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Chrishall Common

Photo: Chrishall Common, a 147m hill near Saffron Walden, Essex, eastern England.

Chrishall Common

© Roger Cornfoot / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

© Roger Cornfoot / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Chrishall Common

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Chrishall Common tops out at 147 m in Essex. It is the highest point of Essex. The nearest railway station is Audley End, 7.3 km to the east. The nearest other hill is Great Chishill, 2.9 km to the north-west.

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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.

3.5 km SW · Hertfordshire

Photo of Fox & Hounds, a gastropub near Barley, Hertfordshire, eastern England.Highlight

Fox & Hounds

Gastropub near Barley

Village pub in rural north Hertfordshire, listed among Britain's 100 best.

4.9 km NW

Photo of Audley End House and Gardens, a Grade I registered house & garden near Saffron Walden, Essex, eastern England.Iconic

Audley End House and Gardens

House & garden near Saffron Walden

Grand Jacobean palace in Capability Brown parkland.

8.2 km E

Photo of Saffron Walden, a village in Essex, eastern England.Highlight

Saffron Walden

Village

A medieval market town of pargeted houses and a maze on the common, named for the saffron crocus once grown here and crowned by the largest church in Essex.

9.9 km E · Essex

Photo of Imperial War Museum Duxford, a visitor attraction near Barrington, Cambridgeshire, eastern England.Highlight

Imperial War Museum Duxford

Attraction near Barrington

Europe's largest air museum, on a surviving Battle of Britain airfield, with hangars of historic aircraft and regular flying displays.

10.1 km N

Photo of Shepreth Wildlife Park, a visitor attraction near Barrington, Cambridgeshire, eastern England.Highlight

Shepreth Wildlife Park

Attraction near Barrington

A small, friendly wildlife park between Cambridge and Royston, home to red pandas, big cats and a bug house.

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