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Wendens Ambo (5 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Essex (2.2 miles, 3.6 km, direction SW)

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...

The Church of St.John The Baptist, St.Mary and St.Lawrence

Thaxted (45 Pictures)

in the county of Essex (6.7 miles, 10.8 km, direction SE)

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

Brent Pelham Village Green, Hertfordshire

Brent Pelham (5 Pictures)

in the county of Hertfordshire (8.2 miles, 13.2 km, direction SW)

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

Brook Cottage, Kedington, Suffolk

Kedington (8 Pictures)

in the county of Suffolk (11.3 miles, 18.2 km, direction NE)

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...

The Park at Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire

Bishop's Stortford (5 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Hertfordshire (11.4 miles, 18.4 km, direction S)

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...

The Town Lock-up at Great Dunmow, Essex

Great Dunmow (8 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Essex (11.8 miles, 19.0 km, direction SE)

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.....

St Mary's Church, Great Bradley, Suffolk

Great Bradley (1 Pictures)

in the county of Suffolk (12.1 miles, 19.4 km, direction NE)

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

Grantchester Meadows, Cambridge

Grantchester (9 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cambridgeshire (12.5 miles, 20.2 km, direction NW)

The village of Grantchester, is a picturesque village along the river Cam, often enjoyed by tourists and students who travel to the village by punt from nearby Cambridge, to.....

Punting, River Cambridge

Cambridge (440 Pictures)

a Historic City in the county of Cambridgeshire (13.5 miles, 21.8 km, direction NW)

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

Parish church of St. Mary the Virgin, Fen Ditton

Fen Ditton (33 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cambridgeshire (13.7 miles, 22.1 km, direction N)

This pleasant village can be found in the spacious countryside within easy driving distance from Cambridge...

Much Hadham Village Sign, Hertfordshire

Much Hadham (7 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Hertfordshire (13.8 miles, 22.2 km, direction SW)

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

Castle Hedingham village, Essex

Castle Hedingham (26 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Essex (15.6 miles, 25.1 km, direction E)

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...

Newmarket, Suffolk. High Street 2003

Newmarket (93 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Suffolk (16.8 miles, 27.0 km, direction NE)

You can hardly drive through this handsome town without seeing some reminder that the history of the town..

A row of cottages, Ashwell, Hertfordshire

Ashwell (30 Pictures)

in the county of Hertfordshire (17.0 miles, 27.3 km, direction W)

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...

Halstead Mill on The Causeway

Halstead (2 Pictures)

in the county of Essex (18.0 miles, 28.9 km, direction E)

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 (18.1 miles, 29.1 km, direction S)

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...

Baldock High St, Hertfordshire

Baldock (5 Pictures)

in the county of Hertfordshire (18.5 miles, 29.8 km, direction W)

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

ST Georges Park, STEVENAGE TOWN CENTER in Spring.

Stevenage (29 Pictures)

in the county of Hertfordshire (20.5 miles, 33.0 km, direction SW)

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...

Melford Hall

Long Melford (58 Pictures)

in the county of Suffolk (20.6 miles, 33.1 km, direction E)

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

St Andrew, Earls Colne

Earls Colne (2 Pictures)

in the county of Essex (20.6 miles, 33.2 km, direction E)

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

Recommended attractions near Saffron Walden

Gates at Bridge End Gardens

Bridge End Gardens (15 Pictures)

(0.1 miles, 0.2 km)

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)

(0.1 miles, 0.2 km)

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)

(0.1 miles, 0.2 km)

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

Audley End House, Saffron Walden, Essex

Audley End (133 Pictures)

(0.9 miles, 1.5 km)

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

Imperial War Museum Duxford

Imperial War Museum Duxford (125 Pictures)

(6.7 miles, 10.9 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.....

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

Hatfield Forest Country Park (6 Pictures)

(11.0 miles, 17.7 km, direction S)

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

University Botanic Gardens, Cambridge

University Botanic Gardens (11 Pictures)

(12.6 miles, 20.3 km, direction NW)

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A man and his dogs

Anglesey Abbey (49 Pictures)

(14.6 miles, 23.5 km, direction N)

This attractive house was formerly a priory of Augustinian canons, founded around 1135. It's name does not relate to the island.....

Wimpole Hall in Wimpole, Cambridgeshire

Wimpole Hall (44 Pictures)

(14.7 miles, 23.6 km, direction NW)

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

Newmarket Racecourse 2003

Newmarket Racecourse (4 Pictures)

(14.9 miles, 24.0 km, direction N)

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Old Postcard of The American Cemetary, Nr Cambridge

Cambridge American Military Cemetery & Memorial (30 Pictures)

(15.4 miles, 24.8 km, direction NW)

Watched over by a fluttering Stars and Stripes the American Military Cemetery at Madingley in Cambridge is the only one of its.....

Interior of  Hedingham Castle, Essex  26/8/2002

Hedingham Castle (24 Pictures)

(15.6 miles, 25.1 km, direction E)

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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)

(17.9 miles, 28.8 km, direction SW)

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Fairlands Valley Park in Stevenage, Herts.

Fairlands Valley Park (9 Pictures)

(19.6 miles, 31.5 km, direction SW)

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Dedham Vale, Suffolk

Dedham Vale (21 Pictures)

(20.8 miles, 33.4 km, direction E)

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

Melford Hall, Long Melford, Suffolk

Melford Hall (19 Pictures)

(21.2 miles, 34.1 km, direction E)

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

Knebworth House from gardens

Knebworth House (6 Pictures)

(22.2 miles, 35.7 km, direction SW)

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

Hylands house, Hylands park, Chelmsford, Essex

Hylands Park (8 Pictures)

(22.5 miles, 36.3 km, direction S)

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

St Edmundsbury Cathedral (18 Pictures)

(25.3 miles, 40.7 km, direction NE)

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

Lake in Danbury Park, Chelmsford, Essex, at dusk

Danbury Park Country Park (9 Pictures)

(25.6 miles, 41.2 km, direction SE)

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