Rettendon

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Rettendon
Essex
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Location
Grid reference: TQ765985
Location: 51°39’16"N, 0°32’59"E
Data
Post town: Chelmsford
Postcode: CM3
Dialling code: 01268
Local Government
Council: Chelmsford
Parliamentary
constituency:
Rayleigh

Rettendon is a small village and parish in the Chelmsford hundred of Essex, about eight miles south-east of the city of Chelmsford. Situated near the River Crouch the village was once owned by the Bishop of Ely. The A130 road formerly passed through the village. There are a number of listed buildings in the parish.[1]

Education

Rettendon Primary School is located on the Main Road running through the village.

Hyde Hall

To the east of Rettendon, the garden at Hyde Hall was donated to the Royal Horticultural Society in 1993 and is open to the public.[2]

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