Borough of Brentwood
Shown within Essex
Geography
Status:	Borough
Admin. County:	Essex
Area: - Total	Ranked 210th 153.12 km²
Region:	East of England
Admin. HQ:	Brentwood
ONS code:	22UD
Demographics
Population: - Total (2002 est.) - Density	Ranked 315th 68,592 448 / km²
Ethnicity:	96.4% White 1.4% S.Asian
Politics
Brentwood Borough Council http://www.brentwood-council.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Alternative - Sec.31
Control:	Conservative
MP:	Eric Pickles

Brentwood is a local government district and borough in Essex, England. It is named after Brentwood, its main town. Other places in the borough include Ingatestone.

The current district boundaries date from April 1, 1974, when Brentwood Urban District merged with part of Chelmsford Rural District and Epping and Ongar Rural District.

To the north west it borders Epping Forest district and to the east it borders Basildon district. To the south west the borough has a border with the London Borough of Havering and to south with the borough of Thurrock.