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Belcher's & Broadfield Woods

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Belcher's & Broadfield Woods is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Essex, covering 0.14 km². It is one of 74 SSSIs in the county. Other nature reserves nearby include Chalkney Wood and Flitch Way Country Park. The closest station is Braintree Freeport, about 6.2 km to the south-west.

More places to visit near Belcher's & Broadfield Woods

Photo of Paycocke's House and Garden, a house & garden near Coggeshall, Essex, eastern England.

Paycocke's House and Garden

House & garden near Coggeshall

A half-timbered merchant's house of about 1500, famed for its carved timberwork.

5.7 km SE

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

Coggeshall

Village

A Blackwater wool town thick with timber-framed houses, from the Tudor merchant's Paycocke's to a medieval tithe barn beside the abbey ruins.

5.9 km SE · Essex

Photo of Cressing Temple Barns, a visitor attraction near Coggeshall, Essex, eastern England.Highlight

Cressing Temple Barns

Attraction near Coggeshall

Two vast medieval timber barns built by the Knights Templar near Braintree, among the oldest in Europe, with a walled Tudor garden.

8.2 km S

Photo of Castle Hedingham, a village in Essex, eastern England.Highlight

Castle Hedingham

Village

A Colne Valley village of painted timber houses and two old inns clustered below its Norman keep.

9.4 km N · Essex

Photo of Hedingham Castle, a ruined castle near Castle Hedingham, Essex, eastern England.Highlight

Hedingham Castle

Castle near Castle Hedingham

Tall, well-preserved Norman keep with banqueting hall.

9.5 km N

Photo of Dedham Vale, a National Landscape in eastern England.Highlight

Dedham Vale

National Landscape near Stoke-by-Nayland

Constable's own valley of slow river, water meadows and old mills on the Suffolk and Essex border, made for a gentle day

12.5 km NE