Heathrow Airport 1 hr 14
Weald Country Park (20 min.)
historic 500-acre park with a visitor centre cafe & paths plus fallow deer & a shop selling feed. Essex Police Museum (15 min.)
archival and educational space displaying documents artefacts objects and photos on local history. Epping Ongar Railway (22 min.) Riverside Leisure Centre (14 min.) Hanningfield Reservoir (18 min.)
870-acre reservoir with diverse flora & fauna seasonal fly fishing & paths plus on-site cafes. Chelmsford Cathedral (15 min.)
small free to enter anglican cathedral with an 11th-century heritage and lunchtime music recitals. Rhs Garden Hyde Hall (19 min.)
site run by horticulture charity including bird hide and dry garden with bold architectural plants. Hadleigh Castle (32 min.)
ruined 1200s castle refortified by edward iii in the hundred years war affording marsh views. Old Macdonald S Farm U0026 Fun Park (22 min.)
small homespun farm with the usual zoo suspects plus alpacas wallabies and owls and kids rides. Chelmsford Museum (10 min.)
free-admission museum in a victorian house & modern extension dedicated to local history & culture. Barleylands Farm Park And Craft Village - We Are Open (18 min.)
family-friendly attraction featuring farm animals craft workshops rides play areas & more. Kelvedon Hatch Secret Nuclear Bunker (24 min.)
large underground bunker with self-guided tours a cold war history museum canteen & ropes course. Admirals Park (14 min.)
scenic parkland located in the city center features riverside walking paths picnic areas & gardens. Thorndon Country Park (23 min.) | 
