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Photo of Mountfitchet Castle, a visitor attraction near Much Hadham, Essex, eastern England.

Mountfitchet Castle© Trevor Harris / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Places to explore near Elsenham StationElsenham

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

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

Photo of Mountfitchet Castle, a visitor attraction near Much Hadham, Essex, eastern England.Highlight

Mountfitchet Castle

Attraction near Much Hadham

A reconstructed Norman motte-and-bailey castle and Domesday village at Stansted Mountfitchet, roamed by deer and geese.

2.7 km SW

Photo of Stansted Mountfitchet Windmill, a windmill in Essex, eastern England.Highlight

Stansted Mountfitchet Windmill

Windmill near Stansted Mountfitchet

A well-preserved tower mill of 1787 in the hilltop village of Stansted Mountfitchet, opened to visitors on advertised days.

3.2 km SW

Photo along the Hertfordshire Way, a 195-mile long-distance path in eastern England.Highlight

Hertfordshire Way

Long-distance path

Hertfordshire's grand circuit from the Royce Stone at Royston — chalk streams, commons and country houses for nearly 200 miles.

7.3 km SW · Hertfordshire

Photo of Thaxted, a village in Essex, eastern England.Highlight

Thaxted

Village

One of England's best-preserved small towns, its medieval and Georgian houses climbing to a hilltop church and a restored guildhall, with a windmill on the edge.

8.9 km NE · Essex

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Photo of Prior's Hall Barn, Widdington, a landmark near Saffron Walden, Essex, eastern England.

Prior's Hall Barn, Widdington

Landmark near Saffron Walden

Aisled oak barn of the mid-1400s at Widdington, among the finest medieval barns in the east of England, under a crown-post roof.

4.8 km N

Photo of Red, White & Blue Country Park, a country park near Much Hadham, Hertfordshire, eastern England.

Red, White & Blue Country Park

Country park near Much Hadham

A country park in Hertfordshire.

5.5 km SW

Photo of Flitch Way Country Park, a country park near Great Dunmow, Essex, eastern England.

Flitch Way Country Park

Country park near Great Dunmow

A country park in Essex.

5.7 km S

Photo of Hatfield Forest, a National Nature Reserve near Great Dunmow, Essex, eastern England.

Hatfield Forest

National Nature Reserve near Great Dunmow

A National Nature Reserve in Essex.

5.8 km S

Photo of Hatfield Forest Country Park, a country park near Great Dunmow, Essex, eastern England.

Hatfield Forest Country Park

Country park near Great Dunmow

A country park in Essex.

5.8 km S

Photo of the River Stort, a 14-mile river navigation running from Bishop's Stortford to Feildes Weir, eastern England.

River Stort

River navigation

A small, winding navigation through the Essex–Hertfordshire border country from Bishop's Stortford to the Lee.

6.2 km SW · Hertfordshire & Essex

Bailey Hills Vineyard

Vineyard near Bishop's Stortford

Young Pinot and Chardonnay vineyard on the edge of Bishop's Stortford, welcoming visitors with a cottage set among the vines.

6.4 km SW

Photo of The Cricketers (Clavering), a pub in Essex, eastern England.

The Cricketers (Clavering)

Pub near Clavering

A well-known village dining pub at Clavering, long run by the Oliver family and the childhood kitchen of chef Jamie Oliver.

7.6 km NW

Hazel End Vineyard

Vineyard near Bishop's Stortford

One of Hertfordshire's oldest vineyards, family-run since 1976 near Bishop's Stortford, selling award-winning still and sparkling wines from the farmhouse door.

7.7 km SW

Everything else within 10 km (17) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

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.