Halstead

Worth seeing in and around Halstead

8 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
   Hedingham Castle

   Hedingham Castle, in the village of Castle Hedingham, Essex, is arguably the best preserved Norman keep in England. The castle fortifications and outbuildings were built around 1100, and the keep around 1140.

   5.9 km · Grade I listed historic house museum in Castle Hedingham, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Gosfield Hall

   Gosfield Hall is a country house in Gosfield, near Braintree in Essex, England. It is a Grade I listed building.

   4.2 km · Grade I listed country house in Gosfield, Essex, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Holy Trinity Church, Halstead

   Holy Trinity Church is a redundant Anglican church in the town of Halstead, 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.

   800 m · church in Halstead, Essex, England, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Brickfield and Long Meadow

   Brickfield and Long Meadow is a 3.9 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Earls Colne in Essex, England. There is access by footpaths from Park Lane, Church Hill and the Coggeshall Road.

   4.7 km · park in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Gosfield Sandpits

   Gosfield Sandpits is an 8.3 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Gosfield, north of Braintree in Essex. It is owned by Gosfield Parish Council, and managed by the Parish Council and Braintree District Council.

   3.2 km · park in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Marks Hall

   Marks Hall, also known as Markshall, was a Jacobean country house some 2 miles north of Coggeshall in Essex, England. Previously a timber manor house, the 17th-century brick building was demolished in 1950, but the Marks Hall Estate remains the site of gardens and an arboretum.

   5.8 km · country house in Essex, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Stanstead Hall

   Stanstead Hall is a historic building in Greenstead Green on the outskirts of Halstead, Essex. It has been a Grade II* listed building since 1952.

   2.1 km · house in Greenstead Green and Halstead Rural, Essex, England, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   St. Francis of Assisi, Halstead

   St Francis of Assisi, Halstead is a Catholic parish church in Halstead, Essex.

   300 m · church in Halstead, Essex, England, UK · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

1. 01
   Halstead Heritage Museum

   Queen's Hall, Chipping Hill,.

2. 02
   Empire Theatre

   Butler Road, CO9 1LL, mike@empire-theatre.co.uk.

3. 03
   Halstead Library

   Bridge Street, CO9 1HU, halstead.library@essex.gov.uk.

4. 04
   St Andrew's Church

   Parsonage Street, CO9 2LD, halsteadparish@gmail.com.

From Wikivoyage: Halstead, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Things to do

There is a river walk running through the town from east to west. Just outside the town is Broaks Wood, a popular area for walking owned by the Forestry Commission.

1. 01
   Halstead Leisure Centre

   Colne Road, CO9 2HR,.

2. 02
   Ramsey Road Skatepark

   Juniper Close, CO9 1YF (accessible by car from Holmes Road).

From Wikivoyage: Halstead, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Where to eat

1. 01
   Martins Road Fish Bar

   1 Martin's Road, CO9 1DJ,.

2. 02
   Coffee Kavern

   26 Bridge Street, CO9 1HT,.

3. 03
   La Mezze

   5 Market Hill, CO9 2AR,.

From Wikivoyage: Halstead, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Getting to Halstead

Airports

London Stansted (STN), 29 km · London Luton (LTN), 70 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 92 km

Stations

Earls Colne Airfield, 4.4 km · Earls Colne railway station, 3.4 km · Halstead railway station, 500 m · RAF Gosfield, 4.3 km · Sible and Castle Hedingham railway station, 5.3 km

• London → Halstead

  72 km · quickest by road, 2h 4m · £8–11
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• Luton, Luton → Halstead

  73 km · quickest by road, 2h 7m · £9–12
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• Nottingham, Leicestershire → Halstead

  165 km · quickest by road, 3h 23m · £18–25
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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 Halstead. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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