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.

Great Horkesley's best nearby towns can be found at Colchester, Epping, Maldon, Southend-on-Sea, Saffron Walden, Braintree, and Basildon.

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

There are a number of woodlands near Great Horkesley including Epping Forest, and Bedfords Park.

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

Historic Buildings to visit near Great Horkesley include Audley End House and Gardens, and Chelmsford Cathedral.

Chelmsford is one of Great Horkesley's best, nearby cities to visit in Great Horkesley.

Hatfield Peverel is a great place to visit close to Great Horkesley if you like villages.

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

Lakeside Shopping Centre is a great place to visit close to Great Horkesley if you like shopping centres.

The area close to Great Horkesley boasts some of the best parks including 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:

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