Great Wigborough is a Village in the county of Essex.

Great Wigborough postcode: CO5 7RJ

Retail in Great Wigborough

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

Towns to visit near Great Wigborough include Colchester, Epping, Maldon, Southend-on-Sea, Saffron Walden, Braintree, and Basildon.

Castles to visit near Great Wigborough include Colchester Castle.

The area around Great Wigborough features a number of interesting woodlands including Epping Forest, and Bedfords Park.

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

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

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

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

Great Wigborough has some unmissable country parks nearby like Thorndon Country Park, and Hainault Forest Country Park.

Shopping Centres to visit near Great Wigborough include Lakeside Shopping Centre.

Bedfords Park is one of Great Wigborough's best, nearby parks to visit in Great Wigborough.

There are a number of nature reserves near to Great Wigborough including Bedfords Park.

Great Wigborough History

There are some historic monuments around Great Wigborough:

• Lexden Tumulus Iron Age barrow and associated cemetery area: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum of Camulodunum
• Gore decoy 760m south east of Lauriston Farm
• Roman saltern 750m north west of Maydays Farm
• Beckingham Hall (gatehouse and enclosure, walls including turrets)
• Heath Farm Dyke Middle (rear of Alan Way): part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum of Camulodunum
• Kidman's Dyke in Walk Wood: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum of Camulodunum
• Gryme's Dyke Middle: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Romano-British town of Camulodunum
• Lexden Dyke Middle: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Romano-British town of Camulodunum
• Square decoy pond 260m south of Pennyhole Fleet, Old Hall Marshes
• Coastal fish weirs at West Mersea, 570m south east of St Peter's Well
• The Benedictine Abbey of St John
• Coastal fish weir at the northern end of The Nass
• Moat Farm Dyke: a northern extension of Lexden Dyke; part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Romano-British town of Camulodunum
• Mersea Mount: a Roman barrow at Barrow Hill Farm
• Remains of All Saints Church, 60m north west of Stanway Hall Farm
• Decoy pond 500m south of Waldegraves Farm
• Berechurch Dyke: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Romano-British town of Camulodunum
• Remains of St Mary's Church
• Site of pre-Roman settlement
• Remains of an apsidal Roman building at Butt Road and Southway
• Colchester Castle and the Temple of Claudius
• Great Wigborough henge
• Decoy pond immediately north of Pennyhole Fleet, Old Hall Marshes
• Saxon Shore fort and Anglo-Saxon monastery at Bradwell-on-Sea
• Kidman's Dyke North and Middle: 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
• Gryme's Dyke at Stanway Green: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Romano-British town of Camulodunum
• Group of barrows at Annan Road
• Circular brick kilns, W H Collier Brick and Tile Works, Church Lane
• Mill Mound: a bowl barrow 380m east of Payne's Farm
• Town ditch
• Town Wall
• Gosbecks Iron Age and Romano-British site
• Balkerne Gate
• Saxon coastal fish weir at Sales Point
• Lexden Dyke at Spring Meadow: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Romano-British town of Camulodunum
• SE corner of Roman town in Easthill House Gardens
• Roman round building
• Coastal fish weir 440m north west of Pewet Island
• Remains of St Mary the Virgin's Church
• Mill Mound: a bowl barrow 300m south-west of Beckingham Hall
• Bourne Mill
• Tumulus NW of East Donyland Hall
• Roman Circus 200m south of Abbey House
• St Botolph's Augustinian Priory
• The Triple Dyke: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Romano-British town of Camulodunum
• Dovecote 80m south west of Olivers
• The rampart S of Haynes Green