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Recommended Towns & Villages near Great Hallingbury

The Park at Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire

Bishop's Stortford (5 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Hertfordshire (1.8 miles, 2.9 km, direction NW)

There are many interesting places to visit including St.Michael's Church which is exceptionally spacious and has a spire that can been seen for miles around...

St Andrews Church, Much Hadham, Hertfordshire

Much Hadham (7 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Hertfordshire (5.3 miles, 8.5 km, direction W)

The village is quite large, with an attractive mixture of cottages and houses that are mostly fronted by pretty gardens...

High Street, Great Dunmow, Essex

Great Dunmow (8 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Essex (7.3 miles, 11.7 km, direction E)

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.....

A view of St.Botolph's Church, Beauchamp Roding, across the fields.

Beauchamp Roding (4 Pictures)

in the county of Essex (7.4 miles, 11.8 km, direction SE)

This is just one of a group of delightful Essex village's all bearing the name Roding. The name is probably taken from the River Roding which winds its way through the region watering fertile fields and meadows...

Brent Pelham Village Green, Hertfordshire

Brent Pelham (5 Pictures)

in the county of Hertfordshire (8.5 miles, 13.6 km, direction NW)

Brent Pelham can be found mid-way between the town of Buntingford and the village of Newport...

Almshouses in Thaxted

Thaxted (45 Pictures)

in the county of Essex (9.4 miles, 15.2 km, direction NE)

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

Wendens Ambo, a picturesque village in Essex

Wendens Ambo (5 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Essex (10.4 miles, 16.8 km, direction N)

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...

Chipping Ongar town sign

Chipping Ongar (5 Pictures)

in the county of Essex (10.6 miles, 17.0 km, direction S)

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

Dobbs Weir, Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire

Hoddesdon (3 Pictures)

in the county of Hertfordshire (11.1 miles, 17.9 km, direction SW)

Hoddesdon is an ancient market town located in a spacious area of Hertfordshire close to its boundary with Essex...

Epping, Essex

Epping (8 Pictures)

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

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...

East Street, Saffron Walden, Essex

Saffron Walden (198 Pictures)

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

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

Broxbourne, Hertfordshire

Broxbourne (4 Pictures)

in the county of Hertfordshire (12.1 miles, 19.4 km, direction SW)

This is an attractive place lying close to the eastern border of the county between the River Lee and the Lee Navigation system, with Hoddesdon being the closest town...

Blackmore village green, Essex

Blackmore (11 Pictures)

in the county of Essex (12.5 miles, 20.2 km, direction SE)

The village of Blackmore has a long and fascinating history. It lies in an area mentioned in the Doomsday Book of 1086, and one of its oldest and most attractive buildings is the Priory Church of St. Lawrence...

Country Estate

Brentwood (36 Pictures)

in the county of Essex (16.9 miles, 27.2 km, direction S)

In the romantic days of coach travel Brentwood was a staging post on an old road to London...

A picture of Stevenage

Stevenage (29 Pictures)

in the county of Hertfordshire (17.1 miles, 27.5 km, direction W)

Its history began in Roman times when it grew as a small town beside the Great North Road and its heritage from those times is evidenced by the Six Hills, a 2,000 year old Roman burial site...

Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire

Welwyn Garden City (16 Pictures)

in the county of Hertfordshire (17.7 miles, 28.4 km, direction W)

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Baldock High St, Hertfordshire

Baldock (5 Pictures)

in the county of Hertfordshire (18.8 miles, 30.3 km, direction NW)

The town lies close to the River Beane, in a spot where the river flows through some lovely water meadows and tranquil English countryside...

Hatfield Railway Station

Hatfield (21 Pictures)

in the county of Hertfordshire (19.0 miles, 30.6 km, direction W)

Hatfield is a town with two histories. There is the history of the ancient market town whose roots are firmly embedded in Saxon times, and the modern-day history of a town that grew to meet the demands of the housing population...

St.Johns Church, Danbury, Essex

Danbury (6 Pictures)

in the county of Essex (19.2 miles, 30.8 km, direction SE)

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

Church near Ashwell

Ashwell (30 Pictures)

in the county of Hertfordshire (19.8 miles, 31.8 km, direction NW)

Ashwell embodies some of the finest domestic architecture in England, here in this well preserved village, at a glance you get a pleasurable insight as to what England was like in the 16th and 17th-centuries...

Recommended attractions near Great Hallingbury

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

Hatfield Forest Country Park (6 Pictures)

(2.4 miles, 3.8 km, direction NE)

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

Audley End House, Saffron Walden, Essex

Audley End (133 Pictures)

(11.5 miles, 18.6 km, direction N)

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

Saffron Walden Museum, Saffron Walden, Essex

Saffron Walden Museum (6 Pictures)

(11.9 miles, 19.1 km, direction N)

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)

(11.9 miles, 19.1 km, direction N)

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)

(11.9 miles, 19.2 km, direction N)

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

Hylands house, Hylands park, Chelmsford, Essex

Hylands Park (8 Pictures)

(13.5 miles, 21.7 km, direction SE)

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This is a photo taken last summer of the side view of Benington Lordship house and its Rose Garden.

Benington Lordship (6 Pictures)

(13.8 miles, 22.2 km, direction W)

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Train

Lee Valley Park (4 Pictures)

(14.3 miles, 22.9 km, direction SW)

A 26 mile long stretch following the river Lee, the Lee Valley Park is made up of country parks, heritage sites, lake and.....

Waltham Abbey Church

Waltham Abbey Church (10 Pictures)

(14.5 miles, 23.3 km, direction SW)

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A picture of Epping Forest

Epping Forest (8 Pictures)

(15.3 miles, 24.5 km, direction SW)

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Weald Country Park, Essex

Weald Country Park (3 Pictures)

(16.0 miles, 25.7 km, direction S)

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.....

Fairlands Valley Park in Stevenage, Herts.

Fairlands Valley Park (9 Pictures)

(16.0 miles, 25.8 km, direction W)

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Imperial War Museum Duxford

Imperial War Museum Duxford (125 Pictures)

(16.8 miles, 27.0 km, direction N)

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

Knebworth House from gardens

Knebworth House (6 Pictures)

(17.6 miles, 28.3 km, direction W)

One of England's most beloved stately homes, Knebworth House is famous worldwide for its rock concerts and as the home of.....

Hatfield House

Hatfield House (53 Pictures)

(18.3 miles, 29.5 km, direction W)

Hatfield House built by Robert Cecil 1st Earl of Salisbury and Chief Minister to King James I in 1611, stands within its own.....

Lake in Danbury Park, Chelmsford, Essex, at dusk

Danbury Park Country Park (9 Pictures)

(18.6 miles, 30.0 km, direction SE)

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Interior of  Hedingham Castle, Essex  26/8/2002

Hedingham Castle (24 Pictures)

(20.1 miles, 32.4 km, direction NE)

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Hyde Hall Gardens

Hyde Hall RHS Garden (45 Pictures)

(21.6 miles, 34.7 km, direction SE)

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Wimpole Hall in Wimpole, Cambridgeshire

Wimpole Hall (44 Pictures)

(22.3 miles, 35.9 km, direction NW)

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

Highgate Cemetery, London

Highgate Cemetery (38 Pictures)

(24.8 miles, 39.9 km, direction SW)

London's famous victorian Cemetery..


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