It is home to the second largest village green in the country, at a size of 43 acres , behind Duncan Down and has won 'Essex Village of the Year' https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/essex-great-bentley-named-as-essex-village-of-the-year-2013-1-2273149 and 'Daily Telegraph/Calor Gas Village of the Year' https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/4792491/Village-of-the-year.html awards.