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

Greenstead

(2.6 miles, 4.2 km, direction W)

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

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River Colne, near Fingringhoe

Fingringhoe

(2.9 miles, 4.6 km, direction SW)

Delightful Fingringhoe is home to one of the most outstanding Nature Reserves in the country. It was formed out of a disused gravel pit near the estuary of the beautiful River Colne and today it is the premier flagship of the Essex Wildlife Trust...

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Colchester Town Hall

Colchester

(4.3 miles, 6.9 km, direction W)

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.....

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Brightlingsea, Essex. Bateman's Tower, prior to refurbishment.

Brightlingsea

(4.4 miles, 7.0 km, direction S)

A medieval port on the Colne estuary, Brightlingsea was once an associate member of the Cinque Ports. The history of the town goes back to Roman times and it's industry has always been linked to the sea...

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Railway Station at Manningtree, Essex, at start of 'Constable Country Walk'

Manningtree

(5.7 miles, 9.2 km, direction NE)

The town shows fine examples of weavers cottages and walks through the town reveal fine Georgian facades behind which are Tudor and Elizabethan houses...

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Flatford

Flatford

(5.7 miles, 9.2 km, direction N)

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...

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A picture of Dedham

Dedham

(5.8 miles, 9.4 km, direction N)

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...

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Mistley Church, Essex

Mistley

(6.2 miles, 9.9 km, direction NE)

Mistley lies on the south bank of the River Stour not far from Manningtree, to which it is joined via a tree-lined walk along the river which is oddly called The Walls...

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St Osyth Priory, Essex

St Osyth

(6.5 miles, 10.5 km, direction SE)

The village is noted for its medieval Priory, a Grade I listed building which started life as a foundation for Augustinian Canons around 1127, it later became an abbey which was eventually dissolved in 1539...

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John Constable's former studio at East Bergholt, Suffolk

East Bergholt

(7.2 miles, 11.5 km, direction N)

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

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Bourne Mill

Bourne Mill

(3.2 miles, 5.1 km, direction W)

Picturesque watermill with working waterwheel..

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Natural History Museum Colchester

Natural History Museum

(3.7 miles, 6.0 km, direction W)

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Castle Park, Colchester

Colchester Castle Park

(3.7 miles, 6.0 km, direction W)

Winner of Britains Best Park 2009, Colchester Castle Park is a fantastic park in the town centre of Colchester. Great for a walk.....

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Colchester

Colchester Castle

(3.8 miles, 6.1 km, direction W)

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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St. Botolphs Priory in Colchester

St. Botolph's Priory

(3.9 miles, 6.3 km, direction W)

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High Woods Country Park

(4.1 miles, 6.5 km, direction NW)

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Colchester zoo,Leopard

Colchester Zoo

(4.3 miles, 7.0 km, direction W)

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

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Willie Lott's Cottage, Flatford Mill, Suffolk

Flatford Mill

(5.9 miles, 9.5 km, direction N)

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

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Bridge Cottage

(5.9 miles, 9.5 km, direction N)

Beautiful 16th-century thatched cottage, and home to an exhibition on the artist John Constable...

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Dedham Art and Craft Centre

Dedham Art and Craft Centre

(6.0 miles, 9.7 km, direction N)

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

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