Within 30 minutes drive of Chelmsford (give or take a bit)
| Adventure Island | Western Esplanade, Southend on Sea | 01702-468023 |
| Antiques Centre - Baddow | The Bringey, Church St, Gt Baddow, Chelmsford | 01245-476159 |
| Antiques Centre - Battlesbridge | Hawk Hill, Battlesbridge | 01268-575000 |
| Antiques Centre - Townsford Mill | The Causway, Halstead | 01787-474451 |
| Antiques Shops - Coggeshall | Various Shops in Coggeshall village | |
| Aythorpe Roding Windmill | Aythorp Roding, nr Leaden Roding | 01245-283400 |
| BBC Essex Garden | Crowther Nurseries, Ongar Rd, Abridge | 01708-688581 |
| Belfairs Park & Nature Reserve | Eastwood Rd North, Leigh on Sea | 01702-554462 |
| Belhus Woods Country Park | Romford Lodge, Romford Rd, Aveley | 01708-865628 |
| Blake Hall Gardens | Bobbingworth, Chipping Ongar | 01277-362502 |
| Blake House Craft Centre | Blake End, Near Rayne | 01376-344123 |
| Blakes Wood (NT) Walk | Little Baddow, nr Chelmsford | |
| Bocking Windmill | Church St, Bocking, Braintree | 01376-324660 |
| Bourne Mill (NT) | Bourne Rd, Colchester | 01206-572422 |
| Bradwell Environmental & Outdoor Education centre | Bradwell Waterside,Southminster | 01621-776256 |
| Bradwell Power Station | Bradwell on Sea, Southminster | 01621-873395 |
| Braintree Town Hall Centre | Market Place, Braintree | 01376-557776 |
| Canvey Model Railway | Waterside Farm Centre, Canvey Island | 01268-413235 |
| Chelmsford Cathedral | Off Tindall Square, New St, Chelmsford | 01245-294480 |
| Civic Theatres | Fairfield Rd, Chelmsford | 01245-606505 |
| Cliffs Bandstand | Clifftown Parade, Southend on Sea | 01702-343605 |
| Coalhouse Fort | Princess Margaret Rd, East Tilbury Village | 01375-844203 |
| Copt Hall Marshes (NT) | Little Wigborough | |
| Cressing Temple | Witham Rd, Cressing, Nr Braintree | 01376-584903 |
| Cudmore Country Park | Bromans Lane, East Mersea | 01206-383868 |
| Danbury & Lingwood Commons | Danbury, nr Chelmsford | 01245-222669 |
| Danbury Country Park | Off A414 Maldon Road | 01245-222350 |
| Dorothy L Sayers Centre | Witham Library, 18, Newland St, Witham | 01376-519625 |
| Dutch Cottage | Crown Hill, Rayleigh | 01702-318150 |
| East Anglian Railway Museum | Chappel Station, Colchester | 01206-242524 |
| Easton Lodge Gardens | Easton Lodge, Great Dunmow | 01371-876979 |
| Epping Forest District Museum | Sun St, Waltham Abbey | 01992-716882 |
| Epping Forest Information Centre | High Beach, Loughton | 020-8508-0028 |
| Essex Secret Bunker | Shrubland Rd, Mistley, Near Manningtree | 01206-392271 |
| Feeringbury Manor Garden | Coggeshall Rd, Feering | 01376-561946 |
| Finchingfield Windmill | Haverhill Rd, Finchingfield | 07887-662177 |
| Flitch Way | Rayne Station Centre, Station Rd, Rayne | 01376-340262 |
| Gibbard Collection, The | The Town Hall, The High, Harlow | 01279-446763 |
| Gibberd Garden | Marsh Lane, Gilden Way, Harlow | 01279-442112 |
| Gosfield Hall | Gosfield, Halstead | 01787-472914 |
| Gosfield Lake Resort | Church Rd, Gosfield | 01787-475043 |
| Grange Barn | Grange Hill, Coggeshall | 01376-562226 |
| Great Stocks Vineyard | Downham Rd, Stock | 01277-841122 |
| Greenstead Church | Greenstead, Chipping Ongar | 01277-364694 |
| Hadleigh Castle | Hadleigh, South Benfleet | 01760-755161 |
| Hadleigh Castle Country Park | Hadleigh, South Benfleet | 01702-551072 |
| Hainault Forest Country Park | Romford Rd, Chigwell | 020-8500-7353 |
| Hatfield Forest (NT) | South of A120 between Takley and Gt Hallingbury | 01279-870678 |
| Hazel Ceramics Workshop | Stallions Yard, Codham Hall, Gt Warley, nr Brentwood | 01277-220892 |
| Hedingham Castle | Bayley St, Castle Hedingham | 01787-460261 |
| High Woods Country Park | Turner Rd, Colchester | 01206-853588 |
| Hockley Woods | Main Rd, Hockley | 01702-203078 |
| Hyde Hall (RHS Gardens) | ||
| Hylands House | Hyland Park, Writtle, Nr Chelmsford | 01245-606812 |
| Hylands Park | Writtle, nr Chelmsford | 01245-606930 |
| Ingatestone Hall | Hall Lane, Ingatestone | 01277-353010 |
| John Webbs Widmill | Mill Row, Thaxted | 01371-830285 |
| Kursaal, The | Eastern Esplanade, Southend on Sea | 01702-322322 |
| Langdon Hills Country Park | One Tree Hill, Corringham Westley Heights, Basildon | 01268-540266 |
| Langdon Visitor Cent & Nature Reserve | Third Ave, Lower Dunton Rd, Basildon | 01268-419095 |
| Layer Marney Tower | Layer Marney, nr Colchester | 01206-330784 |
| Lee Valley Park Farms | Stubbins Lane, Waltham Abbey | 01992-892781 |
| Lee Valley Regional Park | Lee Valley Information Centre, Waltham Abbey | 01992-702200 |
| Little Easton Church | Little Easton, nr Gt Dunmow | 01371-872509 |
| Little Easton Manor | Park Rd, Gt Dunmow | 01371-872857 |
| Maldon | ||
| Marks Hall Estate & Arboretum | Coggeshall | 01376-563796 |
| Moulsham Mill | Parkway, Chelmsford | 01245-608200 |
| Mountfitchet Castle & Norman Village | Stanstead Mountfitchet | 01279-813237 |
| Mountnessing Windmill | Roman Rd, Mountnessing | 07887-662177 |
| New Hall Vineyards | Chelmsford Rd, Purleigh, nr Maldon | 01621-828343 |
| Norsey Wood Local Nature Reserve | Outwood Common Rd, Billericay | 01277-624553 |
| North Weald Airfield Museum | Ad Astra House, Hurricane Way, North Weald Bassett | 01992-523010 |
| Northy Island (NT) | Maldon | 01621-853142 |
| Old House, The | 17, South St, Rochford | 01702-318144 |
| Old MacDonalds Educational Farm Park | Weald Rd, South Weald | 01277-375177 |
| Paycockes House | West St, Coggeshall | 01376-561305 |
| Promenade Park | Park Drive, Maldon | 01621-856503 |
| Purfleet Heritage & Military Centre | Magazine No5, Centurion Way, Purfleet | 01708-866764 |
| Queen Elizabeth Hunting Lodge | Rangers Rd, Chingford | 020-8529-6681 |
| Rayleigh Mount (NT) | Rayleigh | |
| RHS Garden Hyde Hall | Hyde hall, Rettenden, Chelmsford | 01245-400256 |
| River Lee Country Park | btwn Waltham Abbey and Broxbourne | 01992-702200 |
| Roman Church | Butt Rd, Colchester | |
| Roydon Mill Leisure park | Roydon | 01279-792777 |
| Rural Discovery Church | St Lawrence, Southminster | 01621-779319 |
| Saling Hall Garden | Saling Hall, Gt Saling | 01371-850243 |
| Sandford Mill | 01245-475498 | |
| Secret Nuclear Bunker | off A128, Kelvedon Hatch, nr Brentwood | 01277-364883 |
| Southend Pier | Western Esplanade, Southend on Sea | 01702-215620 |
| St Botolphs Priory | Colchester | 01206-282920 |
| St James the Less Church | Church Lane, Little tey | 01206-211652 |
| St Mary & All Saints | Church Rd, Rivenhall | 01376-511161 |
| St Marys Deanery Church | Bocking Church St, nr Braintree | 01376-553092 |
| St Michael & All Angels | Church Rd, Copford | 01621-815434 |
| St Peters Church | Bocking | |
| St Peters on the Wall | Bradwell on Sea | 01621-776203 |
| Stock Windmill | Mill Lane, Stock | 07887-662177 |
| Thaxted Guildhall | Town St, Thaxted | 01371-831339 |
| Thorndon Country Park | The Avenue, Brentwood | 01277-211250 |
| Tilbury Fort (EH) | Fort Rd, Tilbury | 01375-858489 |
| Waltham Abbey Church | Highbridge St, Waltham Abbey | 01992-767897 |
| Wat Tyler Country Park | Pitsea Hall Lane, Pitsea | 01268-550088 |
| Weald Country Park | South Weald, Brentwood | 01277-261343 |
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