English Heritage sites near Tillingham Parish
ST JOHN'S ABBEY GATE
15 miles from Tillingham Parish
This pinnacled gatehouse, elaborately decorated in East Anglian 'flushwork', is the sole survivor of the wealthy Benedictine abbey of St John.
COLCHESTER, ST BOTOLPH'S PRIORY
15 miles from Tillingham 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
16 miles from Tillingham Parish
The banks and ditches of a series of late Iron Age defences protecting the western side of Camulodunum – pre-Roman Colchester.
HADLEIGH CASTLE
17 miles from Tillingham 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.
MISTLEY TOWERS
20 miles from Tillingham Parish
Two porticoed Classical towers, which stood at each end of a grandiose but highly unconventional Georgian church, designed by Robert Adam in 1776.
RECULVER TOWERS AND ROMAN FORT
23 miles from Tillingham Parish
An imposing landmark, the twin 12th-century towers of the ruined church stand amid the remains of an important Roman 'Saxon Shore' fort and a Saxon monastery.
Churches in Tillingham Parish
Tillingham: St Nicholas
Pubs in Tillingham Parish
Cap & Feathers
Fox & Hounds
12 The Square, Tillingham, CM0 7SU
(01621) 779416
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