Places to Visit in Essex, England.

Places to Visit in Essex, England.

The county of Essex is situated in East Anglia, North of The Thames estuary with Kent to the south linked by the Dartford Tunnel crossing, Suffolk to the north and moving to the west, Greater London, Hertfordshire and north west to Cambridgeshire. Essex enjoys both a close proximity to London and a smattering of seaside resorts. Rural Essex is a delight, particularly where it borders Suffolk to the north and in Constable’s paintings there are many scenes which remain today.The Romans settled here with both Colchester and Chelmsford reaching national importance, the lformer, Colchester, is the oldest recorded Roman town in England, existing as a Celtic settlement before the Roman conquest and the latter being the only English town to receive the Royal prefix. Essex has a population of around 1,600,000 and it’s county town is Chelmsford. Essex is also host to Stansted Airport, London's third airport, which is situated on the Essex and Cambridgeshire border and just a 45 minute drive to London.

Places to Visit in Essex

Essex Tourism
River Lee Country Park
Audley End
Audley End Miniature Railway
Aythorpe Roding
Aythorpe Roding Postmill
Barking
Eastbury Manor House
Bocking
Bocking Windmill
Braintree
Blake House Craft Centre
Braintree District Museum
Cressing Temple Barns
Saling Hall Garden
Warner Textile Archive, Braintree
Brentwood
Brentwood Cathedral
Brentwood Cathedral
Brentwood Museum
Brightlingsea
Brightlingsea Museum
Burnham-on-Crouch
4 Fernlea Road Garden
Burnham-on-Crouch Museum
Castle Lane
Hadleigh Castle
Chelmsford
Hylands House
RHS Garden Hyde Hall
Blakes Wood
THE NATIONAL TRUST
Chelmsford Cathedral
Marsh Farm Country Park
Chelmsford (Near)
Tropical Wings Butterfly & Bird Gardens
Coggeshall
Coggeshall Grange Barn
Marks Hall gardens and Arboretum
Colchester
Abberton Reservoir
Beth Chatto Gardens
Bourne Mill
NATIONAL TRUST
Colchester Castle Museum
Colchester Town Hall
County Prison
Colchester Castle at Colchester Castle Museum
Feeringbury Manor
Gardens of Marshall Legal LLP
Layer Marney Tower
Mistley Towers
ENGLISH HERITAGE
Paycocke's
NATIONAL TRUST
St Botolphs Priory

ENGLISH HERITAGE
The Minories (Colchester School of Art & Design)

Dagenham
Valence House Museum
Dedham
Sir Alfred Munnings Art Museum
East Tilbury
Coalhouse Fort
Epping
Copped Hall
Feering
Feeringbury Manor
Great Dunmow
Gardens of Easton Lodge
Halstead
Gosfield Hall
Hedingham Castle
Spencers The Garden
Harlow
The Gibberd Garden
Harwich
Harwich Guildhall
Harwich Redoubt Fort
Ingatestone
Ingatestone Hall
Remus Horse Sanctuary
Jaywick
Jaywick Martello Tower
Lee Valley
Gunpowder Park
Leigh-on-Sea
Belfairs Park and Nature Reserve
Belton Hills Gardens and Nature Reserve
Maldon
Friary Walled Garden
The Moot Hall
Newport
Prior's Hall Barn
Rayleigh
Rayleigh Mount
The Dutch Cottage
Rochford
The Old House
The Old House
Saffron Walden
Ashdon Village Museum
Audley End House
Bridge End Gardens
Saffron Walden
Southend-on-Sea
Churchill Gardens
Stansted Mountfitchet
Mountfitchet Castle Experience
Theydon Mount
Hill Hall
Tilbury
Tilbury Fort
Tilbury Fort
ENGLISH HERITAGE
Waltham Abbey
Royal Gunpowder Mills
River Lee Country Park
Waltham Abbey Gardens
Waltham Abbey Gatehouse and Bridge
ENGLISH HERITAGE
Wickham Bishops
Glen Chantry

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