Approximate Population: 44,800

Brentwood has a number of public open spaces including King George’s Field in memorial to King George V, Shenfield Common and two vast country parks at South Weald and Thorndon. Weald Country Park was first chosen to hold the 2012 Olympics mountain bike race but is no longer the venue because it was declared to be ‘too easy’ a course. Although close to the extremities of Greater London Brentwood is surrounded by open countryside and woodland. Brentwood also hosts a number of ‘Criterium Cycle Races’ that attract many of Britain’s greatest cyclists.

The town has two large sports centres providing access to a range of sports including badminton, squash, swimming, football etc. There are a number of golf courses, including a 70 par municipal course very close to the town centre at Hartswood as well as others in the surrounding countryside. A number of cricket clubs exist in and around the town although the ‘County Ground’, closest to the town centre, no longer hosts Essex matches. Brentwood is also home to Brentwood Town F.C. and London Leopards, who play at the Brentwood Centre. The town is also home to London Junior League club, Brentwood Elvers RLFC[2], the only rugby league club in West Essex.

Although no longer manufactured here, Brentwood became the centre of trampolining in the UK between 1965 and 1981 after George Nissen brought the new sport here in 1949 and eventually manufactured trampolines in the town, continuing to do so for many years after they ceased production in the USA for fear of litigation. Ted Blake, a long term Brentwood resident, was Managing Director of Nissen UK from its inception until shortly before it closed and became a leading figure worldwide in the development of modern trampolining. Brentwood still has a thriving trampolining community, but no longer a local factory.

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