Purfleet-on-Thames is a Village in the county of Essex.

Purfleet-on-Thames postcode: RM19 1NW

Retail in Purfleet-on-Thames

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

Towns to visit near Purfleet-on-Thames include Colchester, Epping, Maldon, Southend-on-Sea, Saffron Walden, Braintree, and Basildon.

Places near Purfleet-on-Thames feature a number of interesting castles including Colchester Castle.

The area around Purfleet-on-Thames features a number of interesting woodlands including Epping Forest, and Bedfords Park.

The area around Purfleet-on-Thames features a number of interesting airports including London Southend Airport, and London Stansted Airport.

Audley End House and Gardens, and Chelmsford Cathedral are great places to visit near Purfleet-on-Thames if you like historic buildings.

There are a several good cities in the area around Purfleet-on-Thames like Chelmsford.

The area around Purfleet-on-Thames's best villages can be found at Hatfield Peverel.

The area around Purfleet-on-Thames features a number of interesting country parks including Thorndon Country Park, and Hainault Forest Country Park.

Places near Purfleet-on-Thames feature a number of interesting shopping centres including Lakeside Shopping Centre.

There are a number of parks near to Purfleet-on-Thames including Bedfords Park.

There are a several good nature reserves in the area around Purfleet-on-Thames like Bedfords Park.

Purfleet-on-Thames History

There are some historic monuments around Purfleet-on-Thames:

• Howbury moated site
• Roman barrow 260m north east of South Ockendon Hall
• Roman granary 250yds (230m) W of St Mary's Church
• Medieval woodland boundary in Darenth Wood
• Neolithic sites near Ebbsfleet
• Springhead Roman site
• Roman enclosure SE of Vagniacae
• Dovecote at High House, Purfleet
• Dovecote at Hawley Manor
• Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Darenth Park
• Palaeolithic sites near Baker's Hole
• Icehouse at Clock House, Green Street Green
• Medieval moated site and associated fishpond, Franks Hall.
• A major Roman villa, an Anglo-Saxon settlement and prehistoric remains 600m SSE of Darenth Court Farm
• Aspdin's kiln
• A Romano-British villa and a possible Iron Age farmstead at Franks
• Medieval grange barn, 228m south-east of Upminster Court
• Purfleet magazine
• Gatehouse and moat of South Ockenden Old Hall
• Hall Place
• Faesten Dic, a medieval frontier work in Joydens Wood
• A preceptory of the Knights Hospitallers, known as St John's Jerusalem, and an associated fishpond at Sutton-at-Hone
• Monastic grange at Friary Court
• Site of moated manor house E of St Michael's Church, Aveley