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...

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...

This National Trust protected forest is ancient woodland and a unique example of a medieval hunting forest. The site is of exceptional ecological and...

Stansted Airport is the largest passenger airport in the east of England and is England’s ‘short haul’ capital. The airport was originally constructed as...

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!...

Built by the guild of Cutlers in 1390, this magnificent building is the centrepiece of the chocolate box village of Thaxted. Used as the...

This modern arts complex is named after the town’s most famous son, Cecil Rhodes the famous colonialist. It houses the town museum, a café,...

Born on July 1853 in this house, Cecil Rhodes is the most famous son of Bishop’s Stortford. After attending the local grammar school he...

The Bishop’s Stortford Museum was opened to the public in 2002 and is an amalgamation of several other historical societies that already existed in the...

This castle is a national historic monument, protected by the Department of the Environment. There is believed to have been a castle on the...

This museum overlooks the picturesque village of Stansted Mountfitchet and houses the largest private toy collection in Europe. There are over 80,000 exhibits in...

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...

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...

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...

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....