Bishops Stortford

Worth seeing in and around Bishops Stortford

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Waytemore Castle

   Waytemore Castle is a ruined castle in the town of Bishop's Stortford in Hertfordshire, England. The remains are a Grade I listed structure.

   700 m · castle in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Arthur Findlay College

   Arthur Findlay College is a college of Spiritualism and psychic sciences at Stansted Hall in Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex, England. Stansted Hall was built in 1871, and the college was founded there in 1964.

   3.9 km · British college of spiritualism and psychic science · Wikipedia
3. 03
   St Mary the Virgin's Church, Stansted Mountfitchet

   St Mary the Virgin's Church is a redundant Anglican church near the village of Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.

   3.6 km · church in Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex, England, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Portingbury Hills

   Portingbury Hills or Portingbury Rings is a hill in Hatfield Forest, Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex, United Kingdom.

   3.8 km · hill in Hatfield Forest, Essex, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   All Saints' Church, Hockerill

   All Saints' Church, Hockerill is a Grade II listed building, notable for being the first church designed by the 20th-century architect Stephen Dykes Bower. It is also notable for containing a rose window by Hugh Ray Easton and a pipe organ by Henry Willis II of Henry Willis & Sons.

   300 m · church in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Hatfield Forest

   Hatfield Forest is a 403.2-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Essex, England, 3 mi east of Bishop's Stortford. It is also a National Nature Reserve and a Nature Conservation Review site.

   4.2 km · biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Essex, three miles east of Bishop's Stortford, England · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Orford House

   Orford House is a country house in the small medieval hamlet of Ugley, Essex, England.

   6 km · house in Ugley, Essex, England, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Stansted Hall

   Stansted or Steanstead Hall is located in Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex, East of England, United Kingdom. It was the country seat of the Earls of Essex during the reign of Henry VIII of England.

   3.9 km · building in Stansted Mountfitchet, Uttlesford, England, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Little Hallingbury Marsh

   Little Hallingbury Marsh is a 4.5-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest adjacent to the River Stort, west of Little Hallingbury in Essex. It was notified under Section 28 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, and the local planning authority is Uttlesford District Council.

   4.4 km · biological site of Special Scientific Interest in Essex · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Halifax Building Society

    The Corn Exchange is a commercial building in the Market Square in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England. The structure now accommodates shops and offices.

    900 m · building in Bishop's Stortford, East Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

1. 01
   Waytemore Castle

   A motte and bailey castle ruin.

2. 02
   Stanstead Raceway
3. 03
   Empire
4. 04
   Bishop's Stortford Museum

   1-3 South Rd, Bishop’s Stortford CM23 3JG, info@rhodesbishopsstortford.org.uk.

5. 05
   The Henry Moore Studios and Gardens

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Things to do

1. 01
   Rhodes Arts Complex
2. 02
   Clay Shooting Lessons

   Parkers Farm, Smiths Green, Takeley CM22 6NY (6 miles E of town), info@clayshootinglessons.co.uk.

3. 03
   The Little Arts Workshop
4. 04
   Bishop's Stortford Golf Club

   Rugby Union: Bishop's Stortford RFC play in National League One, the third tier.

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Where to eat

1. 01
   Cote Brasserie

   17 North St, Bishop's Stortford CM23 2LD, bishopsstortford@cote-restaurants.co.uk.

2. 02
   South Street Pantry
3. 03
   Shadhona

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Getting to Bishops Stortford

Airports

London Stansted (STN), 5 km · London Luton (LTN), 37 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 62 km

Stations

London Stansted Airport, 4.5 km · Stansted Mountfitchet railway station, 3.7 km · Bishop's Stortford railway station, 800 m · Hockerill Halt railway station, 600 m · Stane Street Halt railway station, 5.2 km

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  45 km · quickest by road, 1h 30m · £5–7
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  156 km · quickest by road, 2h 55m · £18–24
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• Nottingham, Leicestershire → Bishops Stortford

  150 km · quickest by road, 2h 54m · £17–22
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