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Recommended Towns & Villages near Saxon Street

The Clock Tower, Newmarket, Suffolk

Newmarket (93 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Suffolk (3.1 miles, 5.1 km, direction NW)

You can hardly drive through this handsome town without seeing some reminder that the history of the town..

St Mary's Church, Great Bradley, Suffolk

Great Bradley (1 Pictures)

in the county of Suffolk (4.0 miles, 6.4 km, direction S)

This is a spacious, well spread out village occupying a rural landscape between the Suffolk town's of Newmarket and Haverhill...

Brook Cottage, Kedington, Suffolk

Kedington (8 Pictures)

in the county of Suffolk (8.3 miles, 13.3 km, direction S)

The Stour Valley footpath leads into Kedington which has several eye catching focal points, including a pretty arched bridge spanning the river and a lovely 18th-century watermill...

Mildenhall, Suffolk

Mildenhall (5 Pictures)

in the county of Suffolk (9.8 miles, 15.7 km, direction N)

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Parish church of St. Mary the Virgin, Fen Ditton

Fen Ditton (33 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cambridgeshire (11.9 miles, 19.1 km, direction W)

This pleasant village can be found in the spacious countryside within easy driving distance from Cambridge...

Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

Bury St Edmunds (103 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Suffolk (12.0 miles, 19.3 km, direction E)

Bury St Edmunds, a charming market town in Suffolk, England, exudes a rich history dating back to the medieval times. With a magnificent cathedral, ancient abbey ruins, and picturesque gardens, this town captivates visitors with its beautiful architecture and quaint streets...

Kings College

Cambridge (440 Pictures)

a Historic City in the county of Cambridgeshire (13.9 miles, 22.4 km, direction W)

Cambridge has an abundance of magnificent buildings, and these together with riverside walks, wonderful museums and quaint old streets...

Long Melford Windmill

Long Melford (58 Pictures)

in the county of Suffolk (14.6 miles, 23.5 km, direction SE)

The picturesque village of Long Melford lies in the heart of the beautiful valley of the Stour River...

Great Livermere view

Great Livermere (2 Pictures)

in the county of Suffolk (15.2 miles, 24.4 km, direction NE)

It is mostly noted for Ampton Water, home to a wealth of wildlife, and for its ancient church dedicated to St.Peter which has an interesting thatched roof covering its Norman nave...

Kayaker on River Granta

Grantchester (9 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cambridgeshire (15.2 miles, 24.5 km, direction W)

The village of Grantchester, is a picturesque village along the river Cam, often enjoyed by tourists and students who travel to the village by punt from nearby Cambridge, to.....

Audley End House

Saffron Walden (198 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Essex (15.3 miles, 24.6 km, direction SW)

The outstanding feature of Saffron Walden is its rich variety of properties tangled around its web of ancient streets...

The Cutter Inn, Ely, Cambridgeshire

Ely (160 Pictures)

a Historic City in the county of Cambridgeshire (15.5 miles, 24.9 km, direction NW)

The early life of Ely began with a monastry and town situated on an island in the midst of a vast expanse of marshland in the middle of the Fens...

Hedingham Castle, Essex

Castle Hedingham (26 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Essex (16.2 miles, 26.0 km, direction SE)

Set in enchanting border countryside where the fine old counties of Suffolk and Essex meet, lies the delightful village of Castle Hedingham which has pleasant buildings and an historic castle to explore...

Gainsborough and his wife, part of guided walk round Sudbury, Suffolk

Sudbury (21 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Suffolk (16.4 miles, 26.3 km, direction SE)

Sudbury is an ancient market town full of evocative memories. It was the birthplace of Gainsborough one of England's greatest painters...

Wisteria in Lavenham

Lavenham (151 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Suffolk (16.5 miles, 26.5 km, direction E)

Considered to be Britain's best preserved medieval village, Lavenham, with its wonderful clusters of fine Tudor houses offering the visitor a glimpse of just how a prosperous wool.....

Wendens Ambo, a picturesque village in Essex

Wendens Ambo (5 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Essex (17.4 miles, 28.1 km, direction SW)

This enchanting village with its unusual name lies at the western boundary of the county. Its quaint name comes from the joining of Great and Little Ambo in the 17th century...

The Church of St.John The Baptist, St.Mary and St.Lawrence

Thaxted (45 Pictures)

in the county of Essex (18.0 miles, 28.9 km, direction S)

The village of Thaxted is stunningly beautiful with many reminders that it was once and perhaps always has been an extremely prosperous place...

'Pretty in Pink' Woolpit, Suffolk

Woolpit (1 Pictures)

in the county of Suffolk (18.5 miles, 29.8 km, direction E)

Woolpit has a pleasant medieval village centre around which are spread a variety of pretty cottages and attractive houses...

Halstead Mill on The Causeway

Halstead (2 Pictures)

in the county of Essex (19.8 miles, 31.9 km, direction SE)

This busy little town lies surrounded by delightful Essex countryside. It is perhaps best known for the beautiful old white weatherboarded three-story mill built on the banks of the River Colne in the 18th century...

Earls Colne, Essex.  High Street viewed from the corner of Massingham Drive

Earls Colne (2 Pictures)

in the county of Essex (21.9 miles, 35.2 km, direction SE)

This attractive village spreads out from the banks of the River Colne in the beautiful Colne valley...

Recommended attractions near Saxon Street

Newmarket Racecourse 2003

Newmarket Racecourse (4 Pictures)

(4.4 miles, 7.0 km, direction W)

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A man and his dogs

Anglesey Abbey (49 Pictures)

(9.2 miles, 14.8 km, direction W)

This attractive house was formerly a priory of Augustinian canons, founded around 1135. It's name does not relate to the island.....

Bury St Edmunds - The beautiful Abbey Gardens and St Edmundsbury Cathedral

St Edmundsbury Cathedral (18 Pictures)

(11.7 miles, 18.8 km, direction E)

Started in 1503, and now complete after over 500 years (2005) with the addition of a central tower...

University Botanic Gardens, Cambridge

University Botanic Gardens (11 Pictures)

(13.8 miles, 22.2 km, direction W)

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Melford Hall, Long Melford, Suffolk

Melford Hall (19 Pictures)

(14.6 miles, 23.5 km, direction SE)

The octagonal towers with their stately onion domes rise above this russet brick building towards the broad Suffolk skies. .....

Ely Cathedral, Ely, Cambridgeshire

Ely Cathedral (142 Pictures)

(15.3 miles, 24.6 km, direction NW)

Sitting majestically above the River Ouse, Ely cathedral presents an awesome sight with its towers sweeping 217 feet towards an.....

Gates at Bridge End Gardens

Bridge End Gardens (15 Pictures)

(15.4 miles, 24.8 km, direction SW)

These perfectly laid out gardens were started in the mid 18th century by Atkinson Francis Gibson. They are particularly noted.....

Castle

Saffron Walden Castle (10 Pictures)

(15.4 miles, 24.8 km, direction SW)

Very little remains of Saffron Walden Castle, but what is here is well worth seeing for it is a fine example of a Norman.....

Saffron Walden Museum, Saffron Walden, Essex

Saffron Walden Museum (6 Pictures)

(15.4 miles, 24.8 km, direction SW)

This is the second oldest purpose-built museum in the country. It occupies a gracious russet brick building in an enclosed.....

Oliver Cromwell's house at Ely, Cambridgeshire

Oliver Cromwell's House (4 Pictures)

(15.6 miles, 25.1 km, direction NW)

Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) was Lord Protector of England from 1653 until 1658. For the years spanning 1636 to 1647 Cromwell and.....

Imperial War Museum Duxford

Imperial War Museum Duxford (125 Pictures)

(15.8 miles, 25.4 km, direction SW)

Duxford retains its wartime atmosphere and, as many of its aeroplanes still fly, you might even see one take to the air during a.....

Interior of  Hedingham Castle, Essex  26/8/2002

Hedingham Castle (24 Pictures)

(15.8 miles, 25.4 km, direction SE)

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Audley End House, Saffron Walden, Essex

Audley End (133 Pictures)

(16.1 miles, 25.9 km, direction SW)

Once, centuries ago in the days of Henry VIII a Benedictine Abbey stood here. A casualty of King's Dissolution caused by his.....

Lavenham Guildhall. Lavenham, Suffolk

Lavenham Guildhall (11 Pictures)

(16.2 miles, 26.1 km, direction SE)

Built by Corpus Christi, Lavenham's Guildhall is a magnificent 16th century timber-framed tudor building, now maintained by The.....

Dedham Vale, Suffolk

Dedham Vale (21 Pictures)

(16.4 miles, 26.3 km, direction SE)

Dedham Vale is also known as "Constable Country", it is designated an area of outstanding natural beauty (AONB), and the place.....

Brandon Country Park, Brandon, Suffolk.

Brandon Country Park (2 Pictures)

(17.0 miles, 27.4 km, direction N)

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Old Postcard of The American Cemetary, Nr Cambridge

Cambridge American Military Cemetery & Memorial (30 Pictures)

(17.1 miles, 27.5 km, direction W)

Watched over by a fluttering Stars and Stripes the American Military Cemetery at Madingley in Cambridge is the only one of its.....

Wimpole Hall in Wimpole, Cambridgeshire

Wimpole Hall (44 Pictures)

(21.7 miles, 34.9 km, direction W)

Cambridgeshire's largest and grandest Georgian mansion, set in a fine wooded park, complete with folly, Chinese bridge and lake..

A picture of East Anglian Railway Museum

East Anglian Railway Museum (3 Pictures)

(23.5 miles, 37.7 km, direction SE)

Where better to take the children for a great day out! Here at the East Anglian Railway Museum, children, mum and dad, even.....

Colchester

Colchester Castle (21 Pictures)

(29.0 miles, 46.7 km, direction SE)

Colchester is an ancient town situated on the site where a Roman city once stood. It is most famous for its massive Norman.....


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