See & Do
Our community embraces so much to see and do. From the minute you arrive to the moment you leave, we treat you as one of our own.
For fun with the kids, visit Thorndon Country Park to follow the famous Gruffalo Trail or head over to Weald Country Park to see the Stickman Play Trail.
If you're looking for adventure activities, Brentwood offers high-wire fun in the trees, skiing and go-karting.
The Bardswell Social Club is an event venue based a short walk from Brentwood High Street.
- Family friendly
- Live music
- Outdoor seating
- Parking available
- Private hire available (corporate/parties)
- Brentwood
- Independent
- Pubs & bars
Established in 1972, Bentley Golf Club are delighted to be recognised as a Top 10 club in Essex as compiled by Top 100 golf courses
- Disabled access
- Disabled toilets
- Family friendly
- Parking available
- Brentwood
- Sport & leisure activities
Brandler Galleries is an extensively stocked art gallery in Brentwood that is a friendly place to visit to enjoy a wide variety of modern and contemporary art
- Brentwood
- Art galleries
- Independent
For anyone who has an interest in beer or wants to know a little more about the art of brewing, Brentwood Brewing Company offer tours and experience days to see the ins and outs of the brewing process with your friends and have a chance to try some of the ingredients
- Disabled access
- Brentwood
- Museums & exhibitions
The new (1991) Roman Catholic classical cathedral church of St Mary and St Helen incorporates part of the original Victorian church
- Baby changing facilities
- Disabled access
- Disabled toilets
- Family friendly
- Parking available
- Brentwood
- History & heritage
The Brentwood Centre is a large scale venue which regularly hosts entertainment and sports events.
- Baby changing facilities
- Disabled access
- Disabled toilets
- Family friendly
- Live music
- Live sport
- Parking available
- Private hire available (corporate/parties)
- Brentwood
- Sport & leisure activities
- Theatres, entertainment & nightlife
Brentwood began as a clearing made in the woods by burning trees (hence 'burnt wood' which became Brentwood) to provide a stop-off point about one day's journing from the Thames for pilgrims en route from East Anglia to the shrine of Thomas Becket at Canterbury
- Brentwood
- History & heritage
Set in 165 acres of naturally undulating land in the heart of Brentwood
- Disabled access
- Disabled toilets
- Parking available
- Brentwood
- Sport & leisure activities
Brentwood Karting is the wildest and fastest go-karting circuit in Essex
- Family friendly
- Outdoor seating
- Parking available
- Private hire available (corporate/parties)
- Brentwood
- Adventure & adrenaline activities
A small cottage museum covering social and domestic history between 1840 and 1970, with special reference to Brentwood
- Brentwood
- Museums & exhibitions
Whether you are looking to just have some fun, brush up on your skills or get ready for a winter holiday, they offer the most affordable choice of snowsports activities available in the South East
- Family friendly
- Parking available
- Private hire available (corporate/parties)
- Brentwood
- Adventure & adrenaline activities
- Sport & leisure activities
A community theatre, built by the community, for the community, to provide an affordable, welcoming professional space for hire, flexible working space and a café.
- Disabled access
- Disabled toilets
- Family friendly
- Outdoor seating
- Private hire available (corporate/parties)
- Brentwood
- Theatres, entertainment & nightlife
Now playing in Isthmian North Division (Step 4)
- Disabled access
- Disabled toilets
- Family friendly
- Live sport
- Parking available
- Brentwood
- Sport & leisure activities
Home of some of the UK’s largest catfish and carp, featuring three man-made lakes stocked with catfish, carp, bream, rudd, roach and perch
- Parking available
- Sport & leisure activities
- Wildlife & nature
Escape Animal Sanctuary And Conservation Centre provides care and a safe permanent home to abused, neglected and abandoned horses, donkeys, sheep and goats
- Wildlife & nature
Bringing you the ultimate in-person gaming experience in an intimate and safe environment in Brentwood.
- Family friendly
- Private hire available (corporate/parties)
- Brentwood
- Adventure & adrenaline activities
- Sport & leisure activities
Hartswood Golf Club is just a few minutes’ drive from Brentwood and very close to the M25 (Jct 28 & 29)
- Parking available
- Sport & leisure activities
Hopefield Animal Sanctuary is a non-profit organisation that cares for and provides a home for life for unwanted and mistreated animals and has been based in Brentwood for over 35 years
- Family friendly
- Parking available
- Brentwood
- Wildlife & nature
The Hall stands in open countryside, one mile from the village of Ingatestone and substantially retains its original Tudor form and appearance with its mullioned windows, high chimneys, crow-step gables and oak-panelled rooms and is surrounded by ten acres of enclosed gardens comprising extensive lawns, walled garden and stew pond.
- Private hire available (corporate/parties)
- Ingatestone
- History & heritage
King George's Playing Fields features a unique sensory garden, as well as lots of green space to run and play and a skatepark ad Pavilion with indoor leisure activities.
- Disabled access
- Disabled toilets
- Dog friendly
- Family friendly
- Parking available
- Private hire available (corporate/parties)
- Brentwood
- Adventure & adrenaline activities
- Soft play
- Parks & gardens
- Sport & leisure activities