Chipping Ongar

Worth seeing in and around Chipping Ongar

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
   Greensted Church

   Greensted Church, in the small village of Greensted, near Chipping Ongar in Essex, England, has been claimed to be the oldest wooden church in the world, and probably the oldest wooden building in Europe still standing, albeit only in part, since few sections of its original wooden structure remain. The oak walls are often classified as remnants of a palisade church or, more loosely, as a kind of early stave church, dated either to the mid-9th or mid-11th century.

   1.3 km · church in Greensted, Essex, England, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Epping Ongar Railway

   The Epping Ongar Railway is a heritage railway in south-west Essex, England, run by a small number of paid staff and a team of volunteers. It was the final section of the Great Eastern Railway branch line, later the London Underground's Central line from Loughton via Epping to Ongar, with intermediate stations at North Weald and Blake Hall.

   4.2 km · heritage railway in Essex, England · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Dial House

   Dial House is a farm cottage situated in south-west Essex, England that has been a self-sustaining anarcho-pacifist open house since 1967. The house is located in the countryside of Epping Forest in Ongar Great Park.

   3.9 km · listed building in Essex, England, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   St Martin's Church, Chipping Ongar

   St Martin's Church is a Church of England parish church in the town of Chipping Ongar in Essex, England.

   200 m · church in Chipping Ongar, Essex, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Church of All Saints

   The Church of All Saints is a Church of England parish church in Doddinghurst, Essex. The church is a Grade I listed building.

   5.4 km · church in Doddinghurst, Essex, England, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Church of St Laurence, Blackmore

   St Laurence's Church is an Anglican church, in the village of Blackmore, Essex, England. It is a former priory church, and is noted for its wooden bell tower.

   5.3 km · church in Blackmore, Essex, England, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Blake Hall

   Blake Hall is a country house within the civil parish of Bobbingworth, to the north-west of Chipping Ongar, in the county Essex, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a Grade II* listed building, and its park and garden are Grade II listed.

   2.6 km · country house in Bobbingworth, Essex, England, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Kelvedon Hall

   Kelvedon Hall is a country house in the village of Kelvedon Hatch, near Brentwood, Essex, England. Originally the site of an important medieval manor, the current house was built in the mid-18th century by a family of Catholic landowners, the Wrights, who had bought the manor in 1538.

   2.9 km · Grade I listed building in Kelvedon Hatch, Brentwood, Essex, England, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Weald Common Flood Meadows

   Weald Common Flood Meadows is a 1.9 hectare Local Nature Reserve in North Weald Bassett in Essex. It is owned and managed by Epping Forest District Council.

   5.3 km · park in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
10. 10
    The Coppice, Kelvedon Hatch

    The Coppice, Kelvedon Hatch is a 9.4-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Kelvedon Hatch in Essex. The site is an ancient semi-natural wood in the valley of a small tributary of the River Roding.

    4.2 km · site of Special Scientific Interest in Essex, England · Wikipedia

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Getting to Chipping Ongar

Airports

London Stansted (STN), 20 km · London Luton (LTN), 46 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 55 km

Stations

North Weald railway station, 5.8 km · Blake Hall tube station, 2.9 km · RAF Chipping Ongar, 3.9 km

• London → Chipping Ongar

  34 km · quickest by road, 1h 17m · £3.5–5
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• Luton, Luton → Chipping Ongar

  50 km · quickest by road, 1h 23m · £6–8
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• Birmingham, West Midlands → Chipping Ongar

  170 km · quickest by road, 3h 4m · £19–25
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