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Charlestown harbour, Cornwall

Charlestown

in the county of Cornwall

Pictures of Brentwood

in the county of Essex

About Brentwood

In the romantic days of coach travel Brentwood was a staging post on an old road to London, before this it's location close to the River Thames and the river crossing at Dartford led to it being a resting place for pilgrims heading towards Canterbury. It is now a modern town with a busy centre and a few old buildings, the most prominent being the Tudor chapel of Brentwood School.

Visitors to the area find excellent shopping and leisure facilities, Thorndon park provides "green lungs" picturesque spaces to walk, and boating lakes. There are cinema's, a theatre and plenty of pubs for night time entertainment.

A "must see" is the new Roman Catholic cathedral, this was completed in 1991 and incorporates parts of the old Victorian cathedra. It retains many old treasures, and is a church well worth looking around and spending a few moments of quiet reflection.

Brentwood Museum is unusually sited in a sexton's cottage on a nature reserve created from a disused cemetery. This records the development of Brentwood throughout the 19th and 20th centuries.

The town's close proximity to London makes it a popular residential area for those working in the Capital.

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Chipping Ongar town sign

Chipping Ongar (5 Pictures) in the county of Essex

(6.5 miles, 10.4 km, direction NW of Brentwood)

Chipping Ongar is a pleasing town, it is within easy driving distance of Waltham Abbey and is surrounded by several places of interest...

Epping, Essex

Epping (8 Pictures) in the county of Essex

(10.2 miles, 16.4 km, direction NW of Brentwood)

Queen Elizabeth 1st was a frequent visitor to Epping. It was in 1575 on a visit to Thomas Heneage at Copped Hall that the Queen costituted him Clerk of the Market with his heirs forever, she also granted further market rights...

Bluewater Shopping center, Greenhithe, Kent,

Greenhithe (16 Pictures) in the county of Kent

(11.7 miles, 18.9 km, direction S of Brentwood)

Greenhithe is an area of Kent found sandwiched between the River Thames and Watling...

The Thames at Gravesend Kent

Gravesend (270 Pictures) in the county of Kent

(12.6 miles, 20.4 km, direction S of Brentwood)

Attractive old town overlooking the Thames estuary with walkways and picnic sites ideal for watching the busy water traffic, for this stretch of the river is said to be one of the busiest in the world...

Eves Corner, Danbury, Essex

Danbury (6 Pictures) in the county of Essex

(13.5 miles, 21.7 km, direction NE of Brentwood)

Picturesque English village of great charm. Surrounded almost entirely by open countryside Danbury has immense appeal for the tourist...

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Weald Country Park, Essex

Weald Country Park (3 Pictures)

(1.8 miles, 2.9 km, direction W)

At almost 500 acres and once a deer park used for hunting by the Abbots of Waltham in around 1063, Weald Park has plenty of.....

Hylands house, Hylands park, Chelmsford, Essex

Hylands Park (8 Pictures)

(8.5 miles, 13.7 km, direction NE)

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Hyde Hall Gardens

Hyde Hall RHS Garden (45 Pictures)

(11.3 miles, 18.2 km, direction E)

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A picture of Tilbury Fort

Tilbury Fort (16 Pictures)

(11.8 miles, 19.0 km, direction S)

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A picture of New Tavern Fort

New Tavern Fort (2 Pictures)

(12.7 miles, 20.4 km, direction S)

Amongst the fascination of the waterfront at Gravesend is New Tavern Fort, and although the fort was re-armed in 1904 and guns.....

Lake in Danbury Park, Chelmsford, Essex, at dusk

Danbury Park Country Park (9 Pictures)

(12.9 miles, 20.8 km, direction NE)

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West side of Hall Place, Bexley

Hall Place (36 Pictures)

(13.5 miles, 21.6 km, direction SW)

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