Great Baddow
Great Baddow is a suburban village and civil parish in the City of Chelmsford district of Essex, England.
Great Baddow is a suburban village and civil parish in the City of Chelmsford district of Essex, England. It now forms part of the built up area of Chelmsford as defined by the Office for National Statistics, lying 1.5 miles (2 km) to the south-east of the city centre. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 14,951.
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Worth seeing in and around Great Baddow
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.
- 01Chelmsford Cathedral
Chelmsford Cathedral, formally titled the Cathedral Church of St Mary the Virgin, St Peter and St Cedd, is an Anglican cathedral in the city of Chelmsford, Essex, England, dedicated to St Mary the Virgin, St Peter and St Cedd. It became a cathedral when the Anglican Diocese of Chelmsford was created in 1914 and is the seat of the Bishop of Chelmsford.
2.9 km · cathedral in Chelmsford, Essex, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Diocese of Chelmsford
The Diocese of Chelmsford is a Church of England diocese, part of the Province of Canterbury. It was created on 23 January 1914 from part of the Diocese of St Albans.
2.9 km · Church of England diocese · Wikipedia - 03Church of St Mary
St Mary's Church is an active parish church in the village of Great Baddow, Essex, England. The church stands on the High Street in the centre of the village and dates from the 12th century.
100 m · church in Great Baddow, Essex, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Chelmsford Crown Court
Chemsford Crown Court is a Crown Court venue, which deals with criminal cases, in New Street, Chelmsford, England.
2.9 km · Judicial building in Chelmsford · Wikipedia - 05Danbury Country Park
Danbury Country Park is a country park near Danbury in Essex, England, managed by Essex County Council. It is listed Grade II in Historic England's Register of Parks and Gardens, and it has received the Green Flag Award.
3.9 km · country park in Essex, England · Wikipedia - 06All Saints Church, Springfield
All Saints Church, Springfield is an Anglican church in Springfield, Essex.The first record of a church in the parish was in the Domesday Book in 1086.
3.3 km · church in Chelmsford, Essex, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Shire Hall
The Shire Hall is a municipal facility in Tindal Square in Chelmsford, Essex. It is a Grade II* listed building.
2.9 km · administrative building in Chelmsford,England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Moulsham Bridge
The current Stone Bridge in Chelmsford, Essex, England, was commissioned in 1784 by the Essex Court of Quarter Sessions, who had responsibility for the crossing. The work was entrusted to John Johnson, the county surveyor for Essex from 1782 to 1812.
2.5 km · bridge in Chelmsford, Essex, England · Wikipedia - 09Danbury Place
Danbury Place was an English country house, first built by Sir Walter Mildmay in the time of Elizabeth I, dated to 1589. It is situated on one of the highest points of the county of Essex.
3.7 km · country house in Essex, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10Chelmer Valley Riverside
Chelmer Valley Riverside is a 17.6 hectare Local Nature Reserve along the banks of the River Chelmer in Chelmsford in Essex. It is owned and managed by Chelmsford City Council.
3.4 km · park in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
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Getting to Great Baddow
- Airports
- London Stansted (STN), 26 km · London Luton (LTN), 62 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 72 km
- Stations
- Chelmsford railway station, 3.2 km
- London → Great Baddow49 km · quickest by road, 1h 35m · £5–7
- Luton, Luton → Great Baddow66 km · quickest by road, 1h 39m · £9–11
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Great Baddow185 km · quickest by road, 3h 19m · £21–28
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Great Baddow
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 Great Baddow. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inIt is served by Stena Line ferries from Hook of Holland (), near The Hague and Rotterdam.
- Get inAt Harwich, Harwich International railway station is attached to the ferry terminal.
- Get inis served by the Harwich Harbour Ferry during summer months, direct from Shotley and Felixstowe, both in Suffolk.
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Next door to Great Baddow
Great Baddow is 46 km from Islington, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Chelmsfordcity in Essex, United Kingdom2.7 km
- Sandonsuburban village and civil parish in Chelmsford, Essex, England1.7 km
- Galleywoodsuburban village and civil parish in Chelmsford, Essex, England2.8 km
- Springfieldsuburb and civil parish in Chelmsford, Essex, UK3.5 km
- Howe Greenvillage in Essex, England, UK2.7 km
- Moulshamsuburb of Chelmsford, Essex, England2.6 km