English Heritage sites near Danbury Parish
HADLEIGH CASTLE
12 miles from Danbury Parish
The romantic ruins of a royal castle overlooking the Essex marshes. Hadleigh was begun in about 1215 by Hubert de Burgh, but extensively refortified by Edward III during the Hundred Years War.
LEXDEN EARTHWORKS AND BLUEBOTTLE GROVE
18 miles from Danbury Parish
The banks and ditches of a series of late Iron Age defences protecting the western side of Camulodunum – pre-Roman Colchester.
HILL HALL
18 miles from Danbury Parish
This fine Elizabethan mansion features some of the earliest external Renaissance architectural detail in the country.
ST JOHN'S ABBEY GATE
18 miles from Danbury 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
19 miles from Danbury Parish
The remains of one of the first Augustinian priories in England, founded in c.1100 and an impressive example of early Norman architecture.
TILBURY FORT
20 miles from Danbury Parish
Spend a great family day out at Tilbury Fort in Essex. Explore the magazine houses or the bastion magazine passages of this fort on the Thames estuary that has protected London’s seaward approach.
Churches in Danbury Parish
Parish Church of St John the Baptist
Danbury
Chelmsford
01245 223140
http://www.stjohnbaptistdanbury.org.uk
The Parish Church of St John Baptist stands out on Danbury ridge as a landmark whose spire is visible from the A12 and from many local vantage-points. There has been a church here from at least 1233, and probably considerably before that. The present church is a Grade 1 Listed Building.
There is much of interest to see inside the church, including the three famous wooden effigies of the Crusader “Knights of Danbury”. The interior is largely Victorian, deriving from Gilbert Scott’s re-ordering in 1866. The unusual carved wooden creatures gracing the ornate pew-ends copy the style of the three remaining fifteenth-century pews to be seen just inside the church. More information about the building is available at the back of church.
We hope, when you visit us, you will have time to sit for a little while and absorb the unique stillness of Danbury Church. It is a lovely building in which to offer a quiet prayer. When the morning sun shines through the deep blues and reds of the glorious East Window (which shows the Birth of Jesus, rather than His Cross) the whole building becomes suffused with light. God’s presence never seems very far away.
Pubs in Danbury Parish
Anchor
Danbury, Runsell Green, CM3 4QZ
(01245) 222457
theanchordanbury.co.uk
Bakers Arms
200 year old pub with a warm welcome. Parts of the current building date from the 1820s and there is a history of the site from 1799 displayed in the pub. 2 bar areas 1 with a comfy sofa area, the other a restaurant area which can be hired...
Bell
Cricketers Arms
Penny Royal Road, Danbury, CM3 4ED
(01245) 222022
cricketersarmsdanbury.com
Griffin
64 Main Road, Danbury, CM3 4DH
(01245) 699024
griffindanbury.co.uk/