| the pub has 2 bars featuring wood-burning fireplaces and offering real ales. check-in time: 2:00 pmcheck-out time: 11:00 am. this classic hotel in a 16th-century coaching inn is a 9-minute walk from braintree train station and 3. 5 miles from the notleys golf club. full english breakfast is included, and the restaurant serves traditional pub food. the unassuming guestrooms have free wi-fi, and tea and coffeemaking equipment. room service is available. some rooms also have flat-screen tvs
Heathrow Airport 1 hr 26
Chelmsford Cathedral (26 min.)
small free to enter anglican cathedral with an 11th-century heritage and lunchtime music recitals. Great Notley Country Park (11 min.)
public parkland with horse riding cycling paths and a large wooden climbing area plus a bistro. Braintree U0026 Bocking Public Gardens (5 min.)
garden and park East Anglian Railway Museum (23 min.)
original victorian buildings housing railway memorabilia plus a functioning restoration workshop. Marks Hall Estate (16 min)
geographically themed landscaped gardens with an arboretum and lakes plus wood walks and play area. Cressing Temple Barns (10 min.)
timber-framed barns orchards and a tudor walled garden on a medieval knights templar estate. Fairfield Rd (Stand 3) (5 min) Essex Police Museum (25 min.)
archival and educational space displaying documents artefacts objects and photos on local history. High Street (3 min) Chelmsford Museum (29 min.)
free-admission museum in a victorian house & modern extension dedicated to local history & culture. Layer Marney Tower (30 min.)
historic gatehouse with tea rooms in former stables flower gardens open for picnicking and a farm. Hedingham Castle (18 min.)
vast country estate with a well-preserved norman fortress picnic areas a cafe and a gift shop. Promenade Park (31 min.)
victorian riverfront park with ornamental lake woodland walk and kids adventure play areas. Victoria Street (Stand 5) (6 min) Riverside Leisure Centre (26 min.) Panfield Lane (1 min) Colne Valley Railway (19 min.)
vintage steam/diesel train rides on restored victorian line plus working signal box and mini track. | 
