{{Short description|Village in Essex, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use British English|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox UK place |country = England |official_name= Great Notley |coordinates = {{coord|51.8595|0.5341|display=inline,title}} |os_grid_reference= TL740207 |civil_parish = Great Notley<ref>{{cite web |title=Great Notley Parish Council Website |url=https://greatnotley.org.uk/ |website =Great Notley Parish Council |access-date=26 September 2021}}</ref> |population = 6,632 | population_ref = (Parish, 2021)<ref name=2021census>{{cite web |title=2021 Census Parish Profiles |url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/sources/census_2021_pp |website=NOMIS |publisher=Office for National Statistics |access-date=31 March 2025}} (To get individual parish data, use the query function on table PP002.)</ref> |shire_district= Braintree |shire_county = Essex |region= East of England |constituency_westminster= Braintree |post_town= BRAINTREE |postcode_district=CM7, CM77 |postcode_area=CM |dial_code= 01376 }}
'''Great Notley''' is a village and civil parish in the Braintree District of Essex, England. It largely comprises modern housing built to the south-west of the town of Braintree, from which it is separated by the A120 road. The name Great Notley was coined in the 1990s for the modern developments here; the area historically formed the western part of the parish of Black Notley. The new civil parish of Great Notley was created in 2000. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 6,632.
==Archeology== Excavations in Great Notley revealed the remains of Iron Age and Roman settlements with a series of enclosures overlaid with a Roman development on the site of the Skyline Business Park, where it is thought that there was a series of occupations on the site from the late Iron Age onwards, which included brewing, farming and the production of textiles.<ref name="EL65-67">{{cite news|title=Braintree is reborn|last=Jarvis|first=Joanne|date=January 2009|work=Essex Life |publisher=Archant }}</ref>
==Estates== Great Notley was designed as a suburban development, a self-sustainable garden village composed of three distinct hamlets linked via a spine road:<ref name="CountrysidePropCaseStudy">{{cite web|url=http://www.countryside-properties.com/news/case-studies/10376|date=2007-02-09|title=Case Study - Great Notley Garden Village, Braintree|author=Countryside Properties|accessdate=2007-05-13}}</ref> * Notley Green hamlet, to the south * Oaklands Manor hamlet, centred on a new manor house * Panners Farm hamlet, to the north
It was built mostly by Countryside Properties, and is cited as an example of Countryside's design philosophy of 'instant maturity' and 'instant community'.<ref name=Froud>Daisy Froud, [http://cultureandcommunication.org/deadmedia/images/f/fd/Thinking_homely.pdf Countryside Properties and the Shape of Time], University of London, 2002. Reprinted in ''Home Cultures Journal'', 2004. Illustrated academic review.</ref>
The parish also includes the older estate of White Court, now in the centre of the village; a business park, 'Skyline120', and a {{convert|40|ha|-1|abbr=on}} country park.
The parish was created in 2000 from the western part of the parish of Black Notley.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Braintree (Parish) Order 1999 |url=https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20221202003225mp_/https://s3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/lgbce/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/12205/braintree-parishes-order-1999.pdf |website=Local Government Boundary Commission for England |publisher=The National Archives |access-date=15 November 2025}}</ref>
==Amenities== thumb|Bird Sculpture above Great Notley Country Park
Due to the size of Great Notley, there is little in the way of indoor entertainment facilities. Outdoor entertainment includes various playgrounds and the aforementioned country park (known as the 'Discovery Centre'), which includes outdoor play equipment, a café and water features.
There are various small businesses operating in Great Notley, including a veterinary centre, a public house (the ''Prince Louis''), an estate agents and a tanning salon. There is also a Tesco supermarket located in the garden village, making it the third Tesco to be built within the Braintree area.
==Schools== There are two schools in Great Notley; White Court Primary School and Notley Green Primary School, which was opened in 1999. The main secondary school for the area is Notley High School, which is located in the neighbouring town of Braintree, Essex.
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Category:Villages in Essex Category:Braintree District