Virley is a Village in the county of Essex.

Retail in Virley

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

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

Colchester Castle is a great place to visit close to Virley if you like castles.

Epping Forest, and Bedfords Park are great places to visit near Virley if you like woodlands.

Virley has some unmissable airports nearby like London Southend Airport, and London Stansted Airport.

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

Virley is near some unmissable cities like Chelmsford,

Places near Virley feature a number of interesting villages including Hatfield Peverel.

There are a number of country parks near to Virley including Thorndon Country Park.

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

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

Don't miss Bedfords Park's nature reserves if visiting the area around Virley.

Virley History

There are some historic monuments around Virley:

• Mill Mound: a bowl barrow 300m south-west of Beckingham Hall
• Remains of All Saints Church, 60m north west of Stanway Hall Farm
• Coastal fish weirs at West Mersea, 570m south east of St Peter's Well
• The Triple Dyke: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Romano-British town of Camulodunum
• Gore decoy 760m south east of Lauriston Farm
• Gryme's Dyke Middle: 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
• Bourne Mill
• Berechurch Dyke: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Romano-British town of Camulodunum
• Great Wigborough henge
• Decoy pond 700m north east of Marsh House Farm
• Roman Circus 200m south of Abbey House
• Kidman's Dyke North and Middle: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum of Camulodunum
• Bowl barrow in Conyfield Wood, 570m NNE of Messing Park Farm
• Town Wall
• St Botolph's Augustinian Priory
• Kidman's Dyke in Walk Wood: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum of Camulodunum
• 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
• Dovecote 80m south west of Olivers
• Decoy pond immediately north of Pennyhole Fleet, Old Hall Marshes
• Roman round building
• Coastal fish weir 440m north west of Pewet Island
• Mill Mound: a bowl barrow 380m east of Payne's Farm
• Remains of St Mary's Church
• Circular brick kilns, W H Collier Brick and Tile Works, Church Lane
• Coastal fish weir at the northern end of The Nass
• Remains of St Mary the Virgin's Church
• The rampart S of Haynes Green
• Square decoy pond 260m south of Pennyhole Fleet, Old Hall Marshes
• Heath Farm Dyke Middle (rear of Alan Way): part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum of Camulodunum
• The Benedictine Abbey of St John
• Beckingham Hall (gatehouse and enclosure, walls including turrets)
• Roman barrow known as Lexden Mount: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Roman town of Camulodunum
• Gosbecks Iron Age and Romano-British site