English Heritage sites near Woodham Walter Parish
HADLEIGH CASTLE
14 miles from Woodham Walter Parish
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.
LEXDEN EARTHWORKS AND BLUEBOTTLE GROVE
16 miles from Woodham Walter Parish
The banks and ditches of a series of late Iron Age defences protecting the western side of Camulodunum – pre-Roman Colchester.
ST JOHN'S ABBEY GATE
16 miles from Woodham Walter Parish
This pinnacled gatehouse, elaborately decorated in East Anglian 'flushwork', is the sole survivor of the wealthy Benedictine abbey of St John.
COLCHESTER, ST BOTOLPH'S PRIORY
16 miles from Woodham Walter Parish
The remains of one of the first Augustinian priories in England, founded in c.1100 and an impressive example of early Norman architecture.
HILL HALL
20 miles from Woodham Walter Parish
This fine Elizabethan mansion features some of the earliest external Renaissance architectural detail in the country.
TILBURY FORT
22 miles from Woodham Walter Parish
Spend a great family day out at Tilbury Fort in Essex. Explore the magazine houses or the bastion magazine passages of this fort on the Thames estuary that has protected London’s seaward approach.
Churches in Woodham Walter Parish
Woodham Walter : St Michael the Archangel
Church Hill
Woodham Walter
Maldon
07413 416226
http://www.stmichaelsww.org.uk
Whether you already live with the Christian faith as your foundation or have no faith at all, if you are seeking to know more or simply need a place of stillness for quiet reflection, we welcome you.
This mellow red-brick church is believed to have been built in 1563, five years after the accession of Elizabeth I.
The church stands just above the village of Woodham Walter and is believed to be the first purpose-built Church of England church.
Pubs in Woodham Walter Parish
Bell
The Street, Woodham Walter, CM9 6RF
(01245) 223437
thebellwoodhamwalter.com/
Bunsay Downs Golf Club
Little Baddow Road, Woodham Walter, Maldon, CM9 6RP
(01621) 853212
Cats
A proper little country pub, with cat icons everywhere. Beam and brick interior with real fires. No music. Fastidiously maintained and set in lovely grounds, backing onto open farm land. Dogs welcome in garden. Snack lunches Thu-Sat. There...
Queen Victoria
Neat and tidy two-bar Gray's pub with darts and satellite TV. Food Thu-Sat lunchtimes and evenings, (nnon -6pm on Sun), caters for takeaway meals including fis and chips.
Warren Golf Club
Warren Golf Club, Maldon