Saffron Walden Attractions

Bridge End Gardens in the town of Saffron Walden, in the county of Essex (0.1 miles, 0.2 km)
These perfectly laid out gardens were started in the mid 18th century by Atkinson Francis Gibson. They are particularly noted...
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Saffron Walden Museum in the town of Saffron Walden, in the county of Essex (0.1 miles, 0.2 km)
This is the second oldest purpose-built museum in the country. It occupies a gracious russet brick building in an enclosed...
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Saffron Walden Castle in the town of Saffron Walden, in the county of Essex (0.1 miles, 0.2 km)
Very little remains of Saffron Walden Castle, but what is here is well worth seeing for it is a fine example of a Norman...
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Audley End in the town of Saffron Walden, in the county of Essex (0.9 miles, 1.5 km)
Once, centuries ago in the days of Henry VIII a Benedictine Abbey stood here. A casualty of King's Dissolution caused by his...
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Imperial War Museum Duxford in the town of Duxford, in the county of Cambridgeshire (6.7 miles, 10.9 km, direction SE)
Duxford retains its wartime atmosphere and, as many of its aeroplanes still fly, you might even see one take to the air during a...
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Wandlebury Ring in the town of Babraham, in the county of Cambridgeshire (9.4 miles, 15.2 km, direction S)
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Wandlebury Country Park in the town of Babraham, in the county of Cambridgeshire (9.7 miles, 15.6 km, direction S)
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Hatfield Forest Country Park in the town of Takeley, in the county of Essex (11.0 miles, 17.7 km, direction N)
An ancient royal hunting ground, designated Site of Special Scientific Interest and National Nature Reserve.
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University Botanic Gardens in the town of Cambridge, in the county of Cambridgeshire (12.6 miles, 20.3 km, direction SE)
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Anglesey Abbey in the town of Lode, in the county of Cambridgeshire (14.6 miles, 23.5 km, direction S)
This attractive house was formerly a priory of Augustinian canons, founded around 1135. It's name does not relate to the island...
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Wimpole Hall in the town of Wimpole, in the county of Cambridgeshire (14.7 miles, 23.6 km, direction SE)
Cambridgeshire's largest and grandest Georgian mansion, set in a fine wooded park, complete with folly, Chinese bridge and lake
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Wimpole Home Farm in the town of Arrington, in the county of Cambridgeshire (14.7 miles, 23.6 km, direction SE)
The largest rare breeds centre in East Anglia – part of the grandest working estate in Cambridgeshire.
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Newmarket Racecourse in the town of Newmarket, in the county of Suffolk (14.9 miles, 24.0 km, direction S)
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Clare Castle Country Park in the town of Clare, in the county of Suffolk (15.4 miles, 24.8 km, direction W)
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Cambridge American Military Cemetery & Memorial in the town of Madingley, in the county of Cambridgeshire (15.4 miles, 24.8 km, direction SE)
Watched over by a fluttering Stars and Stripes the American Military Cemetery at Madingley in Cambridge is the only one of its...
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Hedingham Castle in the town of Castle Hedingham, in the county of Essex (15.6 miles, 25.1 km, direction W)
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Benington Lordship in the town of Benington, in the county of Hertfordshire (17.9 miles, 28.8 km, direction NE)
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Fairlands Valley Park in the town of Stevenage, in the county of Hertfordshire (19.6 miles, 31.5 km, direction NE)
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Wicken Fen National Nature Reserve in the town of Wicken, in the county of Cambridgeshire (19.9 miles, 32.0 km, direction S)
One of Britain's oldest nature reserves, and the last 0.1% of fenland left in Britain. Home to the Wicken Fen Vision project....
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Dedham Vale in the county of Suffolk (20.8 miles, 33.4 km, direction W)
Dedham Vale is also known as "Constable Country", it is designated an area of outstanding natural beauty (AONB), and the place...
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