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.

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

Castles to visit near Great Wigborough include Colchester Castle.

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

London Southend Airport, and London Stansted Airport are great places to visit near Great Wigborough if you like airports.

Great Wigborough has some unmissable historic buildings nearby like Audley End House and Gardens, and Chelmsford Cathedral.

Cities to visit near Great Wigborough include Chelmsford.

The area close to Great Wigborough boasts some of the best villages including Hatfield Peverel.

There are a several good country parks in the Great Wigborough area like Thorndon Country Park, and Hainault Forest Country Park.

There are a several good shopping centres in the area around Great Wigborough like Lakeside Shopping Centre.

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

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:

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