Great Horkesley is a Town in the county of Essex.

Retail in Great Horkesley

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

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

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

Woodlands to visit near Great Horkesley include Epping Forest, and Bedfords Park.

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

Don't miss Audley End House and Gardens, and Chelmsford Cathedral's historic buildings if visiting the area around Great Horkesley.

Cities to visit near Great Horkesley include Chelmsford.

The area around Great Horkesley's best villages can be found at Hatfield Peverel.

The area around Great Horkesley's best country parks can be found at Thorndon Country Park.

Great Horkesley is near some unmissable shopping centres like Lakeside Shopping Centre,

Great Horkesley is near some unmissable parks like Bedfords Park,

The area around Great Horkesley's best nature reserves can be found at Bedfords Park.

Great Horkesley History

There are some historic monuments around Great Horkesley:

• Circular brick kilns, W H Collier Brick and Tile Works, Church Lane
• Gosbecks Iron Age and Romano-British site
• SE corner of Roman town in Easthill House Gardens
• St Botolph's Augustinian Priory
• Tumulus NW of East Donyland Hall
• Kidman's Dyke in Walk Wood: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum of Camulodunum
• Roman barrow known as Lexden Mount: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Roman town of Camulodunum
• Site of pre-Roman settlement
• Gryme's Dyke Middle: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Romano-British town of Camulodunum
• The Triple Dyke: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Romano-British town of Camulodunum
• Earthwork in Brinkley Grove
• Balkerne Gate
• Small multivallate hillfort known as Pitchbury Ramparts
• The Benedictine Abbey of St John
• Town Wall
• Remains of an apsidal Roman building at Butt Road and Southway
• Lexden Dyke Middle: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Romano-British town of Camulodunum
• Dovecote 80m south west of Olivers
• Heath Farm Dyke Middle (rear of Alan Way): part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum of Camulodunum
• Toppesfield Bridge
• Town ditch
• Group of barrows at Annan Road
• Gryme's Dyke at Stanway Green: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Romano-British town of Camulodunum
• Earthwork called Court Knoll
• Lexden Dyke at Spring Meadow: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Romano-British town of Camulodunum
• Lexden Tumulus Iron Age barrow and associated cemetery area: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum of Camulodunum
• Colchester Castle and the Temple of Claudius
• Wissington ring ditch cluster
• Kidman's Dyke North and Middle: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum of Camulodunum
• Henge 70m north east of Cross Cottages
• Roman Circus 200m south of Abbey House
• Remains of All Saints Church, 60m north west of Stanway Hall Farm
• Moated site and remains of demolished parts of Shelley Hall, a post-medieval great house
• Moat Farm Dyke: a northern extension of Lexden Dyke; part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Romano-British town of Camulodunum
• Bourne Mill
• Remains of St Mary's Church