Attractions near Braintree District Museum

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Braintree District Museum

Market Place, Braintree, Essex CM7 3YG - England, UK

Visitors to this museum will be treated to an excellent collection that brings together a great deal of artefacts, documents and antiques from Braintree’s history. Some of the highlights in the collection include a Stone Age hand axe that...

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Attractions near Braintree District Museum

A selection of attractions close to Braintree District Museum:

Braintree Fountain (< 1 Mile)

Probably Braintree’s most noted landmark, and certainly one of the most photographed, is a bronze fountain of a young boy holding a shell with sea...

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Crazy Kids (< 1 Mile)

Based near Braintree Freeport, this is one of the biggest play areas in Essex and boasts a climbing wall, lazer quest, surf board simulator as...

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Finchingfield Windmill (< 1 Mile)

This is a splendid example of an early post mill; historians believe that it probably dates back to the mid to late 1700s. There are...

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Bocking Windmill (2.5 Miles)

Situated two miles from the town of Braintree, this former working postmill was built around 1721 and was moved in the 1830s as buildings were...

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The Original Great Maze (4.1 Miles)

The Original Great Maze returns, but this year it’s bigger and harder! Sown from over half a million maize sunflower sees, the challenge is on!...

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Paycocke's (6.7 Miles)

This beautiful merchant’s house has a history that is thought to date back to around 1500. It has been taken over by the National...

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Coggeshall Grange Barn (7.2 Miles)

Coggeshall Grange Barn is a 13th Century monastic barn and has been in the possession of the National Trust since 1989. The structure is...

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Hedingham Castle (11 Miles)

Splendid Norman keep built in 1140 by the famous de Veres, Earls of Oxford. Visited by Kings Henry VII, VIII and Queen Elizabeth I and...

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Barn Theatre (11.1 Miles)

The historic Barn Theatre is one of the finest and oldest Tithe Barns in the country, with magnificent oak timbers and ancient tiled roof. Available...

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Finchingfield Green (11.6 Miles)

The picture postcard Finchingfield Green has many features and activities that are perfect for a summer’s day; these include a large duck pond home to...

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The Gardens of Easton Lodge (12.2 Miles)

The Gardens of Easton Lodge, 23-acre historical restoration garden designed in 1902 by Harold Peto for the Countess of Warwick. Abandoned in 1950, restoration began...

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East Anglian Railway Museum (13.1 Miles)

Based around a country station, this museum has the feel of an 1890s branch line. Many locomotives, wagons and carriages from the eras of steam...

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Sandford Mill Museum (13.2 Miles)

Sandford Mill Museum allows visitors to see a working part of Chelmsford’s industrial heritage. The mill is Chelmsford’s old waterworks, situated on the River...

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Colchester Zoo (14.3 Miles)

Colchester Zoo is one of the finest zoos in Europe with over 200 species set 60 acres of beautiful parkland. Award winning enclosures include the...

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Essex Police Museum (14.3 Miles)

The Essex Police Museum celebrates a long and illustrious history that the police force have of serving and protecting one of the largest counties in...

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(All distances are direct and may be longer by road)