Aingers Green

Aingers Green is a hamlet located within the village of Great Bentley, Essex, England. It has one pub, The Royal Fusilier, which is located in Aingers Green Road. This pub was chosen to be put into the Good Beer Guide 2009 as one of ten in the Tendring area.^[1]

Transport

Aingers Green is served by buses to Colchester. Great Bentley railway station is approximately one mile from the village, from where National Express operate regular train services to London Liverpool Street, Colchester, Clacton-on-Sea and Walton-on-the-Naze.

Affordable housing

The Hastoe Housing Association managed to secure Government funding in March 2009 for an Affordable Housing Scheme to be built in George Mitchell Close, Aingers Green. Construction started in May 2009 and was completed in early April 2010. Priority for the houses has been given to people who have strong local connections to the Parish of Great Bentley.

Notable residents

Michael Steele, involved in the 1995 Rettendon murders, of which he and accomplice Jack Whomes were found guilty of murder in 1998 at the Old Bailey. The murders were used as the basis for the 2000 film Essex Boys, and 2007 film Rise of the Footsoldier. Both men have always protested their innocence.

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