,340 (built-up area, 2021)[1]
OS grid reference	TQ595938
District	Brentwood
Shire county	Essex
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Brentwood
Postcode district	CM13-CM15
Dialling code	01277
Police	Essex
Fire	Essex
Ambulance	East of England
UK Parliament	Brentwood and Ongar
List of places UK England Essex 51°37′12″N 0°18′18″E / 51.620°N 0.305°E / 51.620; 0.305

Brentwood is a town in Essex, England, in the London commuter belt 20 miles (30 km) north-east of Charing Cross and close to the M25 motorway. The population of the built-up area was 55,340 in 2021.^[1]

Brentwood is a town with a shopping area along the High Street, a Roman road which became one of the main roads between London and East Anglia. Beyond the town centre are residential developments surrounded by open countryside and woodland; some of this countryside lies within only a few hundred yards of the town centre. Brentwood Cathedral is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brentwood.

Since 1978, Brentwood has been twinned with Roth in Germany and with Montbazon in France since 1994.^[2] It also has a relationship with Brentwood, Tennessee in the United States.