A borough of Brentwood is based in the town. A title derives from either 'Burnt Wood', descriptive of the understanding for personal injury settlement in the eastern woods. Robert Graves claims that Brentwood was the places of the battle in which Claudius defeated the Ancient Britons in 44AD.

These are a previous at home of Thermos, the manufacturers of the vacuum flasks, and however has Brentwood School and Amstrad, the computers & electricals company. Brentwood was besides a page of the East India Company's Elephant training school - a places, depending within Warley, is okay, headquarters of Ford UK and Ford Europe.

Brentwood Cathedral is the seat of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Brentwood. the town is served by a little community radio station, Phoenix FM.

Nearest places
Hutton Ingrave Ongar Pilgrims Hatch Shenfield Warley

Nearest railway station
Brentwood railway station Shenfield railway station