Lawford is a Village in the county of Essex.

Retail in Lawford

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

Colchester, Epping, Maldon, Southend-on-Sea, Saffron Walden, Braintree, and Basildon are some of Lawford best towns to visit near Lawford.

Lawford is near some unmissable cities like Chelmsford,

Lawford has some unmissable country parks nearby like Thorndon Country Park, and Hainault Forest Country Park.

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

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

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

There are a several good historic buildings in the Lawford area like Audley End House and Gardens, and Chelmsford Cathedral.

Don't miss Hatfield Peverel's villages if visiting the area around Lawford.

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

Parks to visit near Lawford include Bedfords Park.

Bedfords Park is one of Lawford's best, nearby nature reserves to visit in Lawford.

Lawford History

There are some historic monuments around Lawford:

• Site of Old St Mary's Church
• Round barrow W of Lawford Hall
• Mistley Towers
• Crop mark site S of Ardleigh
• Moated site at Moat Farm, 450m south of Cobbler's Corner
• Site discovered by aerial photography S of King's Wood
• Ring ditches SW of Reed Island
• Tumulus NW of East Donyland Hall
• Remains of St Peter's Church, 460m south of Church Farm
• Settlement site NNE of Lawford House
• Wenham Castle (Little Wenham Hall)
• Moated site and remains of demolished parts of Shelley Hall, a post-medieval great house
• Dodnash Priory (site of)
• World War II bombing decoy WRI Spinnels Farm