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AREA - Halstead covers 1,232 acres (roughly two square miles).

BANKS - Branches of Barclays, Lloyds TSB, National Westminster and HSBC banks are all in the High Street. There is also a branch of Saffron Walden and Essex Building Society and agencies for the Halifax and Nationwide.

CAR PARKS – Pay & Display in Chapel Street, Mill Bridge and Butler Road.

JOB CENTRE - Office at Braintree Telephone - 01376 303132

CHURCHES AND CHAPELS
St Andrews Parish Church, Parsonage Street.
Holy Trinity Church, Chapel Hill.
St Francis Roman Catholic Church, Colchester Road.
United Reformed Church, Kings Road.
Methodist Church, New Street.
Baptist Churches at Hedingham Road and White Horse Avenue.
Providence Baptist Church, Colchester Road.
Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses, Pretoria Road.

CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU - New Street Telephone – 08701 264065
Open 10 to 1 on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

EARLY CLOSING DAY – Wednesday but only a few businesses close.

EDUCATION - Schools provided by Essex County are:
Richard de Clare Primary School, Parsonage Street. Telephone 01787 472153
St Andrews C of E Junior and Infants School, Matthews Close. Telephone 01787 475699
Holy Trinity C of E Junior and Infants School, Trinity Street. Telephone 01787 472096
Ramsey Comprehensive School, Colne Road. Telephone 01787 472481
Further education is provided at Braintree and Colchester.
Independent schools nearby include the Gosfield School and, also at Gosfield, the St Margarets Preparatory School.
Pre-school playgroups are located at New Street, White Horse Avenue and Holy Trinity with a day nursery on Colchester Road.

ELECTRICITY - Emergency and Loss of Supply Telephone 0800 7838 838

FIRE SERVICE - Station at Parsonage Street. Telephone - 999
in emergency.

GAS - Supplied by Transco Telephone - 0800 111999

HEALTH AND SOCIAL SECURITY OFFICE - Halstead is served by the office at Braintree.

HEALTH SERVICES - The Health Clinic is in Hedingham Road
Telephone - 01787 291034
The doctors’ surgery is at Factory Lane West Telephone - 01787 475944

HOSPITAL - Halstead Hospital, Hedingham Road
Telephone - 01787 291010
Adjacent to the hospital are the Halstead Lodge Nursing Home and the Courtauld Homes of Rest.

LIBRARY - Branch of the Essex County Library is in Bridge Street
Open: Telephone - 01787 473431
Monday 8.30am - 5.00pm
Tuesday 8.30am - 7.00pm
Wednesday Closed
Thursday 8.30am - 6.00pm
Friday 8.30am - 6.00pm
Saturday 8.30am - 5.00pm
Sunday Closed

LOCAL GOVERNMENT - Halstead Town Council offices are located at The Mill House, The Causeway, Halstead, Essex CO9 1ET
Telephone - 01787 476480
Most services are, however, provided by the Braintree District Council
in whose area Halstead is situated.
Their offices are located at Braintree Telephone – 01376 552525
although there is a Halstead area office at The Centre, Halstead.

MARKET DAYS - Fridays and Saturdays.

NEWSPAPERS - Halstead Gazette (published every Friday) whose offices are at 76 High Street, Braintree Essex. Telephone – 01376 343344

POLICE - The Police Station is in Trinity Street Telephone 01376 551312
or 999 in an emergency

POPULATION - Population of Halstead is approximately 11,000.

POST OFFICES – The main Post Office is in Martins Newsagents in the High Street with a sub office at Park Fields Co-op store in Abels Road.

REGISTRARS OF BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES - All enquiries to Braintree 01376 320762.

SENIOR CITIZENS CENTRE - Drop in Centre on New Street.
Telephone - 01787 473865
Day Centre on Bridge Street Telephone - 01787 476253

SOCIAL SERVICES - Essex County Council
Telephone - Braintree 01376 555400

THEATRE - Empire Theatre, Butler Road Telephone - 07778 025490
12.00 noon - 10.00pm

TRANSPORT - For Bus and Train Times telephone the
Travel Line on Telephone - 0905 500000

RAIL - Halstead has no rail station – the nearest are at Braintree (8 miles away) which has an hourly service to Witham, Chelmsford and London (Liverpool Street); and at Kelvedon main line with trains to London, Ipswich and Norwich.

ROAD - There are bus services to Chelmsford, Colchester, Braintree and surrounding villages.

WATER - Supplied by the Anglian Water Authority whose area offices
are at Colchester Telephone - 08457 919155

YOUTH CENTRE – at the Halstead Resource Centre
Telephone - 01787 274120