Ashingdon is a Village in the county of Essex.

Retail in Ashingdon

There are great places to visit near Ashingdon including some great towns, castles, woodlands, airports, historic buildings, cities, villages, country parks, shopping centres, parks and nature reserves.

There are a number of towns near Ashingdon including Colchester, Epping, Maldon, Southend-on-Sea, Saffron Walden, Braintree, and Basildon.

Places near Ashingdon feature a number of interesting castles including Colchester Castle.

Epping Forest, and Bedfords Park are some of Ashingdon best woodlands to visit near Ashingdon.

There are a several good airports in the Ashingdon area like London Southend Airport, and London Stansted Airport.

Ashingdon has some unmissable historic buildings nearby like Audley End House and Gardens, and Chelmsford Cathedral.

There are a several good cities in the area around Ashingdon like Chelmsford.

Don't miss Hatfield Peverel's villages if visiting the area around Ashingdon.

Thorndon Country Park is a great place to visit close to Ashingdon if you like country parks.

Shopping Centres to visit near Ashingdon include Lakeside Shopping Centre.

Don't miss Bedfords Park's parks if visiting the area around Ashingdon.

The area close to Ashingdon boasts some of the best nature reserves including Bedfords Park.

Ashingdon History

There are some historic monuments around Ashingdon:

• Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite on Sandpit Hill
• Prittlewell Priory
• Purleigh moated mound
• Plumberow Mount
• Romano-British site N of Pound Wood, Thundersley
• Medieval saltern adjacent to Hawbush Creek
• Southchurch Hall moated site
• Rayleigh Castle
• Rochford Hall (uninhabited portions)
• A slight univallate hillfort known as Prittlewell Camp, 500m east of Sutton Road crematorium
• Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite, 380m south east of Butler's Gate
• Roman fort (near Hadleigh)
• Hadleigh Castle: an enclosure castle and an associated dam and mill