Layer Breton is a Town in the county of Essex.

Retail in Layer Breton

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

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

Places near Layer Breton feature a number of interesting castles including Colchester Castle.

Woodlands to visit near Layer Breton include Epping Forest, and Bedfords Park.

Layer Breton's best nearby airports can be found at London Southend Airport, and London Stansted Airport.

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

Layer Breton is near some unmissable cities like Chelmsford,

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

The area close to Layer Breton boasts some of the best country parks including Thorndon Country Park.

Lakeside Shopping Centre is one of Layer Breton's best, nearby shopping centres to visit in Layer Breton.

Bedfords Park is one of Layer Breton's best, nearby parks to visit in Layer Breton.

Places near Layer Breton feature a number of interesting nature reserves including Bedfords Park.

Layer Breton History

There are some historic monuments around Layer Breton:

• Coastal fish weir 440m north west of Pewet Island
• The Benedictine Abbey of St John
• The Triple Dyke: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Romano-British town of Camulodunum
• Gryme's Dyke Middle: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Romano-British town of Camulodunum
• Roman round building
• Town Wall
• Mill Mound: a bowl barrow 300m south-west of Beckingham Hall
• Coastal fish weir at the northern end of The Nass
• World War II Eastern Command Line at Chappel Viaduct
• Great Wigborough henge
• Earthwork in Brinkley Grove
• Roman Circus 200m south of Abbey House
• Remains of St Mary the Virgin's Church
• Heath Farm Dyke Middle (rear of Alan Way): part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum of Camulodunum
• Beckingham Hall (gatehouse and enclosure, walls including turrets)
• Gosbecks Iron Age and Romano-British site
• Mill Mound: a bowl barrow 380m east of Payne's Farm
• Remains of St Mary's Church
• Small multivallate hillfort known as Pitchbury Ramparts
• Berechurch Dyke: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Romano-British town of Camulodunum
• Gore decoy 760m south east of Lauriston Farm
• Bourne Mill
• Coastal fish weirs at West Mersea, 570m south east of St Peter's Well
• Square decoy pond 260m south of Pennyhole Fleet, Old Hall Marshes
• Decoy pond immediately north of Pennyhole Fleet, Old Hall Marshes
• Gryme's Dyke at Stanway Green: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Romano-British town of Camulodunum
• Balkerne Gate
• Lexden Dyke Middle: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Romano-British town of Camulodunum
• Site of pre-Roman settlement
• Bowl barrow in Conyfield Wood, 570m NNE of Messing Park Farm
• Roman villa 450m south of Warren's Farm
• 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
• Kidman's Dyke in Walk Wood: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum of Camulodunum
• Dovecote 80m south west of Olivers
• Lexden Tumulus Iron Age barrow and associated cemetery area: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum of Camulodunum
• SE corner of Roman town in Easthill House Gardens
• The rampart S of Haynes Green
• Kidman's Dyke North and Middle: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum of Camulodunum
• Remains of All Saints Church, 60m north west of Stanway Hall Farm
• Remains of an apsidal Roman building at Butt Road and Southway
• Town ditch
• Lexden Dyke at Spring Meadow: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Romano-British town of Camulodunum
• Colchester Castle and the Temple of Claudius
• Circular brick kilns, W H Collier Brick and Tile Works, Church Lane
• Roman barrow known as Lexden Mount: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Roman town of Camulodunum