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Detailed parquetry on Lankester Antiques.  Saffron Walden, Essex.

Saffron Walden (198 Pictures) a Historic Market Town in the county of Essex

(3.3 miles, 5.3 km, direction SE of Great Chesterford)

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

Clasic country cottages

Wendens Ambo (5 Pictures) a Picturesque Village in the county of Essex

(4.1 miles, 6.7 km, direction S of Great Chesterford)

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...

On the way to The Windmill, Thaxted, Essex

Thaxted (45 Pictures) in the county of Essex

(10.0 miles, 16.1 km, direction SE of Great Chesterford)

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

Punting on the River, Cambridge University

Cambridge (440 Pictures) a Historic City in the county of Cambridgeshire

(10.3 miles, 16.6 km, direction N of Great Chesterford)

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

Brook Cottage, Kedington, Suffolk

Kedington (8 Pictures) in the county of Suffolk

(12.4 miles, 20.0 km, direction E of Great Chesterford)

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...

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Audley End House, Saffron Walden, Essex

Audley End (133 Pictures)

(3.2 miles, 5.2 km, direction S)

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

Gates at Bridge End Gardens

Bridge End Gardens (15 Pictures)

(3.3 miles, 5.3 km, direction SE)

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

Saffron Walden Museum, Saffron Walden, Essex

Saffron Walden Museum (6 Pictures)

(3.4 miles, 5.5 km, direction SE)

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)

(3.4 miles, 5.5 km, direction SE)

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

Imperial War Museum Duxford

Imperial War Museum Duxford (125 Pictures)

(3.6 miles, 5.7 km, direction NW)

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

University Botanic Gardens, Cambridge

University Botanic Gardens (11 Pictures)

(9.4 miles, 15.1 km, direction N)

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Wimpole Hall in Wimpole, Cambridgeshire

Wimpole Hall (44 Pictures)

(11.7 miles, 18.8 km, direction NW)

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


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