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Recommended Towns & Villages near Castle Hedingham

Halstead Mill on The Causeway

Halstead (2 Pictures)

in the county of Essex (3.6 miles, 5.9 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 (6.0 miles, 9.6 km, direction SE)

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

White Horse Pub

Sudbury (21 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Suffolk (6.4 miles, 10.3 km, direction NE)

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

Church at Long Melford, Suffolk

Long Melford (58 Pictures)

in the county of Suffolk (7.5 miles, 12.1 km, direction NE)

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

Brook Cottage, Kedington, Suffolk

Kedington (8 Pictures)

in the county of Suffolk (8.3 miles, 13.4 km, direction NW)

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...

Dick Turpins cottage

Thaxted (45 Pictures)

in the county of Essex (11.2 miles, 18.1 km, direction W)

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

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Marks Tey (1 Pictures)

in the county of Essex (11.3 miles, 18.2 km, direction SE)

Its location is ideally suited to anyone wishing to explore fine Essex countryside, coast and the beautiful town of Colchester, Britain's oldest recorded town...

Nayland, Suffolk

Nayland (1 Pictures)

in the county of Suffolk (11.7 miles, 18.8 km, direction E)

The heady beauty of Suffolk has been the inspiration of artist's for centuries and the village of Nayland, in the hear of Constable country is no exception...

Lady Street

Lavenham (151 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Suffolk (11.8 miles, 19.0 km, direction NE)

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.....

St Mary's Church, Great Bradley, Suffolk

Great Bradley (1 Pictures)

in the county of Suffolk (12.9 miles, 20.7 km, direction NW)

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

The Town Lock-up at Great Dunmow, Essex

Great Dunmow (8 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Essex (13.2 miles, 21.2 km, direction SW)

Great Dunmow in Essex is a pretty market town, also known as a 'Flitch' town, due to the unique flitch trials that are held there every four years during a leap year. The name.....

Colchester Castle

Colchester (163 Pictures)

a Historic City in the county of Essex (14.1 miles, 22.7 km, direction SE)

Fascinating historic Essex town in which there was probably a settlement in both the 5th-century BC, and the Ist-century AD. The invading Roman's occupied Colchester in AD 43, and.....

Kersey

Kersey (18 Pictures)

in the county of Suffolk (14.5 miles, 23.3 km, direction E)

Quintessentially English village of a style for which Suffolk is renowned. Winding streets full of exquisite properties, some dating back to Tudor times...

High Street, Saffron Walden, Essex

Saffron Walden (198 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Essex (15.6 miles, 25.1 km, direction W)

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

Greenstead Church, said to be the world's oldest wooden building, in Greenstead, England

Greenstead (1 Pictures)

in the county of Essex (15.7 miles, 25.3 km, direction SE)

Greenstead Church is said to be the oldest wooden building in the world. Well worth a visit....

A picture of Dedham

Dedham (34 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Essex (16.7 miles, 26.9 km, direction E)

There are two things that immediately strike you about this enchanting village, the first is the opulence of the beautiful 15th-century church, and the second is the fascinating view of the River Stour, which, like the church, has featured in Constable paintings...

Village Cottages

Wendens Ambo (5 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Essex (17.1 miles, 27.6 km, direction W)

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...

Flatford

Flatford (54 Pictures)

in the county of Suffolk (17.6 miles, 28.4 km, direction E)

On arrival in Flatford there is little to prepare you for its overwhelming beauty, but you should not be surprised, for this after all is Constable Country, an area made famous by the great landscape painter and which features in so many of his pictures...

John Constable's former studio at East Bergholt, Suffolk

East Bergholt (19 Pictures)

in the county of Suffolk (17.7 miles, 28.5 km, direction E)

This enchanting village gained lasting fame as Constable's birth place. It also has a very unusual medieval bell cage...

Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation Canal

Maldon (143 Pictures)

a Seaside Town in the county of Essex (18.2 miles, 29.3 km, direction S)

A fine old town, beautifully set on a ridge above the Blackwater, with views across Northey Island and Osea Island...

Recommended attractions near Castle Hedingham

Interior of  Hedingham Castle, Essex  26/8/2002

Hedingham Castle (24 Pictures)

(0.5 miles, 0.8 km)

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Dedham Vale, Suffolk

Dedham Vale (21 Pictures)

(6.4 miles, 10.2 km, direction NE)

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

A picture of East Anglian Railway Museum

East Anglian Railway Museum (3 Pictures)

(8.1 miles, 13.0 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.....

Melford Hall, Long Melford, Suffolk

Melford Hall (19 Pictures)

(8.3 miles, 13.4 km, direction NE)

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

Lavenham Guildhall. Lavenham, Suffolk

Lavenham Guildhall (11 Pictures)

(11.6 miles, 18.7 km, direction NE)

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

Colchester zoo,Leopard

Colchester Zoo (129 Pictures)

(14.3 miles, 23.0 km, direction SE)

Colchester Zoo, located in Essex, England, is renowned as one of the leading zoological parks in the United Kingdom. Established.....

Colchester

Colchester Castle (21 Pictures)

(14.6 miles, 23.5 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.....

St. Botolphs Priory in Colchester

St. Botolph's Priory (3 Pictures)

(14.7 miles, 23.7 km, direction SE)

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Saffron Walden Museum, Saffron Walden, Essex

Saffron Walden Museum (6 Pictures)

(15.6 miles, 25.1 km, direction W)

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

Castle

Saffron Walden Castle (10 Pictures)

(15.6 miles, 25.1 km, direction W)

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

Gates at Bridge End Gardens

Bridge End Gardens (15 Pictures)

(15.7 miles, 25.2 km, direction W)

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

Audley End House, Saffron Walden, Essex

Audley End (133 Pictures)

(16.4 miles, 26.4 km, direction W)

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

Dedham Art and Craft Centre

Dedham Art and Craft Centre (1 Pictures)

(16.8 miles, 27.1 km, direction E)

The Dedham Art & Craft Centre is situated in the heart of Constable Country, on the North Essex/Suffolk border. In this.....

Hatfield forest country park, near Bishops Stortford, Essex. The forest is over 1000 years old.

Hatfield Forest Country Park (6 Pictures)

(17.4 miles, 28.1 km, direction SW)

An ancient royal hunting ground, designated Site of Special Scientific Interest and National Nature Reserve...

Willie Lott's Cottage, Flatford Mill, Suffolk

Flatford Mill (52 Pictures)

(18.1 miles, 29.1 km, direction E)

Standing on the River Stour beneath the wonderful open Suffolk sky, Flatford Mill, one of the 18th century water-mills owned by.....

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

St Edmundsbury Cathedral (18 Pictures)

(18.2 miles, 29.2 km, direction N)

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

Beth Chatto Gardens, May 2001

Beth Chatto Gardens (22 Pictures)

(18.3 miles, 29.5 km, direction SE)

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Lake in Danbury Park, Chelmsford, Essex, at dusk

Danbury Park Country Park (9 Pictures)

(19.2 miles, 30.8 km, direction S)

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Newmarket Racecourse 2003

Newmarket Racecourse (4 Pictures)

(19.6 miles, 31.5 km, direction NW)

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Hylands house, Hylands park, Chelmsford, Essex

Hylands Park (8 Pictures)

(20.3 miles, 32.6 km, direction S)

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