Great Henny
Great Henny is a village and civil parish in the Braintree district in the county of Essex, England.

Great Henny is a village and civil parish in the Braintree district in the county of Essex, England. Nearby settlements include the villages of Little Henny and Twinstead and the Suffolk market town of Sudbury. The hamlet of Henny Street, within the parish, is on the River Stour which forms the parish's eastern border. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 141.
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Worth seeing in and around Great Henny
5 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.
- 01Gainsborough's House
Gainsborough's House is the birthplace of the leading English painter Thomas Gainsborough. It is now a museum and gallery, located at 46 Gainsborough Street in Sudbury, Suffolk, England.
3.5 km · museum in Sudbury, United Kingdom, birthplace of the leading English painter Thomas Gainsborough · Wikipedia - 02Church of the Holy Innocents
Holy Innocents Church is an Anglican church in the village of Lamarsh, in Essex, England. The building has a round tower and dates from the 12th century.
2.8 km · church in Lamarsh, Essex, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Church of St Gregory, Sudbury
The Church of St Gregory, Sudbury is a Church of England parish church, located in the town of Sudbury in Suffolk, England. First mentioned in the 10th century, most of the present building dates from the 14th and 15th centuries.
3.7 km · church in Sudbury, Suffolk, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Town Hall
Sudbury Town Hall is a municipal building in Gaol Lane in Sudbury, Suffolk, England. The building, which was the headquarters of Sudbury Borough Council, is a Grade II listed building.
3.7 km · town hall in Sudbury, Babergh, Suffolk, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05St Peter's Church, Sudbury
St Peter's Church, Sudbury is a former Anglican church in the town of Sudbury, Suffolk, England, which now serves as an Arts Centre. The building 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.
3.6 km · church in Sudbury, Suffolk, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Great Henny
- Airports
- London Stansted (STN), 36 km · London Luton (LTN), 76 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 101 km
- Stations
- Sudbury railway station, 3.4 km
- London → Great Henny80 km · quickest by road, 2h 17m · £9–12
- Luton, Luton → Great Henny79 km · quickest by road, 2h 18m · £10–13
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Great Henny164 km · quickest by road, 3h 24m · £19–25
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No local-transport research exists yet for Great Henny
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 Henny. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThe complete route requires ferry crossings, and follows a mix of on- and off-road paths and terrains.
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Next door to Great Henny
- Sudburytown in Babergh, Suffolk, England3.9 km
- Great Cornardvillage in Suffolk, England, UK2.9 km
- Lamarshvillage and civil parish in Essex, England3.2 km
- Middletonvillage and civil parish in Essex, United Kingdom1.8 km
- Twinsteadvillage in Essex, England, UK1.2 km
- Bulmervillage and civil parish in Essex, UK3.3 km