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Halstead is a town and civil parish in the Braintree District of Essex in England. It has a population of 11,906. The town lies near Colchester and Sudbury, in the Colne Valley. It initially developed on the hill to the north of the river. The name Halstead is said to derive from the Old English hald (refuge, shelter, healthy) and stede (site, place or farm), meaning "healthy farm", "safe place" or "place of refuge".

Halstead Town Football Club is a football club based in Halstead, Essex, England. They are currently members of the Eastern Counties League Division One South and play at Rosemary Lane.

Halstead railway station was located in Halstead, Essex. It was 56 miles 34 chains (90.81 km) from London Liverpool Street via Marks Tey. It closed in 1962.

Greenstead Green is a village in the civil parish of Greenstead Green and Halstead Rural, near the town of Halstead in the Braintree district, in the English county of Essex.Other nearby settlements include Burton's Green, Earls Colne, Plaistow Green and Tumbler's Green.

Holy Trinity Church is a redundant Anglican church in the town of Halstead, Essex, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. The church stands to the north of the junction between Trinity Street (the A131 road) and Chapel Hill.