Great Horkesley is a Town in the county of Essex.

Retail in Great Horkesley

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

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

Great Horkesley is near some unmissable castles like Colchester Castle,

The area around Great Horkesley boasts some of the best woodlands including Epping Forest, and Bedfords Park.

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

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

Cities to visit near Great Horkesley include Chelmsford.

The area around Great Horkesley's best villages can be found at Hatfield Peverel.

Thorndon Country Park is one of Great Horkesley's best, nearby country parks to visit in Great Horkesley.

Places near Great Horkesley feature a number of interesting shopping centres including Lakeside Shopping Centre.

Great Horkesley is near some unmissable parks like Bedfords Park,

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

Great Horkesley History

There are some historic monuments around Great Horkesley:

• The Triple Dyke: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Romano-British town of Camulodunum
• Remains of an apsidal Roman building at Butt Road and Southway
• Colchester Castle and the Temple of Claudius
• Wissington ring ditch cluster
• Town ditch
• Balkerne Gate
• Kidman's Dyke in Walk Wood: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum of Camulodunum
• Moated site and remains of demolished parts of Shelley Hall, a post-medieval great house
• Roman Circus 200m south of Abbey House
• St Botolph's Augustinian Priory
• Moat Farm Dyke: a northern extension of Lexden Dyke; part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Romano-British town of Camulodunum
• Lexden Dyke at Spring Meadow: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Romano-British town of Camulodunum
• Site of pre-Roman settlement
• The Benedictine Abbey of St John
• Small multivallate hillfort known as Pitchbury Ramparts
• Earthwork in Brinkley Grove
• Lexden Tumulus Iron Age barrow and associated cemetery area: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum of Camulodunum
• Town Wall
• Remains of St Mary's Church
• Earthwork called Court Knoll
• Toppesfield Bridge
• Circular brick kilns, W H Collier Brick and Tile Works, Church Lane
• Gryme's Dyke Middle: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Romano-British town of Camulodunum
• Kidman's Dyke North and Middle: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum of Camulodunum
• Gryme's Dyke at Stanway Green: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Romano-British town of Camulodunum
• Roman barrow known as Lexden Mount: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Roman town of Camulodunum
• SE corner of Roman town in Easthill House Gardens
• Henge 70m north east of Cross Cottages
• Heath Farm Dyke Middle (rear of Alan Way): part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum of Camulodunum
• Lexden Dyke Middle: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Romano-British town of Camulodunum
• Gosbecks Iron Age and Romano-British site
• Dovecote 80m south west of Olivers
• Bourne Mill
• Remains of All Saints Church, 60m north west of Stanway Hall Farm
• Tumulus NW of East Donyland Hall
• Group of barrows at Annan Road