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Learn all about England’s oldest recorded town with City Sightseeing Colchester. Journey through Colchester’s streets and become absorbed in the town’s unique heritage and history. Colchester today is a thriving, modern town with many great...
At the Cascade Ice Rink, Basildon - Children can skate from as young as 5, however children between 5 and 8 years old must be accompanied on the ice. You can just turn up and skate but where it is possible we recommend pre-booking as skating sessi...
Langdon visitor centre is set in a stunning nature reserve of 461 acres which comprises of woodland, meadows, lakes and former plotland gardens. A beautiful wildlife garden is situated directly behind the visitor centre (sorry dogs are not permitted...
Wat Tyler Country Park, on the southeast edge of Basildon, has new hides overlooking a productive scrape and is close to a rubbish tip which always attracts gulls. Bearded Tits breed in expanses of reed and scarcer species have been observed, includi...
The Cater Museum houses many artifacts of Billericay and contains a lot of local information. The 18th to 19th century red brick building is tiled and has dormer windows, one of which depicts the war time practice of applying tape to reduce flying...
A warm welcome will always greet you at Hanningfield reservoir visitor centre.The visitor centre is set in mature woodland and offers superb views over the 870 acre Hanningfield Reservoir. It is an ideal place to view the wildlife within the nature ...
The vineyard was planted in 1990 on a south facing gentle slope and nestles beside a beautifully built Grade 1 listed brick and tile barn built by Anne of Cleeves in the mid-Sixteenth century. As the soil and climate are somewhat similar to the Al...
Bocking Windmill is a post mill with a 2-storey roundhouse, built in 1721 and moved to its present site in 1829. It ceased working at the outbreak of the First World War and was renovated externally in the 1980s and internally in the 1990s. Most m...
At Braintree Museum the story of the Braintree District and its diverse industrial and cultural history unfolds. The main galleries examine the development of the area from prehistory to the twenty-first century, focusing upon the textile and manu...
Great Bardfield Cottage Museum is a 19th century village lock-up and recently renovated 16th century charity cottage housing agricultural and domestic artefacts from 19th and 20th centuries, plus rural crafts such as straw-plaiting and corn-dollies. ...
Cressing Temple takes its unusual name from the medieval monks of the Knights Templar who founded the two vast 13th century timber barns, which form the centrepiece of this delightful rural estate. The Tudor Walled Garden is inspired by an age wh...
Finchingfield Windmill is a small, simple, mid-18th century feudal or estate-type postmill with a wooden wind shaft and 1 pair of stones....
The Flitch Way passes through 15 miles of countryside along the former Bishop's Stortford to Braintree railway in the heart of rural Essex. Its name comes from a medieval ceremony, which originated in Little Dunmow and which still takes place every f...
Great Notley Country Park covers some 100 acres of open space, which is managed for the benefit of wildlife and the community. The site was formally arable farmland and has been transformed into a mixture of wetland and open grassland. Each of these ...
Here at the Original Great Maze you can discover the aMazing maize maze, full of adventure and fun! Weave your way through miles of maize pathways to finally conquer the maze challenge. If you are new to one of the greatest maze challenges in the wo...
The Town Hall is without doubt one of the town's most beautiful buildings. Donated to the people of Braintree by the Courtauld family in 1928, this Georgian style building is steeped in history and provides a perfect environment for all sorts of occ...
Our aim is to make the past come to life at Brentwood Museum with an exciting collection of everyday objects from previous generations. Even the Museum itself is part of Brentwood's history. It is housed in a quaint little 19th century cemetery lodge...
The Roman Catholic classically styled Brentwood Cathedral incorporates the original Victorian church. Designed by distinguished architect Quinlan Terry with roundels by Ralph Maklouf, it was opened in May 1991 by the Archbishop of Westminster, Cardin...
Here at Kelvedon Hatch Secret Nuclear Bunker you can come and witness the three lives of the bunker starting with its role as an RAF ROTOR Station, then a brief period as a civil defence centre through to its most recent life as a Regional Government...
Old Macdonald’s Farm in Brentwood Essex is a superb venue for value for money family days out in Essex. Close to London this family attraction includes all your farm yard favourites plus more unusual and exotic animals such as the popular Meerkat f...
Thorndon Country Park is divided into Thorndon Park North, with the Countryside Centre, and Thorndon Park South. These areas are linked by the 'Old Park', which is owned by the Woodland Trust, and 'Old Thorndon Pasture', which is owned by Essex Count...
Weald Country Park is located to the west of Brentwood. At nearly 500 acres it is the largest of the Essex County Council Country Parks. Parkland has been established here for more than 700 years; the lakes, the tree-lined avenues, and large parkland...
The Burnham on Crouch and District Museum is situated on the Quay at the junction with Coronation Road. It is devoted to the History of Burnham on Crouch & the Dengie Hundred area. The Museum consists of two floors and a mezzanine, with exhib...
Mangapps Railway Museum is a privately owned working railway and museum established on a farm at Burnham on Crouch, Essex. It features a ¾ mile standard gauge passenger carrying line, with restored stations, signal boxes and ancillary equipment rem...
Welcome to a World of Miniature Railways. Canvey Railway and Model Engineering Club has a variety of miniature railways which you can ride on....
Housed in the historic former Canvey & District bus Depot built in 1934 and vacated by Eastern National in 1978, the Castle Point Transport Museum is home to over thirty old and rare buses and coaches alongside vintage commercials,military and emerg...
Canvey Island was drained and embanked by the Dutch engineer Cornelius Vermuyden in the 17th century. Numerous Dutch workers and their families settled here and they built rather unusual octagonal cottages of which two still survive. One cottage,...
Since St Katherines became The Heritage Centre it has become the home of Art, Camera, Needlework and Patchwork Groups as well as an historical group. They have Art, Hobbies, Militaria and Photographic Exhibitions. There is a Lifeboat Week as well as ...
Chelmsford Miniature Railway offers rides for the public every Sunday from April 24th to (at least) September 25th. Normally free car parking near to site with light refreshments available - train rides on all tracks plus static displays of models...
Chelmsford Museum tells the story of the county town from the Ice Age to the present, including new displays on the more recent history, and festivals and music. There are additional displays on natural history, art, glass and pottery, as well as ...
Danbury Commons and Blakes Wood is a large open area of heathland, gorse and coppice adjoining ancient woodland Along with Lingwood Common, Danbury Common forms the second largest area of commonland in Essex after Epping Forest. Traditionally c...
The Museum's collection consists of objects, paper documents and photographs relating to the history of the force from 1840 to the present day. Why does Essex Police have a Museum? We are very fortunate to have a Police Museum which is open to th...
Hylands House, in Chelmsford, Essex, is a stunning Grade II* listed property, spectacularly restored to its former glory and situated in 574 acres of historic landscaped parkland....
Marsh Farm Country Park provides an enjoyable and educational day out for the whole family. It is a farm where children can get close to and learn about the farm animals and play safely in the adventure play areas. As well as the farm, visitors ca...
New Hall Vineyard is an English Wine Producer with over 65 hectares of vines and is one of the oldest and largest in the country. Visitors can come and explore the grounds. It was first established by the Greenwood family, in the Essex village of ...
RHS Garden Hyde Hall in Essex, was a farm house which was made into a garden after 1955 and then taken over by the RHS. It has lawns, a dell, a lily pond, raised beds, mixed borders and other features. A surprising number of plants flourish on a ...
Tropical Wings Zoo are proud to be one of the newest interactive zoo attractions to be found anywhere within the UK, aiming to be the best small family zoo in the country! Come rain or shine - whatever the weather and whatever your age - there is ...
Hainault Forest Country Park is one of the remaining sections of the former Forest of Essex in England. Epping Forest and Hatfield Forest are other examples. It is located partly in Hainault in the London Borough of Redbridge and partly in Essex. ...
Whatever the weather, you and the family will have a great value fun day out at Clacton Pier. Packed with indoor and outdoor activities, events, rides and amusements there is always something going on... We all love to be beside the seaside there...
The East Essex Aviation Society and Museum has been housed in the historic Martello Tower at Point Clear since it’s first opening to visitors in 1986. The Tower is one of the first Napoleonic Forts built in 1806 on the East Coast to repel any poss...
Coggeshall Museum opened in 1990 in an annex to St. Peter's Hall (now the Village Hall) in Stoneham Street. The hall itself was formerly one of Coggeshall's breweries but since the 1920s has been a focus for many of Coggeshall's community activities....
Here at Ponyland we have Pony Care sessions where children can learn how to look after a pony correctly, and have fun! With experienced helpers, and adult supervision, children (aged 5 and above) can meet the animals, help groom, feed and learn ho...
Here at the Abberton Reservoir Visitor Centre, visitors can enjoy walks on the new Essex Wildlife Trust nature reserve. Regular sightings include brown hare and skylark, and recently also short eared owl. There are also stunning panoramic views acr...
The garden of a well-known nursery is in a shallow valley in front of the house. The valley contains a series of pools which are planted with good varieties of good plants, all well-grown. The former car park has been made into a beautiful gravel gar...
Brightlingsea Museum has collections that represent collections of objects, photographs and pictures illustrative of the social and economic history of the town and its immediate surroundings over the past 700 years, in particular its Cinque Port con...
Carter’s Vineyards are set in the picturesque Essex Countryside. Carter’s is an enchanting place comprising of 40 acres of vines, wildflower meadows, lakes and woodlands in Boxted a short distance off the A134. We produce an extensive range of fi...
Childsplay adventureland is the premier indoor play facility for under 11's designed by the leading soft play manufacturer in Europe. We have special areas for babies, toddlers, youngsters as well as a pleasant atomsphere for parents....
Colchester's distinctive heritage is nowhere more apparent than in Castle Park. A site of national importance, this Victorian Park contains evidence of 2000 years of history and is a landscape moulded by the people of Colchester over many eras. Ca...
Follow in the footsteps of Roman soldiers, Norman invaders, the Witchfinder General and the devastation of Queen Boudica. Explore over 2000 years of some of the most important events in British history in this magnificent Castle! There is so much to ...
Copt Hall Marshes on the remote and beautiful Blackwater Estuary is a noted site for overwintering birds, and can be viewed from a waymarked circular route....
Cudmore Grove offers visitors a trip to the seaside with a difference. Located at the eastern end of Mersea Island, the park includes a sandy beach backed by a large expanse of open grassland, perfect for summer games, picnics and taking in the views...
The East Anglian Railway Museum, based just outside Colchester, Essex, is a Working Museum dedicated to preserving the history of railways in the Eastern Counties. Open every day between 10am and 4:30pm (or Dusk if earlier), on certain days specia...
Feering and Kelvedon Local History Museum displays are open to the public in one large room and two smaller ones, in the old British School at Kelvedon. Documentary archives are kept in controlled conditions in a fourth room; subject to proof of iden...
Fingringhoe Wick was Essex Wildlife Trust's first nature reserve (1961) and some years later it was where the Trust opened their first visitor centre, and fifty years on visitors are still coming to see this magical place. Set in a spectacular positi...
firstsite is a visual arts organisation based in Colchester, Essex. Our mission is to make contemporary art relevant to everyone. What firstsite do Our integrated programme of work includes projects, exhibitions and publications by establis...
Gnome Magic is set in some 5 acres of Constable Country Gnome Magic was founded in 2000 with some 500 gnomes and friends but now it has grown to over 800 and growing and diversifying so it now includes a successful tea-room, museum, conservatory, gn...
Go Bananas is one of the largest indoor adventure play centres in the South East of England with 15 years of experience in entertaining children and Adults. Based in Colchester, Essex, Go Bananas have everything you need to entertain the young and ol...
Green Island Gardens are private gardens, open for the public to visit in Ardleigh near Colchester, Essex. Professionally designed by its owner Fiona Edmond, Green Island Gardens are laid out as a series of structured gardens displaying a huge ran...
High Woods Country Park One of Colchester's beauty spots, the Country Park includes woodland, open spaces (ideal for picnics) a lake and wildflower meadows.Along with marshy areas, hayfields and scrubland, High Woods provides the right habitat for th...
Hollytrees Museum displays three centuries of fascinating toys, costume and decorative arts displayed in an attractive Georgian town house from 1718. Parkland children's play area, shop, sensory garden. An important part of Colchester's rich hist...
One of this country's most dramatic buildings, Layer Marney Tower stands within the Essex landscape, commanding views to the River Blackwater and beyond. Built in the reign of Henry VIII it was visited by that most powerful of monarchs - and by his e...
Enjoy a great day at Marks Hall Gardens and Arboretum, Essex The Gardens and Arboretum located in Essex, feature landscaped woodland walks and footpaths, with vistas across the lakes to the Millennium Walk and the 18th Century Walled Garden, recen...
The Mersea Island Museum is an independent museum established in 1976 and occupying purpose-built premises in the centre of West Mersea, just to the east of the Parish Church. The traditional local activities of fishing, oystering, wild fowling a...
The National History Museum lets you get a fascinating chance to get closer to nature. Find out about wildlife habitats, biodiversity and climate change. Did you know that there was an earthquake in Colchester in 1884? Or that mammoths and hippo...
Rollerworld is internationally recognised as the finest roller-skating rink in Europe including spectacular sound and light show. Also available is Quasar is the world's favourite laser game....
Thorrington Tide Mill is a picturesque, medium-sized, timber-framed, tide-driven watermill, dated 1831, in the ownwership of Essex County Council. This has a breast-shot waterwheel and 3 pairs of millstones. It is one of only a handful of tide mil...
Tiptree Tearooms, Museum and Jam Shop was started over 50 years ago, John Wilkin began collecting the paraphernalia of preserve making and Essex village life. The museum is jam packed giving an insight into developing technologies and a glimpse of...
Dedham Art and Craft Centre is situated in the heart of Constable Country on the Essex/Suffolk border. Housed in a converted church in this popular village, the Centre exudes historic charm and is the perfect place to visit, shop and eat. Three f...
Visit Castle House and you will find the largest single collection of Munnings' works, fittingly displayed in the home he was so proud to own. In the gentle tranquil beauty of the English country garden stands Munning's studio, left much as it was...
North Weald Airfield was the famous Battle of Britain fighter base - RAF North Weald - near to the Essex town of Epping and easily accessible from London. The airfield is still very active, and on most summer week-ends visitors may see some of the ve...
Feeringbury Manor Garden has been made over the last 30 years and is now well established. It surrounds a pretty 14th century house. The garden of Feeringbury Manor is filled with flowers and at all times of the year there are interesting plants t...
The Thurrock Museum and Heritage Services displays archaeology, social, agricultural, industrial and maritime history of the Thurrock area....
Grays Beach Riverside Park is a fantastic place to visit at any time and it gets even better in summer. Great play equipment like our giant sand pit, adventure trail, aerial slide and the famous Grays Beach play galleon are open all year round and...
Aythorpe Roding Windmill was built before 1770 and worked until 1936. It has been restored to working order by Essex County Council and ground corn in 1982. There is evidence that the mill was comprehensively modernised late in the 19thC....
The Gardens of Easton Lodge are an idyllic (English Heritage, Grade II) listed haven which has been partially restored to its former glory by a team of dedicated volunteers and the owners of Warwick House. These historic gardens date back over 400...
The Great Dunmow Maltings is an outstanding survival of the early malting and brewing industry, last functional in 1948 as part of the old Dunmow Brewery Company.The oldest parts of the maltings date from the 16th century, though the building is reco...
Established in 1992, Lindsell Art Gallery shows and sells landscape, wildlife, flower, still life and figurative paintings, prints and photography, unique jewellery and crafts and also holds weekly life drawing sessions in the gallery. With its fram...
Set in the beautiful countryside in the Hertfordshire and Essex border, Little Easton Manor is the home to The Barn Theatre and The Turkey Barn. The historic barn is one of the finest and oldest Tithe Barns in the country with magnificent oak timb...
Thaxted Garden for Butterflies is a 1-acre retirement garden especially planted and developed to be attractive to butterflies and moths. Exhibition of photographs of the 23 species of British butterflies that have visited in the past 10 years. Leafle...
Thaxted Guildhall was built by the Guild of Cutlers six hundred years ago, and is still in active use. In 1390, long before the church was finished, the cutlers chose a site near to Hall Gate, where three roads met, and started work on their Guildhal...
Sample the atmosphere and take a ride on an award winning period country railway. A pretty line, almost a mile long, with relocated station buildings, signal boxes and bridges all lovingly restored and rebuilt. A large and varied collection of operat...
Gosfield Lake Resort is a private family run leisure park, set in the heart of rural Open water Essex, close to Constable Country and right on the Essex Way. The 36 acre lake and surrounding countryside combine to create a natural beauty spot, where ...
Halstead Antiques Centre is a family run antiques & collectables business situated in the beautiful Townsford Mill building in Halstead, North Essex. Townsford Mill, which straddles the River Colne, dates back to 1740 and was originally a water po...
Hedingham Castle was constructed in 1140AD, both by and for the famous de Vere family. These Earls of Oxford lived here for more than five centuries, and to this day the castle remains under the ownership of their descendants, the Lindsay family. ...
The Gibberd Garden is on the outskirts of Harlow, there is a garden full of beauty, peace and tranquillity. It is a wonderful place to stroll and be inspired. Every turn reveals another aspect or a work of art, for this garden was created by Sir Fred...
The Museum of Harlow is located in the picturesque former Mark Hall stable block and kitchen gardens The Museum of Harlow offers a unique opportunity for visitors to discover the rich history of the town they see around them. The Museum uses objec...
Ha'penny Pier Visitor Centre is a wonderfully refurbished Victorian pier ticket office contains a small exhibition of local history and offers a free information service on what to see, where to eat and where to stay in Harwich. The Ha’penny Pie...
The Harwich Lifeboat museum houses the old Clacton offshore lifeboat the "Valentine Wyndham-Quin", which is a 37ft Oakley class of lifeboat. She was stationed at the Clacton Lifeboat station between 1968 -1984 and completed many honorable services. ...
The Harwich Maritime Museum which superb nautical displays are housed in a decommissioned lighthouse with excellent views over the harbour and its unending shipping movements. The lighthouse that previously occupied this site was painted by John C...
Little Monsters is a bright, clean soft adventure play zone with ball pit, slides, and all the usual features. There's a cafe on site offering hot and cold snacks, with plenty of seating. Party options available to make your little one's day sp...
Here at Ingatestone Hall in 1566, wrote Thomas Larke, surveyor to Sir William Petre, about Ingatestone Hall, the new house that Sir William had built twenty-five years earlier in the midst of his Essex estates. Since then, the house has passed throu...
Stock Tower Mill is a good example, in working order, of the millwright's craft of the 1890's, although originally built about 1816. Evidence can be seen of the original layout, which included a stage for setting and winding the sails....
Widely regarded as the flagship green space for the area, Belfairs Nature Reserve - also known as Hadleigh Great Wood - has been managed, through coppicing to create a perfect home for a diverse range of wildlife and is a Site of Special Scientific I...
Maeldune Heritage Centre "Maeldune" is the old Saxon name for Maldon and means "Meeting Place on the Hill Marked by a Cross". The Maeldune Heritage Centre houses the 42 foot Maldon embroidery which celebrates the 1000th anniversary of the Battle ...
Maldon and District Agricultural Museum features a large collection of vintage farm machinery, domestic bygones, wirelesses, photographs and clocks. ...
Maldon Museum, the "Musuem in The Park" exhibits items directly related to the District, whether they are domestic, industrial, natural or manufactured, discovered locally or collected from afar. The Maldon Museum is housed in an Edwardian buildin...
The Museum of Power is housed in a former Pumping Station and newly refurbished, the museum contains a fascinating collection which ranges from a working overhead machine shop to a petrol powered iron. The jewel in our crown is the 'Lilleshall' tripl...
In recent years Maldon's Prom Park has undergone an extensive makeover with the salt water lake being drained and replaced with an ornamental lake complete with fountains and resident swans. Although swimming, paddling and rowing boats are a thing...
Madison Heights is a premier family entertainment centre. With 22 Brunskick Tenpin Bowling Lanes, The all new SK8TERS Roller Rink, Pool Tables, The Monkey Puzzle two storey kids soft play area, restaurant, cafes and bars - there's everything for e...
Manningtree and District Local History Museum has a large collection of items relating principally to the town of Manningtree and the villages of Lawford and Mistley and the River Stour. Other items relate to ‘BX Plastics’ Brantham and Cattawade ...
Covering over 130 hectares, Hockley Woods are the largest remaining area of the wild wood, which covered Essex after the Ice Age 10,000 years ago. The woods are a complex mosaic of different trees, each species growing where conditions are most fa...
The MegaCentre Rayleigh houses the following Megazone Laser Games Adults and children from approx. 7 years can join in the fun with the excitement and experience of the Megazone Laser game, set in our 2 story arena for up to 40 players. ...
The Rayleigh Windmill Museum was built in about 1809 and is a Grade II listed building. The first floor of the Windmill houses an Accredited Museum, particular emphasis is placed on the collection of photos, archives, wartime, domestic, farming a...
The Millennium Centre is a visitor and education centre, which is open to the public throughout the year. It acts as a focal point for visitors, with information about the Eastbrookend Country Park and The Chase Local Nature Reserve....
At Kidspace The Ultimate Indoor Adventure Park, over 5's can try out the 25ft climbing wall or race round the go-kart track before scaling the heights of the Orb. For older kids we also have the very popular Skytrail which is suspended 3 meters i...
Namco Funscape Romford, located on the first floor of The Brewery, offers a huge amount of entertainment! Famous for ten pin bowling, Namco Funscape also offers pool, gaming and fantastic kids, teens and adult group parties. Look out for our se...
Rollerbowl has 34 lanes and are one of the biggest centres in the country add that to large Arcade area with the newest games, fruit machines and 9 brand new pool tables. The whole area is air conditioned and also includes a fast food diner and a...
The Audley End Miniature Railway is a delightful 1.5 mile ride on Lord Braybrooke’s private 10 ¼” gauge railway through Estate woodland. The children all enjoy looking out for the teddies that live in the woods, while the adults are reminded ...
Bridge End Garden is in fact a series of seven interlinked gardens laid out by the Gibson family in the nineteenth century. These grade II-star listed gardens are now under the control of Saffron Walden Town Council, and remain open to the public eac...
The Fry Public Art Gallery was opened in 1987 and houses an impressive number of paintings, prints, illustrations, wallpapers and decorative designs by artists of the 20th century and the present day who have local connections and have made a signifi...
There is something for everyone at Walton Pier. Take a ride on the Red Baron, be thrilled on the Waltzer, ride into the sunset on the Gallopers, release that road rage on the Dodgems or strike it lucky in the Tenpin Bowling Centre....
Walton On The Naze Maritime Museum is a 120-year-old former lifeboat house, carefully restored with exhibitions of local interest particularly maritime, urban, geological and seaside and development. Currently restoring a 100-year-old Norfolk and ...
Battlesbridge Antiques Centre comprises over 80 dealers housed in a variety of old buildings and courtyards. Also housed in the Battlesbridge Antiques Centre is a vintage motorcycle museum....
Dorothy L Sayers Centre houses a collection of over 400 volumes of her novels, essays, plays, poetry and religious writing together with biographies, critical and other allied works and publications of the Dorothy L Sayers Society, including the volu...
Belhus Woods Country Park was originally part of the Belhus Estate, home of the Barrett and Lennard families from the 15th to the 20th Century. The grounds were designed by 'Capability Brown' and work carried out by Richard Woods. Some areas of wo...
Adventure Island rides and attractions include Rage, a 75ft roller coaster with a more-than-vertical drop! Over The Hill, a new dark ride experience that is your best worst nightmare! As well as three more roller coasters, Barnstormer, Mighty Mini...
The Central Museum has displays of local history, geology and wildlife. Upstairs, Southend Planetarium allows visitors to sit back and enjoy a 40-minute tour of the universe presented by a guide. The Museum organises many events and exhibition...
The Beecroft Art Gallery has a selection of paintings from the fine historic collection is always on display and there is a year round programme of temporary exhibitions including the prestigious Essex Open exhibition and historic costume from the mu...
Southchurch Hall museum is housed in the half-timbered medieval manor house, which dates to the early 14th century. The Museum is laid out in a series of period rooms and is an ideal setting for discovering what life was like in medieval, Tudor, S...
Prittlewell Priory Museum is a stunning building which tells the story of it's former residents. From the Cluniac Monks in the 13th Century to the Victorian Family, the Scrattons, the last to live in this wonderful home. ...
Focal Point Gallery is South Essex's gallery for contemporary visual art, promoting and commissioning major solo exhibitions, group and thematic shows, a programme of events including performances, film screenings and talks, as well as offsite projec...
At Tenpin Bowling we not only offer great bowling but also a great amusement arcade area too. Our sites have the latest, state of the art amusements and games where you can blast away and battle against your friends and families....
Mr B's Space Chase Quasar is a quasar arena situated within a family entertainment centre with prize bingo and video games....
The Museum will bring back fond memories for some and will be a brand new experience for younger generations. Climb aboard an original 1949 train and remember days gone by. We have pictorial displays, working penny slot machines, an original Toastr...
Sea Life Adventure Aquarium is the south east’s premier aquatic attraction with over 40 unique displays featuring sea life from all over the world. Along with the incorporated Three Shells cafe, it’s a great visit for the whole family....
Dating back to the Saxon period, Langdon simply means "long hill". The park sits on a 385ft crescent-shaped hilly ridge which extends from Dunton to Vange. There are two main areas totalling approximately 400 acres (or the size of 200 full size footb...
Alan Goldsmith, owner and curator of the toy museum, was born during WWII, during a time in British history when so many sacrifices were made for the war effort in every walk of day to day life; toys were one of these sacrifices. Alan’s passion ...
Mountfitchet Castle is a Norman Motte and Bailey Castle and Village, re-constructed on its original historic ancient site, complete with many different buildings, siege weapons and animals roaming freely throughout the 10 acre site, providing a uniqu...
The Stansted Mountfitchet Windmill has been part of Stansted’s skyline since 1787, and was donated to the people of Stansted in 1935. It’s sails are still regularly turned. Windmills harnessed the power of the wind to grind wheat and other gr...
Epping Forest District Museum tells the story of the people who have lived and worked in south Essex from the earliest inhabitants to the present. Based in the historic Waltham Abbey, in a building dating back to 1520, the Museum offers something...
At Lee Valley Park Farms you can meet a variety of exciting animals from fluffy sheep to friendly meerkat. Time out to play can be taken in the tractor barn, where there's mini tractors, The Pit- to dig in and an adventure play area. There's also...
The Royal Gunpowder Mills in Waltham Abbey is an important heritage site with a remarkable true story. The charity which runs the attraction is committed to conserving and sharing the fascinating 300 year history with future generations. This ver...
Explore the fascinating remnants of one of the great monastic foundations of the Middle Ages at this important site, based in the historic market town of Waltham Abbey. With origins dating back to the early 11th century, the site adopted many rel...
Vange Marshes Nature Reserve is a mosaic of wetland habitats. Fresh and saltwater lagoons attract breeding avocets, common terns, little ringed plovers lapwings and reed buntings. In winter, wigeons, teals and shovelers visit the site and bearded tit...
Hatfield Forest is an ancient royal hunting forest. No other forest on earth evokes the atmosphere of a medieval hunting forest so completely. The ancient trees of the forest are like magnificent living sculptures, peaceful giants worn and fra...
Throughout the twentieth century, some of the world's fastest and most revolutionary motorboats were designed and built in Britain. The best of these extraordinary machines are preserved at the Museum.
You can trace the history of these fascinatin...
Saffron Walden Museum opened in 1835. With wide-ranging collections, from moccasins and mummy cases to mammoth tusks and Wallace the lion, it still contains much to "stand awhile and admire". This award-winning, "friendly, family-size museum" is ...
Walton Hall Museum is an impressive 17th century restored Essex Barn. Displays include, farming implements, automobile memorabilia, artefacts from both world wars, childrens toys, Victorian nursery including many perambulators, radios and much mo...
Picturesque watermill. The mill was originally built as a fishing lodge in 1591 and features stepped 'Dutch' gables. It was converted in the 19th century to a mill for fulling (a process in cloth manufacture) and later flour milling. The waterwheel i...
13th-century monastic barn. This majestic building is one of the oldest surviving timber-framed barns in Europe and was originally part of a Cistercian monastery. Restored in the 1980s by The Coggeshall Grange Barn Trust, Braintree DC and Essex CC, i...
Paycocke's is a merchant's house, dating from c.1500. Paycocke's is a fine half-timbered house is evidence of the wealth generated by the East Anglian wool trade in the 15th and 16th centuries. It contains unusually rich panelling and woodcarv...
11th-century earthwork. This motte and bailey mound is what remains of the castle erected by Sweyn of Essex, dating from the period following the Norman invasion of 1066. Display boards explain the main points of interest....
Hadleigh Castle and Country Park is set in the romantic ruins of a royal castle overlooking the Essex marshes. Hadleigh was begun in about 1215 by Hubert de Burgh, but extensively refortified by Edward III during the Hundred Years War, becoming a...
Tilbury Fort on the Thames estuary has protected London’s seaward approach from the 16th century through to the Second World War. Henry VIII built the first fort here, and Queen Elizabeth I famously rallied her army nearby to face the threat of ...
Sir Thomas Audley was given the lands of Walden Abbey by Henry VIII, and adapted the abbey buildings as his mansion. His grandson Thomas, first Earl of Suffolk, rebuilt this mansion between 1610 and 1614. The new Audley End was truly palatial in s...
One of the finest surviving medieval barns in eastern England, tree-ring dated to the mid-15th century, with a breathtaking aisled interior and crown post roof, the product of some 400 oaks....
This fine Elizabethan mansion features some of the earliest external Renaissance architectural detail in the country, and two rare and outstanding sets of 16th century wall paintings of mythical and Biblical subjects. Hill Hall has now been divide...
Mistley Towers is defined by two porticoed Classical towers, which stood at each end of a grandiose but highly unconventional Georgian church, designed by Robert Adam in 1776....
The remains of one of the first Augustinian priories in England, founded about 1100. An impressive example of early Norman architecture, built in flint and reused Roman brick, the church displays massive circular pillars and round arches and an el...
The banks and ditches of a series of late Iron Age defences protecting the western side of Camulodunum - pre-Roman Colchester. There are also many pre-Roman graves hereabouts, including Lexden Tumulus, allegedly the burial place of the British chieft...
This elaborate pinnacled 15th-century gatehouse, in East Anglian flushwork, is the sole survivor of the Benedictine abbey of St John. It was stormed by Parliamentarian soldiers during the Civil War siege of 1648....
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