Photo of Waltham Abbey Church, an abbey near Waltham Cross, Essex, eastern England.

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Churches in EssexEssex, England

7 churches in the Albion Guide across Essex — see the full churches directory, or everything to explore in Essex.

Photo of Waltham Abbey Church, an abbey near Waltham Cross, Essex, eastern England.

Waltham Abbey Church

Abbey near Waltham Cross

Norman church said to hold King Harold's grave.

Coggeshall Abbey

Abbey near Coggeshall

A 1220s gate chapel, one of England's earliest brick buildings since the Romans.

Photo of Greensted Church, a church near Chipping Ongar, Essex, eastern England.

Greensted Church

Church near Chipping Ongar

The oldest wooden church in the world, its Saxon nave built of split oak logs shortly before the Norman Conquest.

Photo of St Peter ad Vincula, Coggeshall, a church in Essex, eastern England.

St Peter ad Vincula, Coggeshall

Church near Coggeshall

One of the finest Perpendicular Gothic churches in Essex, a lofty wool-town church rebuilt after wartime bomb damage.

Photo of St Peter-on-the-Wall, a church near Bradwell-on-Sea, Essex, eastern England.

St Peter-on-the-Wall

Church near Bradwell-on-Sea

A bare Saxon chapel of 654 standing alone on the sea wall at Bradwell, built by St Cedd from the stones of a Roman fort.

Photo of Thaxted Parish Church, a church in Essex, eastern England.

Thaxted Parish Church

Church near Thaxted

A soaring 14th-century church with a 181-foot spire, so grand it is called the Cathedral of Essex, crowning the hilltop town.

St Mary's Church, Saffron Walden

Church near Saffron Walden

The largest parish church in Essex, a Perpendicular Gothic gem with a tall spire and the saffron crocus as its emblem.