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Bourne Mill
Bourne Mill, Bourne Road, Colchester, Essex, CO2 8RT (1 miles, 2 km)
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/bourne-mill
National Trust property, the mill was originally built as a fishing lodge in 1591 and features stepped "Dutch" gables. There is a millpond and some of the machinery, including the waterwheel which is still intact and working.
Boxted Airfield Museum
Langham Lane, Langham, Nr Colchester, Essex, CO4 5NW (4 miles, 6 km)
www.boxted-airfield.com
Boxted Airfield Museum station 150. The most important US fighter base in the UK in WW2.
Church of St Leonard
Hythe Hill, Colchester, Essex, CO1 2PN (0 miles, 0 km)
www.visitchurches.org.uk
Traces of the English Civil War
Church of St Martin
West Stockwell Street, Colchester, CO1 1HN (2 miles, 3 km)
Built from recycled Roman brick
Coggeshall Grange Barn
The National Trust, Grange Hill, Coggeshall, Essex, CO6 1RE (9 miles, 15 km)
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/coggeshall-grange-barn
Grange Barn stands as a reminder of the once powerful Coggeshall Abbey; with ancient pillars soaring to a cathedral like roof.
Colchester Castle Museum
Castle Park, Colchester, Essex, CO1 1TJ (0 miles, 0 km)
www.cimuseums.org.uk
Colchester Castle is the largest Norman Keep in Europe. Constructed on the foundations of the Temple of Claudius. The Castle Museum today reveals many fascinating layers of history to visitors.
County Prison, Colchester Castle
Archaeological Site
The Temple of Claudius
Celtic Round House
Colchester Roman Circus Centre
Roman Circus Walk, Colchester, Essex, CO2 7GZ (1 miles, 1 km)
www.romancircus.co.uk/
The Colchester Roman circus (chariot-racing arena) was discovered in 2005. It was built in the early 2nd century AD and seems to have been in use for about 150 years. It is the only known Roman circus in Britain.
Roman Circus Café
Colchester, CO1 2PG (0 miles, 0 km)
Dyke System
Colchester Town Hall
High Street, Colchester, Essex, CO1 1PJ (0 miles, 0 km)
Village Centre, Dedham, Essex, CO7 6DE (6 miles, 10 km)
www.visitcolchester.com
Set by the River Stour, Dedham is in the heart of Constable Country. It was here that Britain's greatest landscape artist went to school.
Dutch Quarter
Located just north of the High Street and includes: Maidenburgh Street, West Stockwell Street, East Stockwell Street, Stockwell Street, St Helen's Lane, Northgate Street and Nunn's Road.
Dyke System Celtic/British
Straight Road, Colchester, Essex, CO2 9JD (0 miles, 0 km)
A defensive system built to protect Camulodunum dating from around 100BC. Camulodunum was not a town in the modern sense, but was more like a large country estate.
East Anglian Railway Museum
Chappel Station, Colchester, Essex, CO6 2DS (7 miles, 11 km)
www.earm.co.uk
Celebrating the changing role of railways in the Eastern Counties since they arrived in the early 19th Century, through their glory days of the early 20th Century to the disappearances of the Beeching era.
Flatford: Bridge Cottage
Flatford, East Bergholt, Nr Ipswich, Suffolk, CO7 6UL (7 miles, 11 km)
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/flatford
A delightful 16th century cottage just minutes from Flatford Mill. Why not visit our Constable exhibition then sit by the river and enjoy a freshly baked cake at the National Trust tea room and find a gift in our shop.
Gosbecks Archaeological Park
Maldon Road, Colchester, CO3 4RN (2 miles, 4 km)
The Archaeological Park is one of the most significant Iron Age and Roman sites in the country. Enjoy a walk and discover the highlights of the site with the interpretation boards around the Park.
Hollytrees Museum
Castle Park, Colchester, Essex, CO1 1UG (0 miles, 0 km)
An important part of Colchester's rich history with three centuries of fascinating toys, costume and decorative arts displayed in an attractive Georgian town house from 1718.
Trinity Street, Colchester, Essex, CO1 1JN (0 miles, 0 km)
Colchester's only surviving Saxon building which has an arrowhead (triangle arches) doorway in the tower and features re-used Roman bricks.
Layer Marney Tower
Layer Marney, Colchester, Essex, CO5 9US (7 miles, 11 km)
www.layermarneytower.co.uk
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.