English Heritage sites near South Hanningfield Parish
HADLEIGH CASTLE
9 miles from South Hanningfield 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.
TILBURY FORT
14 miles from South Hanningfield 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.
MILTON CHANTRY
15 miles from South Hanningfield Parish
Milton Chantry is all that remains of a 14th-century hospital later used in turn as a public house, a Georgian barracks, and Second World War gas decontamination chamber.
HILL HALL
15 miles from South Hanningfield Parish
This fine Elizabethan mansion features some of the earliest external Renaissance architectural detail in the country.
UPNOR CASTLE
16 miles from South Hanningfield Parish
Set in tranquil grounds adjoining a riverside village, this rare example of an Elizabethan artillery fort was begun in 1559 and redeveloped in 1599-1601, to protect warships at Chatham dockyards.
TEMPLE MANOR
17 miles from South Hanningfield Parish
Part of a manor house of the Knights Templar, built in about 1240, with a fine first floor hall displaying traces of wall paintings.
Churches in South Hanningfield Parish
Downham: St Margaret
Castledon Road
Downham
Billericay
07704 777511
http://www.downhamchurch.org.uk
We aim to be a focus of Christian faith and worship and to be witness to God's love in the community we serve. We welcome all who wish to visit our church, whether for regular worship, for special services such as weddings, baptisms or funerals, or just to enjoy the peace and tranquility of this beautiful place.
South Hanningfield: St Peter
Pubs in South Hanningfield Parish
Cock Inn
Fox & Hounds
Church Road, Ramsden Heath, CM11 1PW
07973 471032
foxandhoundsramsden.co.uk
Nag's Head
50 Heath Road, Ramsden Heath, CM11 1HS
(01268) 711875
thenagshead-ramsdenheath.co.uk
Old Windmill
South Hanningfield Road, South Hanningfield, CM3 8HT
(01268) 712280
brunningandprice.co.uk/oldwindmill/
White Horse
Heath Road, Ramsden Heath, CM11 1NA
(01268) 711884
thewhitehorseramsdenheath.co.uk/