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Museums Attractions In Essex

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Essex is a county in south-east England, north-east of London. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south, and London to the south-west. The county town is Chelmsford, the only city in the county. Essex occupies the eastern part of the ancient Kingdom of Essex, which united with the other Anglian and Saxon kingdoms to make England a single nation state. As well as rural areas, the county also includes London Stansted Airport, the new towns of Basildon and Harlow, Lakeside Shopping Centre, the port of Tilbury and the borough of Southend...
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Museums Attractions In Essex

  • 2. Museum of Power Langford
    The Museum of Power is located in the former Southend Waterworks Langford Pumping Station in Langford, Essex, England. It is located on the B1019, on the main road from Maldon to Hatfield Peverel. The museum operates the Langford & Ulting miniature railway, which offers passenger rides around the museum, as well as Astaria, the only model village in Essex. The museum hosts major events such as the Olde Tyme Rally, American Car Show and Bikemeet which see a large array of visiting vintage cars, motorbikes and American and custom vehicles on display. It is also the home of Essex's major steampunk event, which takes place every September.
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  • 5. The Redoubt Fort Harwich
    This is a list for articles on notable historic forts which may or may not be under current active use by a military. There are also many towns named after a Fort, the largest being Fort Worth, Texas, United States.
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  • 6. Stow Maries Great War Aerodrome Maldon
    Stow Maries is a village and civil parish in the English county of Essex. It is located on the western end of the Dengie peninsula and forms part of the Purleigh ward in the Maldon district.The place-name 'Stow Maries' is first attested in the Feet of Fines for 1230, where it appears as Stowe. In a Feudal aid of 1420 it appears as Stowe Mareys. The name means 'place belonging to the Marisc family'.
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  • 7. Saffron Walden Museum Saffron Walden
    Saffron Walden is a market town in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England, 12 miles north of Bishop's Stortford, 18 miles south of Cambridge and 43 miles north of London. It retains a rural appearance and some buildings from the medieval period. The 2001 parish population of 14,313 had risen to 15,504 by the 2011 census.
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  • 11. Maeldune Heritage Centre Maldon
    The Maeldune Heritage Centre is in Maldon, Essex in England. It commemorates the Battle of Maldon. Its address is Maeldune Heritge Centre, Plume Building, Market Hill, Maldon, Essex, England; phone: 01621-851628. In it are the famous Maldon Millennium Embroidery, art displays, and Maldon Society historical displays . Its building was formerly St.Peter's Church, which had become redundant, as there are other churches in Maldon.
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  • 13. Harwich Lifeboat Museum Harwich
    Harwich is a town in Essex, England and one of the Haven ports, located on the coast with the North Sea to the east. It is in the Tendring district. Nearby places include Felixstowe to the northeast, Ipswich to the northwest, Colchester to the southwest and Clacton-on-Sea to the south. It is the northernmost coastal town within Essex. Its position on the estuaries of the Stour and Orwell rivers and its usefulness to mariners as the only safe anchorage between the Thames and the Humber led to a long period of maritime significance, both civil and military. The town became a naval base in 1657 and was heavily fortified, with Harwich Redoubt, Beacon Hill Battery, and Bath Side Battery. Harwich is the likely launch point of the Mayflower which carried English Puritans to North America, and is ...
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