Braintree moving guide

Pretlove's Removal and Storage Service has been serving Braintree for over 100 years.

Braintree is both a district and a main town with a population of 42,000 situated in North Essex. It has numerous shopping and leisure facilities, including the Freeport Shopping Village, leisure centres and outdoor activities. With good transport links, Braintree is on the Great Eastern Mainline to London Liverpool Street, and close to the A120, which runs from Bishop's Stortford to Harwich.

Pretlove's Removal and Storage Service can move you to all the surrounding villages of Braintree, including: Black Notley, Coggeshall, Cressing, Felsted, Great Notley, Panfield, and Rayne, and to the nearest main towns of: Bishop's Stortford, Bocking, Chelmsford, Colchester, Great Dunmow, Halstead, Sudbury and Witham.

Pretlove's would love to help with your Braintree removals or storage requirements. And here are some links for organisations you may also need to speak to when you move around the Braintree area:

  • Anglian Water
    Customer Services, PO Box 10642, Harlow, Essex CM20 9HA. Tel: 08457 919155 (option 3). Contact Anglian Water if you're moving in or out of the Braintree area.

  • Cable services
    To find out which cable services are available in the Braintree area.

  • Council Tax
    Braintree District Council, Causeway House, Bocking End, Braintree, Essex CM7 9HB. Tel: 01376 552525 Contact the Council about a change in your Council Tax circumstances if you're moving in or out of Braintree.

  • Education services
    Essex County Council, County Hall, Market Road, Chelmsford, Essex CM1 1QH. Tel: 0845 7430430 Email: contactessex@essex.gov.uk. To find out about the range of Education services in Braintree.

  • Housing
    Braintree District Council, Causeway House, Bocking End, Braintree, Essex CM7 9HB. Tel: 01376 552525. For information about housing issues in Braintree.

  • NHS Mid Essex
    Swift House, Hedgerows Business Park, Colchester Road, Chelmsford, Essex CM2 5PF. Tel: 01245 398770. To find out information about the range of NHS services in Braintree.

  • Parking
    Braintree District Council, Causeway House, Bocking End, Braintree, Essex CM7 9HB. Tel: 01376 552525. Apply for a suspension for your moving day in Braintree.

  • Planning
    Braintree District Council, Causeway House, Bocking End, Braintree, Essex CM7 9HB. Tel: 01376 552525. For information about planning applications and regulations in Braintree.

  • Recycling Services
    Braintree District Council, Causeway House, Bocking End, Braintree, Essex CM7 9HB. Tel: 01376 552525. To find out about recycling, refuse and dumping services in Braintree.

  • Residents' Parking
    North Essex Parking Partnership, PO Box 5575, Town Hall, Colchester, CO1 9LT. Tel: 01206 282316

Council websites

  • Braintree District Council
    Braintree District Council, Causeway House, Bocking End, Braintree, Essex CM7 9HB. Tel: 01376 552525.

  • Essex County Council
    County Hall, Market Road, Chelmsford, Essex CM1 1QH. Tel: 0845 7430430 Email: contactessex@essex.gov.uk

Sales and lettings agents

  • Bairstow Eves Great Square, Braintree, Essex CM7 1UY. Tel: 01376 390773

  • Beresfords
    74a High Street, Braintree, Essex CM7 1JP. Tel: 01376 348444 (Sales) 01376 348666 (Lettings)

  • Boydens
    34 Bank Street, Braintree, Essex CM7 1UG. Tel: 01376 342355 (Sales) 01376 327400 (Lettings)

  • Connells
    17 Great Square, Braintree, Essex CM7 1TX. Tel: 01376 552222 Email: braintree@connells.co.uk

  • Intercounty
    Market House, Braintree, Essex CM7 3HG. Tel: 01376 328288 (Sales) 01376 322988 (Lettings) Email: braintree@intercounty.co.uk

  • Joscelyne Chase
    18-20 Bank Street, Braintree, Essex CM7 1UP. Tel: 01376 322222 Email: property@joscelynechase.co.uk

  • More Estate Agents
    2 Fairfield Road, Braintree, Essex CM7 3HF. Tel: 01376 331113 Email: braintree@moreestateagents.co.uk

  • haart Colchester
    145 High Street, Colchester, Essex CO1 1PG. Tel: 01206 542288 Email: colchesterftb@haart.co.uk

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