English Heritage sites near Eight Ash Green Parish
LEXDEN EARTHWORKS AND BLUEBOTTLE GROVE
3 miles from Eight Ash Green Parish
The banks and ditches of a series of late Iron Age defences protecting the western side of Camulodunum – pre-Roman Colchester.
ST JOHN'S ABBEY GATE
4 miles from Eight Ash Green Parish
This pinnacled gatehouse, elaborately decorated in East Anglian 'flushwork', is the sole survivor of the wealthy Benedictine abbey of St John.
COLCHESTER, ST BOTOLPH'S PRIORY
4 miles from Eight Ash Green Parish
The remains of one of the first Augustinian priories in England, founded in c.1100 and an impressive example of early Norman architecture.
LINDSEY ST JAMES'S CHAPEL
12 miles from Eight Ash Green Parish
A pretty thatched 13th century chapel with lancet windows.
MISTLEY TOWERS
12 miles from Eight Ash Green Parish
Two porticoed Classical towers, which stood at each end of a grandiose but highly unconventional Georgian church, designed by Robert Adam in 1776.
LANDGUARD FORT
22 miles from Eight Ash Green Parish
Landguard Fort is the site of the last opposed seaborne invasion of England in 1667 and the first land battle of the Royal Marines.
Churches in Eight Ash Green Parish
All Saints Church, Eight Ash Green
Halstead Road
Eight Ash Green
Colchester
01206 243261
http://www.fordhamchurch.org.uk
Fordham & Eight Ash Green is a joint parish and regular services are held at both churches. Please see our website for more details.
Pubs in Eight Ash Green Parish
Brick & Tile
Cricketers
Spring Lane, Fordham Heath, CO3 9TG
(01206) 240666
thecricketerscolchester.co.uk/