Grays is a Town in the county of Essex.

Grays postcode: RM17 5DD

Retail in Grays

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

The area around Grays boasts some of the best towns including Colchester, Epping, Maldon, Southend-on-Sea, Saffron Walden, Braintree, and Basildon.

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

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

London Southend Airport, and London Stansted Airport are some of Grays best airports to visit near Grays.

There are a number of historic buildings near Grays including Audley End House and Gardens, and Chelmsford Cathedral.

There are a number of cities near to Grays including Chelmsford.

Places near Grays feature a number of interesting villages including Hatfield Peverel.

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

Places near Grays feature a number of interesting shopping centres including Lakeside Shopping Centre.

Places near Grays feature a number of interesting parks including Bedfords Park.

Grays is near some unmissable nature reserves like Bedfords Park,

Grays History

There are some historic monuments around Grays:

• Roman barrow 260m north east of South Ockendon Hall
• Tilbury Fort
• Monastic grange at Friary Court
• A major Roman villa, an Anglo-Saxon settlement and prehistoric remains 600m SSE of Darenth Court Farm
• Causewayed enclosure and Anglo-Saxon cemetery 500m ENE of Heath Place
• New Tavern Fort, Gravesend, including Milton Chantry
• Aspdin's kiln
• Gravesend blockhouse
• Dene holes in Hangman's Wood
• Second World War anti-aircraft battery at Bowaters Farm
• Icehouse at Clock House, Green Street Green
• Dovecote at Hawley Manor
• Dovecote at High House, Purfleet
• World War II Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite (TS15), 250m east of Cobhambury Farm
• Palaeolithic sites near Baker's Hole
• Medieval grange barn, 228m south-east of Upminster Court
• Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Darenth Park
• A Romano-British villa and a possible Iron Age farmstead at Franks
• Deserted medieval manorial settlement of Cossington
• Roman enclosure SE of Vagniacae
• A preceptory of the Knights Hospitallers, known as St John's Jerusalem, and an associated fishpond at Sutton-at-Hone
• Springhead Roman site
• Site of moated manor house E of St Michael's Church, Aveley
• Medieval woodland boundary in Darenth Wood
• Purfleet magazine
• Medieval moated site and associated fishpond, Franks Hall.
• Gatehouse and moat of South Ockenden Old Hall
• Neolithic sites near Ebbsfleet
• Bowl barrow in Ashenbank Wood south of Cobham Park reservoir
• Earthworks near church, West Tilbury
• Bishop Bonner's Palace, Orsett
• Springfield style enclosure and Iron Age enclosures south of Hill House, Baker Street.
• Roman granary 250yds (230m) W of St Mary's Church
• Crop mark complex, Orsett
• Bulphan World War II bombing decoy, 850m and 890m south west of Doesgate Farm
• Romano-British villa and 19th century reservoir in Cobham Park