Purfleet-on-Thames is a Village in the county of Essex.

Purfleet-on-Thames postcode: RM19 1NW

Retail in Purfleet-on-Thames

There are great places to visit near Purfleet-on-Thames 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 Purfleet-on-Thames including Colchester, Epping, Maldon, Southend-on-Sea, Saffron Walden, Braintree, and Basildon.

The area close to Purfleet-on-Thames boasts some of the best castles including Colchester Castle.

Purfleet-on-Thames's best nearby woodlands can be found at Epping Forest, and Bedfords Park.

The area around Purfleet-on-Thames boasts some of the best airports including London Southend Airport, and London Stansted Airport.

Audley End House and Gardens, and Chelmsford Cathedral are some of Purfleet-on-Thames best historic buildings to visit near Purfleet-on-Thames.

There are a several good cities in the area around Purfleet-on-Thames like Chelmsford.

There are a number of villages near to Purfleet-on-Thames including Hatfield Peverel.

Don't miss Thorndon Country Park, and Hainault Forest Country Park's country parks if visiting the area around Purfleet-on-Thames.

Don't miss Lakeside Shopping Centre's shopping centres if visiting the area around Purfleet-on-Thames.

There are a number of parks near to Purfleet-on-Thames including Bedfords Park.

Purfleet-on-Thames is near some unmissable nature reserves like Bedfords Park,

Purfleet-on-Thames History

There are some historic monuments around Purfleet-on-Thames:

• Aspdin's kiln
• Springhead Roman site
• A Romano-British villa and a possible Iron Age farmstead at Franks
• Roman granary 250yds (230m) W of St Mary's Church
• Purfleet magazine
• Roman enclosure SE of Vagniacae
• Howbury moated site
• Palaeolithic sites near Baker's Hole
• Monastic grange at Friary Court
• Neolithic sites near Ebbsfleet
• A preceptory of the Knights Hospitallers, known as St John's Jerusalem, and an associated fishpond at Sutton-at-Hone
• Medieval woodland boundary in Darenth Wood
• Dovecote at High House, Purfleet
• Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Darenth Park
• Gatehouse and moat of South Ockenden Old Hall
• Faesten Dic, a medieval frontier work in Joydens Wood
• Dovecote at Hawley Manor
• A major Roman villa, an Anglo-Saxon settlement and prehistoric remains 600m SSE of Darenth Court Farm
• Roman barrow 260m north east of South Ockendon Hall
• Hall Place
• Medieval grange barn, 228m south-east of Upminster Court
• Medieval moated site and associated fishpond, Franks Hall.
• Icehouse at Clock House, Green Street Green
• Site of moated manor house E of St Michael's Church, Aveley