English Heritage sites near Cold Norton Parish
HADLEIGH CASTLE
9 miles from Cold Norton Parish
The romantic ruins of a royal castle overlooking the Essex marshes. Hadleigh was begun in about 1215 by Hubert de Burgh, but extensively refortified by Edward III during the Hundred Years War.
ST JOHN'S ABBEY GATE
19 miles from Cold Norton Parish
This pinnacled gatehouse, elaborately decorated in East Anglian 'flushwork', is the sole survivor of the wealthy Benedictine abbey of St John.
UPNOR CASTLE
19 miles from Cold Norton Parish
Set in tranquil grounds adjoining a riverside village, this rare example of an Elizabethan artillery fort was begun in 1559 and redeveloped in 1599-1601, to protect warships at Chatham dockyards.
COLCHESTER, ST BOTOLPH'S PRIORY
19 miles from Cold Norton Parish
The remains of one of the first Augustinian priories in England, founded in c.1100 and an impressive example of early Norman architecture.
LEXDEN EARTHWORKS AND BLUEBOTTLE GROVE
19 miles from Cold Norton Parish
The banks and ditches of a series of late Iron Age defences protecting the western side of Camulodunum – pre-Roman Colchester.
TILBURY FORT
19 miles from Cold Norton Parish
Spend a great family day out at Tilbury Fort in Essex. Explore the magazine houses or the bastion magazine passages of this fort on the Thames estuary that has protected London’s seaward approach.
No churches found in Cold Norton Parish
Pubs in Cold Norton Parish
Norton
A welcoming village pub with a spacious public bar, usually offering beers from both Colchester and Mighty Oak breweries and two guest ales. A separate restaurant offers Thai food Wed eve and from noon until 3pm and from 6pm until 9pm Thu-F...
