AttractionsCastle Hedingham

Colchester Zoo has some of the best cat and primate collections in Europe. See a White Tiger eye to eye in White Tiger Valley, or get closer to the Zoo's Chimpanzees at Chimp World. The Zoo received special recognition for its work on projects across the board…
Distance: 13.4 miles away

The museum and art gallery at the birthplace of Thomas Gainsborough. Gainsborough's House, the only birthplace of the great British artist open to the public in Britain, opened as a museum in 1961. It shows a large collection of his paintings, drawings and prints as well…
Distance: 6.9 miles away

A fine 16th century timber‐framed house, and one of the jewels among the many interesting buildings in Coggeshall and is a legacy from the town's prosperous Wool Age.Coggeshall was also famous for its lace, examples of which are displayed inside Paycocke's House. There is a very attractive…
Distance: 8.8 miles away

Boydells Dairy Farm is a small working farm, run by the Threadgold family consisting of Roy and Cherry, with son Kiley in partnership. The farm is open to the public and specialises in sheep milking. Set in the beautiful North Essex countryside only an hour's drive from central…
Distance: 7.6 miles away

Sample the atmosphere and take a ride on an award winning period country railway. A pretty line, relocated station buildings, signal boxes and bridges all lovingly restored and rebuilt. A large and varied collection of operational vintage steam and diesel engines, carriages and wagons that represent much of…
Distance: 0.8 miles away

Benton Hall ‐ golf course in Witham, Essex. Contact the golf course on telephone number 01376 502454 for course availability, course rules, member information, golf academy if available and green fees at Benton Hall golf courseclub.…
Distance: 13.8 miles away

Birch Grove Golf Club ‐ golf course in Colchester, Essex. Contact the golf course on telephone number 01206 734276 for course availability, course rules, member information, golf academy if available and green fees at Birch Grove Golf Club golf courseclub.…
Distance: 14.6 miles away

A host of individual shops and specialised businesses set in listed and restored farm buildings in tranquil Essex countryside. This is one of the county's prettiest craft centres. Admission is free, but a small charge for entrance on special event days applies.Open: all year, including Bank…
Distance: 8.7 miles away

Braintree Golf Club Ltd ‐ golf course in Braintree, Essex. Contact the golf course on telephone number 01376 346079 for course availability, course rules, member information, golf academy if available and green fees at Braintree Golf Club Ltd golf courseclub.…
Distance: 6.5 miles away

Braxted Park Golf Club ‐ golf course in Witham, Essex. Contact the golf course on telephone number 01376 572372 for course availability, course rules, member information, golf academy if available and green fees at Braxted Park Golf Club golf courseclub.…
Distance: 13.1 miles away

Clare Park Lake & Golf Course ‐ golf course in Sudbury, Suffolk. Contact the golf course on telephone number 01787 278693 for course availability, course rules, member information, golf academy if available and green fees at Clare Park Lake & Golf Course golf courseclub.…
Distance: 6.1 miles away

Colchester & Lexden Golf Centre ‐ golf course in Colchester, Essex. Contact the golf course on telephone number 01206 843333 for course availability, course rules, member information, golf academy if available and green fees at Colchester & Lexden Golf Centre golf courseclub.…
Distance: 13.2 miles away

Colne Valley ‐ golf course in Colchester, Essex. Contact the golf course on telephone number 01787 224343 for course availability, course rules, member information, golf academy if available and green fees at Colne Valley golf courseclub.…
Distance: 5.7 miles away

The Centre provides a refreshing new look at the way we live. Set in a 100 acre country park providing beautiful walks around lakes, meadows and woods. Full educational package for schools. Conference facilities, cafe and gift shop.Admission: FreeOpen: Mon‐Fri 10am‐4.30pm, Sun 10am‐4pm…
Distance: 8.9 miles away

Hot Air Balloons at Dance With Balloons Ltd in Witham, Essex. Contact venue on 01376 520928 for opening times and entrance costs.…
Distance: 13.2 miles away

Hot Air Balloons at Eastern Balloon Rides in Witham, Essex. Contact venue on 01376 585544 for opening times and entrance costs.…
Distance: 9.9 miles away

Easterns Nightclub in Sudbury, Suffolk. Contact venue on telephone number 01787 374241 for opening times, entrance costs, guest list information and special offers.…
Distance: 7 miles away

Essex Golf & Country Club ‐ golf course in Colchester, Essex. Contact the golf course on telephone number 01787 224466 for course availability, course rules, member information, golf academy if available and green fees at Essex Golf & Country Club golf courseclub.…
Distance: 6.5 miles away

SnookerPool Hall at Flitch Snooker Club in Dunmow, Essex. Contact venue on 01371 872961 for opening times, entrance costs and snooker table informationavailability.…
Distance: 12.6 miles away

The Flitch Way passes through 15 miles of countryside along the former Bishop's Stortford to Braintree Railway in the heart of rural Essex.Journey on foot, bicycle or horseback through wildlife rich railway cuttings, past Victorian Stations and over embankments with views across farmlands, nearby villages and woodland.Rayne Station…
Distance: 8.4 miles away

SnookerPool Hall at Gambles Snooker Club in Witham, Essex. Contact venue on 01376 517915 for opening times, entrance costs and snooker table informationavailability.…
Distance: 12.8 miles away

Gosfield Lake Golf Club Ltd ‐ golf course in Halstead, Essex. Contact the golf course on telephone number 01787 474488 for course availability, course rules, member information, golf academy if available and green fees at Gosfield Lake Golf Club Ltd golf courseclub.…
Distance: 3.2 miles away

Britain's brand new racecourse at Great Leighs in Essex races nearly every week of the year and launches an innovative floodlit racing programme on Thursday evening, September 4.Great Leighs is world class ‐ the best all‐weather racecourse in Britain and as good as anything anywhere is…
Distance: 10.4 miles away

Swimming pool at Halstead Leisure Pools in Halstead, Essex. Contact venue on 01787 473706 for opening times and entrance costs.…
Distance: 3.6 miles away

SnookerPool Hall at Halstead Snooker Centre in Halstead, Essex. Contact venue on 01787 476960 for opening times, entrance costs and snooker table informationavailability.…
Distance: 4.2 miles away

Haverhill Golf Club Ltd ‐ golf course in Haverhill, Suffolk. Contact the golf course on telephone number 01440 712628 for course availability, course rules, member information, golf academy if available and green fees at Haverhill Golf Club Ltd golf courseclub.…
Distance: 8.3 miles away

SnookerPool Hall at Haverhill Snooker & Bowl in Haverhill, Suffolk. Contact venue on 01440 707774 for opening times, entrance costs and snooker table informationavailability.…
Distance: 8.6 miles away

Swimming pool at Kingfisher Leisure Centre in Sudbury, Suffolk. Contact venue on 01787 375656 for opening times and entrance costs.…
Distance: 7 miles away

Kings Nightclub in Colchester, Essex. Contact venue on telephone number 01206 210531 for opening times, entrance costs, guest list information and special offers.…
Distance: 11 miles away

Newton Green Golf Club ‐ golf course in Sudbury, Suffolk. Contact the golf course on telephone number 01787 377217 for course availability, course rules, member information, golf academy if available and green fees at Newton Green Golf Club golf courseclub.…
Distance: 9 miles away

Bowling at Number Ten Bowling Centre in Braintree, Essex. Contact venue on 01376 569069 for opening times and entrance costs.…
Distance: 8 miles away

Rayne Station Centre exhibition and the Flitch Way, fifteen miles of former railway for walkers, cyclists and horse‐riders. Pick up a trail guide at the centre. Limited access in some areas for wheelchairs.Open: Flitch Way is open daily, dawn until dusk; Rayne Station Centre booking…
Distance: 8.4 miles away

Regiment Way Golf Centre ‐ golf course in Chelmsford, Essex. Contact the golf course on telephone number 01245 361100 for course availability, course rules, member information, golf academy if available and green fees at Regiment Way Golf Centre golf courseclub.…
Distance: 14.9 miles away

Rivenhall Oaks Golf Centre ‐ golf course in Witham, Essex. Contact the golf course on telephone number 01376 510222 for course availability, course rules, member information, golf academy if available and green fees at Rivenhall Oaks Golf Centre golf courseclub.…
Distance: 12.2 miles away

Delightful garden centre, team rooms, pensioners lunches Mon‐Wed. Unusual shrubs, wildlife area, wide range of seasonal bedding plants, country craft shop, excellent facilities for disabled. Children's play area and aviary.Admission: FreeOpen: weekdays only summer 9.30‐17.30, winter 9.30‐16.00…
Distance: 5.6 miles away

Founded nearly 1000 years ago, the 13th century church beside the village green is an almost unique 'Archbishop Peculiar', with a line of Deans from 1232. Fine roof, memorials, brasses and woodwork. Guide by appointment.Admission: FreeOpen: Daily 10.00‐17.00…
Distance: 5.9 miles away

Swimming pool at Stanway Swimming Centre in Colchester, Essex. Contact venue on 01206 212515 for opening times and entrance costs.…
Distance: 11.8 miles away

Bowling at Sudbury Bowl in Sudbury, Suffolk. Contact venue on 01787 312288 for opening times and entrance costs.…
Distance: 7.8 miles away

Bowling at Sudbury Bowls Club in Sudbury, Suffolk. Contact venue on 01787377570 for opening times and entrance costs.…
Distance: 6.8 miles away

SnookerPool Hall at Sudbury Snooker Club in Sudbury, Suffolk. Contact venue on 01787 376209 for opening times, entrance costs and snooker table informationavailability.…
Distance: 7.1 miles away

The Sue Ryder Car Visitor Centre was conceived by Sue Ryder as a tribute to those whose suffering and courage during World War II brought the charity into being. On site is a chapel open daily for private prayer, beautiful gardens over looking the lake, gift shop…
Distance: 7 miles away

SnookerPool Hall at The Sportsman Snooker Club in Braintree, Essex. Contact venue on 01376 344160 for opening times, entrance costs and snooker table informationavailability.…
Distance: 7.6 miles away

Bowling at Towerlands Ltd in Braintree, Essex. Contact venue on 01376326802 for opening times and entrance costs.…
Distance: 6.3 miles away

Bowling at Witham Snooker & Bowl Club in Witham, Essex. Contact venue on 01376 517277 for opening times and entrance costs.…
Distance: 13.2 miles away

1721 postmill ‐ complete, both externally and internally. Small collection of historic agricultural items.Admission: Free. Donations welcome.Open: May Bank Hols ‐ Aug. Please call for opening hours.…
Distance: 4.9 miles away

We welcome you to visit our fascinating house. Take a glimpse into both the past and present of this unique family home. You can do this whenever you come but especially if you visit when we step back in time during one of our award‐winning Re‐Creations…
Distance: 9.6 miles away

Tudor building in the heart of a remarkably preserved small medieval town. This early 16th‐century timber‐framed building overlooks and dominates the town's market place. Inside are exhibitions on timber‐framed buildings, local history, farming and industry, as well as the story of the medieval woollen cloth trade.…
Distance: 12.3 miles away

Lord Marney's Tudor palace, with beautiful gardens, buildings, and parkland dating from 1520. Built in the first half of Henry VIII's reign, Layer Marney Tower is in many ways the apotheosis of the Tudor Gatehouse. England's tallest Tudor gatehouse offers visitors magnificent views to the Blackwater…
Distance: 14.1 miles away

Romantic turreted brick Tudor mansion. Set in the unspoilt village of Long Melford, the house has changed little externally since 1578 when Queen Elizabeth I was entertained here, and retains its original panelled banqueting hall. It has been the home of the Hyde Parker family since…
Distance: 8.7 miles away

Twelve acre garden, including walled garden dated 1698. Ponds, water garden, many rare treas, temple. Open in aid of the National Gardens Scheme.Admission: £2.50Open: May‐Jul Wed 14.00‐1700 and for groups on weekdays by appointment in writing.…
Distance: 7.6 miles away

Museum and exhibition centre with a Victorian classroom, permanent 'Threads of Time' exhibition relating to textile heritage, a small apothecary's garden and natural history gallery. Craft shop. Fully accessible. Art gallery is adjacent.Admission: £2.00. Concessions for Braintree District residents.Open Mon‐Sat & Bank Holidays 10am‐5pm.…
Distance: 7.6 miles away

19th Century lock up and 16th century charity cottage housing agricultural and domestic artefacts from 19th & 29th Centuries, plus rural crafts such as straw‐plaiting and corn‐dollies. Cage situated in Bridge Street.…
Distance: 7 miles away