The Essex and Suffolk Border Football League is a football competition based in England. The league has a total of four divisions headed by the Premier Division which sits at step 7 (or level 11) of the National League System. The top club may apply for promotion to Division One of the Eastern Counties League. All member clubs compete in the Border League Knock-Out Cup. Despite the league's name, all the current member clubs are situated in Essex except for Bures United whose ground is in Suffolk although the village straddles the border, the majority within 15 miles of Colchester.