Population 397 (2011) Civil parish Birdbrook Country England Local time Thursday 8:34 AM District Braintree District UK parliament constituency Braintree | OS grid reference TL707412 Region East Sovereign state United Kingdom Shire county Essex Dialling code 01440 | |
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Weather 6°C, Wind W at 34 km/h, 70% Humidity | ||
Birdbrook is a village and civil parish in Essex, England. It is located approximately 6 km (3.7 mi) southeast of Haverhill, Suffolk and is 34 km (21 miles) north from the county town of Chelmsford. The village is in the district of Braintree and in the parliamentary constituency of Saffron Walden. The parish is part of the Bumpsteads and Upper Colne parish cluster. It is 93 metres above sea level. According to the 2011 census it had a population of 397. There is a Public House, "The Plough" and a Church, "St Augustine of Canterbury".
Map of Birdbrook, Halstead, UK
Nearby Moyns Park, a Grade I listed Elizabethan country house, is said to have been where Ian Fleming put the finishing touches on his novel From Russia, with Love.
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