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High Street, Great Dunmow, Essex

Great Dunmow (8 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Essex (5.7 miles, 9.1 km, direction S)

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.....

Saffron Walden, Essex

Saffron Walden (198 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Essex (6.7 miles, 10.8 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 (7.1 miles, 11.5 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...

The Park at Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire

Bishop's Stortford (5 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Hertfordshire (10.0 miles, 16.0 km, direction SW)

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...

Brook Cottage, Kedington, Suffolk

Kedington (8 Pictures)

in the county of Suffolk (11.0 miles, 17.8 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...

C.of E Church, Brent Pelham, Hertfordshire

Brent Pelham (5 Pictures)

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

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

Castle lane, Castle Hedingham village, Essex

Castle Hedingham (26 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Essex (11.2 miles, 18.1 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...

Halstead Mill on The Causeway

Halstead (2 Pictures)

in the county of Essex (12.6 miles, 20.3 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 (13.2 miles, 21.3 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...

Much Hadham Village Sign, Hertfordshire

Much Hadham (7 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Hertfordshire (13.6 miles, 21.8 km, direction SW)

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

St Mary's Church, Great Bradley, Suffolk

Great Bradley (1 Pictures)

in the county of Suffolk (14.1 miles, 22.7 km, direction N)

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

Earls Colne, Essex.  High Street viewed from the corner of Massingham Drive

Earls Colne (2 Pictures)

in the county of Essex (15.1 miles, 24.3 km, direction E)

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

White Horse Pub

Sudbury (21 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Suffolk (17.4 miles, 27.9 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...

Chipping Ongar Main Street, Essex

Chipping Ongar (5 Pictures)

in the county of Essex (17.8 miles, 28.6 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...

Holy Trinity Church

Long Melford (58 Pictures)

in the county of Suffolk (17.9 miles, 28.7 km, direction NE)

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

Stocks on the Village Green

Blackmore (11 Pictures)

in the county of Essex (18.3 miles, 29.4 km, direction S)

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...

The Orchard, Grantchester

Grantchester (9 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cambridgeshire (19.1 miles, 30.8 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.....

Cottages on the Common

Danbury (6 Pictures)

in the county of Essex (19.3 miles, 31.1 km, direction SE)

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

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Marks Tey (1 Pictures)

in the county of Essex (19.8 miles, 31.9 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...

Parish church of St. Mary the Virgin, Fen Ditton

Fen Ditton (33 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cambridgeshire (19.8 miles, 31.9 km, direction NW)

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

Recommended attractions near Thaxted

Castle

Saffron Walden Castle (10 Pictures)

(6.6 miles, 10.7 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)

(6.6 miles, 10.7 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)

(6.7 miles, 10.8 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)

(7.1 miles, 11.4 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.....

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

Hatfield Forest Country Park (6 Pictures)

(7.4 miles, 11.8 km, direction SW)

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)

(11.4 miles, 18.4 km, direction E)

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Imperial War Museum Duxford

Imperial War Museum Duxford (125 Pictures)

(13.4 miles, 21.6 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.....

Hylands house, Hylands park, Chelmsford, Essex

Hylands Park (8 Pictures)

(16.5 miles, 26.6 km, direction S)

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Dedham Vale, Suffolk

Dedham Vale (21 Pictures)

(17.3 miles, 27.9 km, direction E)

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

A picture of East Anglian Railway Museum

East Anglian Railway Museum (3 Pictures)

(17.6 miles, 28.4 km, direction E)

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

Melford Hall, Long Melford, Suffolk

Melford Hall (19 Pictures)

(18.6 miles, 30.0 km, direction NE)

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

Lake in Danbury Park, Chelmsford, Essex, at dusk

Danbury Park Country Park (9 Pictures)

(19.0 miles, 30.6 km, direction SE)

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University Botanic Gardens, Cambridge

University Botanic Gardens (11 Pictures)

(19.1 miles, 30.7 km, direction NW)

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Newmarket Racecourse 2003

Newmarket Racecourse (4 Pictures)

(19.1 miles, 30.7 km, direction N)

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A man and his dogs

Anglesey Abbey (49 Pictures)

(20.1 miles, 32.4 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.....

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

Benington Lordship (6 Pictures)

(20.4 miles, 32.8 km, direction W)

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Wimpole Hall in Wimpole, Cambridgeshire

Wimpole Hall (44 Pictures)

(21.2 miles, 34.2 km, direction NW)

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

Lavenham Guildhall. Lavenham, Suffolk

Lavenham Guildhall (11 Pictures)

(22.0 miles, 35.4 km, direction NE)

Built by Corpus Christi, Lavenham's Guildhall is a magnificent 16th century timber-framed tudor building, now maintained by The.....

Old Postcard of The American Cemetary, Nr Cambridge

Cambridge American Military Cemetery & Memorial (30 Pictures)

(22.1 miles, 35.5 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.....

Hyde Hall Gardens

Hyde Hall RHS Garden (45 Pictures)

(23.4 miles, 37.6 km, direction SE)

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