Layer Marney is a Town in the county of Essex.

Retail in Layer Marney

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

There are a number of towns near Layer Marney including Colchester, Epping, Maldon, Southend-on-Sea, Saffron Walden, Braintree, and Basildon.

The area around Layer Marney's best castles can be found at Colchester Castle.

Woodlands to visit near Layer Marney include Epping Forest, and Bedfords Park.

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

The area around Layer Marney boasts some of the best historic buildings including Audley End House and Gardens, and Chelmsford Cathedral.

Chelmsford is one of Layer Marney's best, nearby cities to visit in Layer Marney.

Layer Marney is near some unmissable villages like Hatfield Peverel,

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

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

Bedfords Park is a great place to visit close to Layer Marney if you like parks.

Bedfords Park is one of Layer Marney's best, nearby nature reserves to visit in Layer Marney.

Layer Marney History

There are some historic monuments around Layer Marney:

• Anglo-Saxon cemetery 150m east of Easterford Mill
• Remains of St Mary's Church
• Great Wigborough henge
• 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
• Lexden Dyke at Spring Meadow: 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
• Beckingham Hall (gatehouse and enclosure, walls including turrets)
• Remains of All Saints Church, 60m north west of Stanway Hall Farm
• World War II Eastern Command Line at Chappel Viaduct
• Gore decoy 760m south east of Lauriston Farm
• Kidman's Dyke in Walk Wood: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum of Camulodunum
• Moat Farm Dyke: a northern extension of Lexden Dyke; 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 weir 440m north west of Pewet Island
• Gosbecks Iron Age and Romano-British site
• Decoy pond immediately north of Pennyhole Fleet, Old Hall Marshes
• Roman barrow known as Lexden Mount: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Roman town of Camulodunum
• Bowl barrow in Conyfield Wood, 570m NNE of Messing Park Farm
• Gryme's Dyke Middle: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Romano-British town of Camulodunum
• Gryme's Dyke at Stanway Green: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Romano-British town of Camulodunum
• Small multivallate hillfort known as Pitchbury Ramparts
• Dovecote 80m south west of Olivers
• Roman villa 450m south of Warren's Farm
• The rampart S of Haynes Green
• Site of pre-Roman settlement
• Long mortuary enclosure and round barrow 160m south west of Frame Farm
• Mill Mound: a bowl barrow 300m south-west of Beckingham Hall
• Kidman's Dyke North and Middle: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum of Camulodunum
• 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
• Mill Mound: a bowl barrow 380m east of Payne's Farm
• Mound E of Basin Road
• Remains of St Mary the Virgin's Church
• Coggeshall Abbey