Photo of Stow Maries Great War Aerodrome, a visitor attraction near Maldon, Essex, eastern England.

Stow Maries Great War Aerodrome© Chris / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Places to explore near Althorne StationAlthorne

15 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group.

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Stow Maries Great War Aerodrome

Attraction near Maldon

The most complete surviving First World War aerodrome in Europe, its grass field ringed by original 1916 buildings near Maldon.

8.9 km W

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King Charles III England Coast Path

National Trail

One path around a whole country — beach, clifftop and seawall the entire way round England's coast, opening stretch by stretch.

0.5 km S · spans 24 counties

Crouch Ridge Vineyard

Vineyard near Althorne

A vineyard overlooking the River Crouch at Althorne, with brunch, taste-and-tour and afternoon-tea experiences among the vines.

0.8 km N

Burnham-on-Crouch

Village

A yachting town on the Crouch known as the 'Cowes of the East Coast', with a colourful Georgian quayside, sailing clubs and oyster smacks.

4.8 km SE · Essex

Ye Olde White Harte Hotel

Pub near Burnham-on-Crouch

A rambling Grade II listed inn on Burnham-on-Crouch's quay, its wooden jetty and window seats looking straight out over the moored yachts.

5.2 km SE

Marsh Farm Country Park

Country park near Leigh-on-Sea

A country park in Essex.

7.2 km W

New Hall Vineyards

Vineyard near Purleigh

One of the oldest and largest vineyards in Britain, planted in the Crouch Valley at Purleigh with a shop, tastings and tours.

8.2 km NW

Northey Island

Nature reserve near Maldon

A National Trust place in Essex.

8.4 km N

Chelmer & Blackwater Navigation

River navigation

Essex's own navigation of 1797, dropping through quiet farmland from Chelmsford to the tidal estuary at Heybridge Basin.

9.5 km N · Essex

Everything else within 10 km (6) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Crouch and Roach EstuariesSSSI0.5 km S
Goldsands Road PitSSSIaccess unclear5.6 km E
FoulnessSSSIaccess unclear7.5 km SE
Battle of MaldonBattlefield8.6 km NW
Hockley WoodsSSSIaccess unclear8.9 km SW
Blackwater EstuaryNational Nature Reserve9.5 km N

Ordered by how far each place is worth travelling for, then by distance. Distances are straight-line to the nearest edge of each place — paths wind, of course.