Heathrow Airport 1 hr 23
Hylands House (20 min.)
council-run stately home and grounds hosting music festivals and family activities year-round. Combined Military Services Museum (10 min.)
army museum displaying artifacts from medieval times to the present including arms & spy gadgets. The Museum Of Power (6 min.)
industrial machinery equipment and tools including a working steam pump plus a miniature railway. Chelmsford Museum (17 min.)
free-admission museum in a victorian house & modern extension dedicated to local history & culture. Cressing Temple Barns (13 min.)
timber-framed barns orchards and a tudor walled garden on a medieval knights templar estate. Essex Police Museum (13 min.)
archival and educational space displaying documents artefacts objects and photos on local history. Layer Marney Tower (22 min.)
historic gatehouse with tea rooms in former stables flower gardens open for picnicking and a farm. Promenade Park (12 min.)
victorian riverfront park with ornamental lake woodland walk and kids adventure play areas. East Anglian Railway Museum (25 min.)
original victorian buildings housing railway memorabilia plus a functioning restoration workshop. Chelmsford Cathedral (17 min.)
small free to enter anglican cathedral with an 11th-century heritage and lunchtime music recitals. Witham (10 min) Cross Keys (14 min) Marks Hall Estate (23 min)
geographically themed landscaped gardens with an arboretum and lakes plus wood walks and play area. Colchester Zoo (23 min.)
zoo in 60 acres of parkland with lots of animals plus interactive feeding times plus play areas. Great Notley Country Park (22 min.)
public parkland with horse riding cycling paths and a large wooden climbing area plus a bistro. Osea Island (27 min)
estuary and beach | 
