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The Town Lock-up at Great Dunmow, Essex

Great Dunmow (8 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Essex (6.9 miles, 11.2 km, direction NW)

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.....

Danbury War Memorial

Danbury (6 Pictures)

in the county of Essex (8.4 miles, 13.5 km, direction SE)

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

Restoring a Thames sailing barge at Maldon, Essex

Maldon (143 Pictures)

a Seaside Town in the county of Essex (9.7 miles, 15.6 km, direction SE)

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

Halstead Mill on The Causeway

Halstead (2 Pictures)

in the county of Essex (10.0 miles, 16.0 km, direction NE)

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...

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

Beauchamp Roding (4 Pictures)

in the county of Essex (10.2 miles, 16.4 km, direction SW)

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...

St Andrew, Earls Colne

Earls Colne (2 Pictures)

in the county of Essex (10.8 miles, 17.3 km, direction NE)

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

Almshouses in Thaxted

Thaxted (45 Pictures)

in the county of Essex (11.1 miles, 17.9 km, direction NW)

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

Castle Hedingham village, Essex

Castle Hedingham (26 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Essex (12.1 miles, 19.4 km, direction N)

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...

Church Street looking north, Blackmore, Essex.

Blackmore (11 Pictures)

in the county of Essex (12.4 miles, 20.0 km, direction SW)

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...

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Marks Tey (1 Pictures)

in the county of Essex (12.8 miles, 20.6 km, direction E)

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...

Chipping Ongar Main Street, Essex

Chipping Ongar (5 Pictures)

in the county of Essex (14.1 miles, 22.6 km, direction SW)

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

The Park at Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire

Bishop's Stortford (5 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Hertfordshire (15.2 miles, 24.4 km, direction W)

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...

Alms Houses, South Weald, Brentwood, Essex

Brentwood (36 Pictures)

in the county of Essex (16.7 miles, 26.9 km, direction SW)

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

The Parish Churchyard of St Leonard in colchester

Colchester (163 Pictures)

a Historic City in the county of Essex (17.0 miles, 27.4 km, direction E)

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.....

White Horse Pub

Sudbury (21 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Suffolk (17.6 miles, 28.3 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...

Houses by St. Mary's Church

Saffron Walden (198 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Essex (17.8 miles, 28.7 km, direction NW)

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

Village Cottages

Wendens Ambo (5 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Essex (17.9 miles, 28.9 km, direction NW)

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...

Brook Cottage, Kedington, Suffolk

Kedington (8 Pictures)

in the county of Suffolk (18.1 miles, 29.1 km, direction N)

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...

Beach at West Mersea, Essex

West Mersea (22 Pictures)

in the county of Essex (18.4 miles, 29.7 km, direction E)

The beach is crammed full of colourful beach huts and has fine views across the mouth of the River Blackwater to Bradwell-on-Sea. The beach is safe for bathing, windsurfing is popular and there is a small jetty for boats...

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

Greenstead (1 Pictures)

in the county of Essex (18.6 miles, 29.9 km, direction E)

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

Recommended attractions near Great Leighs

Lake in Danbury Park, Chelmsford, Essex, at dusk

Danbury Park Country Park (9 Pictures)

(8.2 miles, 13.2 km, direction S)

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Hylands house, Hylands park, Chelmsford, Essex

Hylands Park (8 Pictures)

(8.2 miles, 13.3 km, direction SW)

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

Hatfield Forest Country Park (6 Pictures)

(11.5 miles, 18.4 km, direction W)

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

Interior of  Hedingham Castle, Essex  26/8/2002

Hedingham Castle (24 Pictures)

(12.5 miles, 20.2 km, direction N)

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A picture of East Anglian Railway Museum

East Anglian Railway Museum (3 Pictures)

(12.6 miles, 20.3 km, direction NE)

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

Hyde Hall Gardens

Hyde Hall RHS Garden (45 Pictures)

(12.9 miles, 20.7 km, direction S)

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Colchester zoo,Leopard

Colchester Zoo (129 Pictures)

(16.7 miles, 26.9 km, direction E)

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

Weald Country Park, Essex

Weald Country Park (3 Pictures)

(17.1 miles, 27.6 km, direction SW)

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.....

St. Botolphs Priory in Colchester

St. Botolph's Priory (3 Pictures)

(17.1 miles, 27.6 km, direction E)

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Dedham Vale, Suffolk

Dedham Vale (21 Pictures)

(17.6 miles, 28.3 km, direction NE)

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

Colchester

Colchester Castle (21 Pictures)

(17.6 miles, 28.3 km, direction E)

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

Castle

Saffron Walden Castle (10 Pictures)

(17.7 miles, 28.5 km, direction NW)

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)

(17.7 miles, 28.5 km, direction NW)

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

Gates at Bridge End Gardens

Bridge End Gardens (15 Pictures)

(17.8 miles, 28.7 km, direction NW)

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)

(18.1 miles, 29.1 km, direction NW)

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

A picture of Chapel of St Peter-on-the-Wall

Chapel of St Peter-on-the-Wall (8 Pictures)

(19.6 miles, 31.5 km, direction E)

The Chapel of St Peter-on-the-Wall is the oldest church in England, having been built by St Cedd in 654ad. It sits right on the.....

Hadleigh Castle

Hadleigh Castle (16 Pictures)

(20.0 miles, 32.2 km, direction S)

Built by the Normans on the approach to London, lived in by 3 queens; Catherine of Aragon, Anne of Cleves and Catherine Parr......

Melford Hall, Long Melford, Suffolk

Melford Hall (19 Pictures)

(20.1 miles, 32.3 km, direction NE)

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

Beth Chatto Gardens, May 2001

Beth Chatto Gardens (22 Pictures)

(20.9 miles, 33.6 km, direction E)

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Adventure Island, formely known as Peter Pans

Adventure Island (4 Pictures)

(22.3 miles, 35.9 km, direction SE)

This is the number one theme park in the Southeast of England, a great place for anyone at any age, especially children and tiny.....


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