Greenstead Green and Halstead Rural is a civil parish in the Braintree district, in the county of Essex, England.

[1] The parish touches Coggeshall, Colne Engaine, Earls Colne, Gosfield, Great Maplestead, Halstead, Little Maplestead, Pebmarsh, Sible Hedingham and Stisted[2] and surrounds the urban parish of Halstead.

[3] There are 35 listed buildings in Greenstead Green and Halstead Rural.

On 1 October 1934, 527 acres was transferred to Halstead Urban.

[5] On 1 April 1974 it was renamed to "Greenstead Green and Halstead Rural".