Fairstead is a Village in the county of Essex.

Fairstead postcode: CM3 2AU

Retail in Fairstead

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

There are a several good towns in the Fairstead area like Colchester, Epping, Maldon, Southend-on-Sea, Saffron Walden, Braintree, and Basildon.

The area close to Fairstead boasts some of the best castles including Colchester Castle.

Fairstead has some unmissable woodlands nearby like Epping Forest, and Bedfords Park.

There are a number of airports near Fairstead including London Southend Airport, and London Stansted Airport.

Audley End House and Gardens, and Chelmsford Cathedral are some of Fairstead best historic buildings to visit near Fairstead.

Fairstead is near some unmissable cities like Chelmsford,

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

Places near Fairstead feature a number of interesting country parks including Thorndon Country Park.

Fairstead is near some unmissable shopping centres like Lakeside Shopping Centre,

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

Bedfords Park is one of Fairstead's best, nearby nature reserves to visit in Fairstead.

Fairstead History

There are some historic monuments around Fairstead:

• Clavering's Farm moated site
• Moated site and two fishponds at Black Notley churchyard, 20m east of St Peter's and St Paul's Church
• Hatfield Priory
• Moulsham Bridge
• Leez Augustinian Priory, fishponds and Tudor mansion, Leez
• Wickham Bishops timber trestle railway viaduct
• Blunts Hall ringwork
• Dovecote at The Old Deanery, 380m south of Bocking Hall
• Henge 300m ENE of Newbarns Farm
• Roman villa, Anglo-Saxon hall, cemetery and church site, around and to the north and east of St Mary and All Saints Church
• Pumping station
• Woodham Walter Hall: an early C16 house and its associated garden earthworks
• Gubbion's Hall moated site
• Great Loyes moated site and fishpond
• Bocking windmill
• Settlement site at Ash Tree Corner
• Cressing Temple
• Complex of cropmarks including barrows E of Hoemill Barns