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Maldon
Town in Essex, England

Maldon

Maldon is a town and civil parish on the Blackwater Estuary in Essex, England.

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It is the seat of the Maldon District and starting point of the Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation. It is known for Maldon Sea Salt which is produced in the area. At the 2021 census, the parish had a population of 14,938, and the Maldon built-up area as defined by the Office for National Statistics, which extends beyond the parish boundary to also take in Heybridge to the north, had a population of 23,380.

Get in

Getting to Maldon

The main route into Maldon is the A414 from Chelmsford and the A12 (from London, Colchester and Ipswich). Other routes into Maldon include: B1010 from Burnham-on-Crouch (via B1018) B1018 from Braintree, Witham and Southminster B1022 from Colchester via Tiptree B1026 from Colchester B1418 from South Woodham Ferrers and Bicknacre (via A414) Maldon does not have a railway station.

See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    All Saints Church

    Maldon's parish church is of interest to Americans owing to the presence of a memorial window to Lawrence Washington, who is buried here and was an ancestor of George Washington.

Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    Five Lakes Hotel

    Golf Club, Colchester Rd, Tolleshunt Knights, CM9 8HX, enquiries@cpcolchester.co.uk.

  2. 02
    Chelmer & Blackwater Navgation Walk
  3. 03
    Blackwater Rail Trail Walk

    Maldon Mud Race, Promenade Park, Maldon, info@maldonmudrace.com.

  4. 04
    Topsail Charters

    The Hythe, Maldon, CM9 5HN, info@top-sail.co.uk.

  5. 05
    Thames Sailing Barge Trust

    The Hythe, Maldon, mobile), crewing@bargetrust.org.

  6. 06
    SB Kitty

    The Hythe, Maldon CM9 5HN,.

Eat

Where to eat

  1. 01
    The Pig
  2. 02
    Prezzo
  3. 03
    Intimo-Fresco
  4. 04
    Maldon Pie 'N' Mash
  5. 05
    Balti Bhujon
How locals move

Getting around Maldon the local way

  • 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.

From Wikivoyage: Essex (England), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-05.

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