Elmstead Market is a village in the Tendring

Tendring

Tendring is a local government district in North East Essex, England. It extends from the River Stour in the north, to the coast and the River Colne in the south, with the coast to the East and the town of Colchester to the west. Its council is based in Clacton-on-Sea. Towns in the district...

 district of Essex

Essex

Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...

. It lies 3 km northeast of Wivenhoe

Wivenhoe

Wivenhoe is a town in north eastern Essex, England, approximately south east of Colchester. Historically Wivenhoe village, on the banks of the River Colne, and Wivenhoe Cross, on the higher ground to the north, were two separate settlements but with considerable development in the 19th century the...

 and 6 km east of Colchester

Colchester

Colchester is an historic town and the largest settlement within the borough of Colchester in Essex, England.At the time of the census in 2001, it had a population of 104,390. However, the population is rapidly increasing, and has been named as one of Britain's fastest growing towns. As the...

. It is on the A133 road

A133 road

The A133 road runs from Colchester to Clacton-on-Sea. It starts off at Cymbeline Way in Lexden, runs through the Avenue of Remembrance which acts as a bypass for Colchester town centre. It also runs past Wivenhoe Park, through Elmstead Market, Frating Green, it then meets a spur from the A120 road...

 which until a few years ago was the main road to Clacton

Clacton-on-Sea

Clacton-on-Sea is the largest town on the Tendring peninsula, in Essex, England and was founded in 1871. It is a seaside resort that attracted many tourists in the summer months between the 1950s and 1970s, but which like many other British sea-side resorts went into decline as a holiday...

, Frinton

Frinton-on-Sea

Frinton-on-Sea is a small seaside town in the Tendring District of Essex, England. It is part of the Parish of Frinton and Walton.-History:...

 and Harwich

Harwich

Harwich is a town in Essex, England and one of the Haven ports, located on the coast with the North Sea to the east. It is in the Tendring district. Nearby places include Felixstowe to the northeast, Ipswich to the northwest, Colchester to the southwest and Clacton-on-Sea to the south...

. The A120 road

A120 road

The A120 is an important trunk road in southern England. It follows the course of Stane Street, a Roman road from Standon, Hertfordshire at its western terminus to Colchester...

 constructed to bypass Colchester and Elmstead Market has reduced the volume of through traffic considerably.

Facilities

Elmstead has a number of shops including a Spar, Post Office, a petrol station, car sales, hairdressers and a fish and chip shop. There is a pub, the King's Arms.

The village has a community centre which has a range of activities from exercise classes to line dancing, Cubs, Scouts. There are two schools.

The Six Bumps behind the cricket ground is a favourite of youths in the village to practice their tricks. A place where swing ropes are set up, it is the focal point of youthful enjoyment in the village.

The Beth Chatto Gardens

Beth Chatto

Beth Chatto, OBE is a British plantswoman, garden designer and author best known for creating the Beth Chatto Gardens near Elmstead Market, in the English county of Essex. She is also known for writing a number of books on gardening for specific conditions. She has lectured throughout the UK,...

 lie just outside the village.

Church

The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Anne

Saint Anne

Saint Hanna of David's house and line, was the mother of the Virgin Mary and grandmother of Jesus Christ according to Christian and Islamic tradition. English Anne is derived from Greek rendering of her Hebrew name Hannah...

 and Saint Lawrence

Saint Lawrence

Lawrence of Rome was one of the seven deacons of ancient Rome who were martyred during the persecution of Valerian in 258.- Holy Chalice :...

. The current incumbent is Timothy Caradoc Platts, who began work in 2007. He is also chaplin to the Bishop of Colchester.

Transport

There are bus services to Colchester, Clacton and Great Bentley, including stops at Great Bentley

Great Bentley railway station

Great Bentley railway station is a staffed railway station serving Great Bentley in Essex, England. The station is located north east of London Liverpool Street on the Sunshine Coast Line, a branch of the Great Eastern Main Line. The station is located at street level on Station Road in the...

 and Colchester

Colchester railway station

Colchester or Colchester North is the main railway station for Colchester in Essex, England. It is on the former Great Eastern Railway main line from London Liverpool Street to Norwich and is a junction for the line to Walton-on-the-Naze and Clacton-on-Sea, which diverges southwards from the main...

railway stations.