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Coggeshall
Built in the 16th century, this attractive half-timbered house is a grand example of wealth generated by the cloth trade.
Colchester
Magnificent Tudor building with the tallest Gatehouse in Britain and 16th century Italianate terracotta. Climb the tower, visit the gardens, outbuildings dolls house, church and farm animals. Cafe and shop.
Colchester
Colchester's Roman Wall is the oldest and longest surviving town wall in Britain.
Nr Colchester
Boxted Airfield Museum. The most important US fighter base in the UK in WW2.
Sudbury
Kentwell Hall in Long Melford, is Suffolk’s hidden gem and one of England’s finest Tudor houses that stands within the most extensive moat in the county and over 30 acres of gardens and ground. Kentwell offer a yearly calendar of events.
Colchester
Colchester's only surviving Saxon building which has an arrowhead (triangle arches) doorway in the tower and features re-used Roman bricks.
Colchester
16th century chapel, built as the burial place for the Audley family.
Coggeshall
Exhibitions and photographs of Coggeshall's industrial, agricultural and social history. Coggeshall lace, working loom, archaeology, Coggeshall bricks, video footage and computerised postcard show. Town tours by prior arrangement.
Essex
The first St Botolph's Church was built where the ruins of St Botolph's Priory Church now stand.
Colchester
Dating from the 4th century AD the foundations of this church near the Police Station just off the Maldon Road roundabout is probably the earliest known Christian church in Britain.
Colchester
Redundant 14th Century church restored by The Churches Conservation Trust. Features include extensive use of recycled Roman brickwork. Tower was partially destroyed during the seige of Colchester in 1648. Interior is unfurnished.
Coggeshall
Grange Barn stands as a reminder of the once powerful Coggeshall Abbey; with ancient pillars soaring to a cathedral like roof.
Main Road, Harwich
A local history museum in the historic port of Harwich
Colchester
The Town Hall is a superb example of Edwardian Architecture built in 1902 with outstanding function rooms, still used for their original purpose.
Wivenhoe
A registered charity specialising in teaching RYA Shorebased Courses and other unique nautical courses. The Nottage also houses a maritime museum with a collection of paintings, photographs and models.
Harwich
Museum contains the last Clacton off-shore. Oakley Class Lifeboat 34ft and a history of the lifeboat service in Harwich.
Dedham
The church, dedicated to St Mary the Virgin in 1492 when the present building was begun, is not the first church to have been built upon this site.
Colchester
A Grade II listed Church dating from the 14th Century, St Leonards bears traces of the Civil War and has some notable historic and artistic features.
Castle Hedingham
Visit Hedingham Castle for a great family day out. Bring a picnic and explore the beautiful gardens and lakes then take time to explore the 110ft tall Norman Keep.
West Mersea
Mersea Barrow is thought to be a Roman Burial Barrow dating from 100-120 AD.
It was excavated in 1912 and a green glass urn containing remains was found in the barrow