English Heritage sites near South Woodham Ferrers Parish
HADLEIGH CASTLE
7 miles from South Woodham Ferrers 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.
UPNOR CASTLE
16 miles from South Woodham Ferrers 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.
TILBURY FORT
17 miles from South Woodham Ferrers 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.
MILTON CHANTRY
17 miles from South Woodham Ferrers Parish
Milton Chantry is all that remains of a 14th-century hospital later used in turn as a public house, a Georgian barracks, and Second World War gas decontamination chamber.
ROCHESTER CASTLE
18 miles from South Woodham Ferrers Parish
Strategically placed astride the London Road, guarding an important crossing of the River Medway, this imposing fortress has a complex history of destruction and rebuilding.
TEMPLE MANOR
18 miles from South Woodham Ferrers Parish
Part of a manor house of the Knights Templar, built in about 1240, with a fine first floor hall displaying traces of wall paintings.
Churches in South Woodham Ferrers Parish
South Woodham Ferrers: Holy Trinity
Pubs in South Woodham Ferrers Parish
Blue Bell Bistro
Old Wickford Road, South Woodham Ferrers, CM3 5QU
(01245) 320231
Curlew
80 Gandalf's Ride, South Woodham Ferrers, CM3 5WS
(01245) 690470
curlew.pub/
Oakland Bar
2-6 Reeves Way, South Woodham Ferrers, CM3 5XF
(01245) 322811
theoaklandhotel.co.uk/
Railway
50 Hullbridge Road, South Woodham Ferrers, CM3 5NG
(01245) 323300
South Woodham Ferrers Village Hall Social Club
25 Hullbridge Road, South Woodham Ferrers, CM3 5PL
(01245) 325568
swfvillagehall.org.uk/
Sweethearts
Town Crier
16 Chandlers Way, South Woodham Ferrers, CM3 5TB
(01245) 329774
greeneking-pubs.co.uk/pubs/essex/town-cr...