Ashingdon is a Village in the county of Essex.

Retail in Ashingdon

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

Ashingdon has some unmissable towns nearby like Colchester, Epping, Maldon, Southend-on-Sea, Saffron Walden, Braintree, and Basildon.

There are a several good castles in the area around Ashingdon like Colchester Castle.

Don't miss Epping Forest, and Bedfords Park's woodlands if visiting the area around Ashingdon.

There are a several good airports in the Ashingdon area like London Southend Airport, and London Stansted Airport.

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

Cities to visit near Ashingdon include Chelmsford.

Hatfield Peverel is a great place to visit close to Ashingdon if you like villages.

Places near Ashingdon feature a number of interesting country parks including Thorndon Country Park.

There are a number of shopping centres near to Ashingdon including Lakeside Shopping Centre.

There are a several good parks in the area around Ashingdon like Bedfords Park.

The area around Ashingdon's best nature reserves can be found at Bedfords Park.

Ashingdon History

There are some historic monuments around Ashingdon:

• Rayleigh Castle
• Purleigh moated mound
• Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite, 380m south east of Butler's Gate
• Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite on Sandpit Hill
• Hadleigh Castle: an enclosure castle and an associated dam and mill
• A slight univallate hillfort known as Prittlewell Camp, 500m east of Sutton Road crematorium
• Romano-British site N of Pound Wood, Thundersley
• Prittlewell Priory
• Plumberow Mount
• Medieval saltern adjacent to Hawbush Creek
• Southchurch Hall moated site
• Roman fort (near Hadleigh)
• Rochford Hall (uninhabited portions)