Browsing venues

Chickney St Mary's
Chickney, Saffron Walden, Essex, CM6 2BY
Tel: 01223 290439 
Remote and rustic little Saxon church, with 1000 years of history. 14th century tower with pyramid spire. Inside delightfully unspoilt. Craftsmanship of many periods includes rare pre-reformation altar (Churches Conservation Trust).

Chipping Ongar
Town Centre, Chipping Ongar, Essex, CM5 9
Surrounded by open farmland, this pleasant little country town was once the administrative centre of the Saxon hundred.

Churchill Gardens
Victoria Avenue / East Street, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS2 6NG
Secluded and peaceful ornamental gardens with stream and waterfall.

Coggeshall Grange Barn
The National Trust, Grange Hill, Coggeshall, Essex, CO6 1RE
Tel: 01376 562226 
Grange Barn stands as a reminder of the once powerful Coggeshall Abbey; with ancient pillars soaring to a cathedral like roof.

Colchester Arts Centre
Church Street, Colchester, Essex, CO1 1NF
Tel: 01206 500900 
A venue that specialises in bringing the best in new and innovative performing arts to the eastern region. Housed in a converted church the programme covers everything from theatre, dance, mime, comedy, children's theatre, jazz & classical.

Danbury
Village Centre, Danbury, Essex, CM3 4
Large village, built on the site of an Iron Age fort.

Dedham
Village Centre, Dedham, Essex, CO7 6DE
Set by the River Stour, Dedham is in the heart of Constable Country. It was here that Britain's greatest landscape artist went to school.

Dedham Art and Craft Centre
High Street, Dedham, Essex, CO7 6AD
Tel: 01206 322666 
The popular Art & Craft Centre situated at the end of the High Street in Dedham now offers even more creativity with the opening of Charlie 6, A stunning showroom focusing on lifestyle living and contemporary and traditional interiors.

Finchingfield Guildhall and Heritage
Church Hill, Finchingfield, Essex, CM7 4NN
Tel: 01371 810525 
Local heritage centre housed in 15th century guildhall. Exhibitions of artwork, paintings, pottery, sewing and weaving. Historic paintings, maps and photographs.

Fingringhoe Village Hall
Fingringhoe Village Hall, Chapel Road, Fingringhoe, Colchester, CO5 7AU
Tel: 01206 729856 
On the southern side of the conservation area, opposite the church, lies Fingringhoe Hall, set in extensive and attractive gardens. The present building is largely a modern remodelling of the 17th century structure, gutted by fire in 1976.