Eight Ash Green
Eight Ash Green is a village and civil parish in the City of Colchester district of Essex, England.

Eight Ash Green is a village and civil parish in the City of Colchester district of Essex, England. It is on the A1124 road, near Junction 26 of the A12 road. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 1,768.
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Worth seeing in and around Eight Ash Green
9 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.
- 01Colchester Zoo
Colchester Zoo is a zoological garden situated near Colchester, England. Open since June 1963, the zoo is home to many rare and endangered species, including big cats, primates and birds as well as many invertebrates and fish species.
3.8 km · zoological garden situated in Colchester, England · Wikipedia - 02Church of All Saints
All Saints Church is a Church of England parish church in Fordham, Essex. The church is a Grade I listed building.
2.8 km · church in Fordham, Essex, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Church of St Andrew
St Andrew's Church is a Church of England parish church in the Essex village of Marks Tey. It was Grade I listed in 1965.
3.6 km · church in Marks Tey, Essex, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Old St Mary's Church, West Bergholt
Old St Mary's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of West Bergholt, Essex, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
2.6 km · Grade I listed church in West Bergholt, Colchester, Essex, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Church of St Michael and All Angels
The Church of St Michael and All Angels, Copford is a 12th-century parish church located near the small village of Copford, Essex. It most likely served as a chapel to nearby Copford Hall, once owned by the bishops of London.
3.1 km · historic church in Copford,, Essex, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 06Copford Hall
Copford Hall is a manorial seat and Grade II listed country house, with gardens by Capability Brown, in the village of Copford, Essex, England, 46 miles from London. The building was at one time owned by the bishops of London, and its grounds are described in Pevsner as "almost the beau idéal of what to the foreigner is an English landscape scene".
3.1 km · English country house in Copford Green, Essex, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Church of St Leonard
The Church of Saint Leonard is a Church of England parish church in Lexden, a suburb of Colchester in Essex, England. Originating in the early 12th century, the medieval building became unsafe and was demolished in 1820.
2.9 km · church building in Lexden, Colchester, Essex, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Spring Lane Meadows
Spring Lane Meadows or Lexden Springs is a 2-hectare Local Nature Reserve in Lexden, a suburb of Colchester in Essex. It is owned and managed by Colchester Borough Council.
3 km · park in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 09Lexden Park
Lexden Park is an 8.1 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Lexden, a suburb of Colchester in Essex. It is owned and managed by Colchester Borough Council.
3.1 km · park in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
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Getting to Eight Ash Green
- Airports
- London Stansted (STN), 40 km · London Luton (LTN), 82 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 100 km
- Stations
- Marks Tey railway station, 3.2 km
- London, Essex → Eight Ash Green78 km · quickest by road, 2h 6m · £8–11
- London → Eight Ash Green78 km · quickest by road, 2h 6m · £8–11
- Luton, Luton → Eight Ash Green85 km · quickest by road, 2h 10m · £11–15
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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No local-transport research exists yet for Eight Ash Green
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Eight Ash Green. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundMany National Cycle Routes run off-road and are not suitable for certain bicycle types, e.g.
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Next door to Eight Ash Green
- Copfordvillage and civil parish in Essex, England, UK2.1 km
- Fordhamvillage and civil parish in Essex, United Kingdom3.2 km
- West Bergholtvillage in Essex, England, UK2.5 km
- Aldhamvillage in Essex, England, UK2.5 km
- Stanwayvillage and civil parish in Essex, England, UK1.6 km
- Lexdensuburb in Colchester, Essex, England, UK3.4 km