Browsing local attractions within 8 miles of Gardens of Marshall Legal LLP

Castle Park, Colchester, Essex, CO1 1TJ, Tel: 01206 282939, (1 miles, 2kms)

Colchester Castle is temporarily closed for 2013 for an exciting redevelopment. We will be creating new museum displays and improved visitor facilities. The Castle will re-open for Easter 2014. Visit our website for further details

Park Road, Ardleigh, Colchester, Essex, CO7 7SP, Tel: 01206 230455, (5 miles, 8kms)

20 acres of professionally designed gardens within woodland destroyed by the 1987 hurricane. Now a plantsman's paradise full of unusual plants for all year round colour.

Lewis Gardens, High Street, Colchester, Essex, CO1 1JH, Tel: 01206 577067, Email, (2 miles, 2kms)

firstsite is Colchester's contemporary visual arts organisation.

Little Wigborough, Essex, UK, Tel: 01376 562226, (7 miles, 11kms)

Situated on the remote and attractive Blackwater Estuary, they are part of the Blackwater site of Special Scientific Interest. The salt marshes are rich in overwintering wildfowl and wading birds.

Bourne Mill, Bourne Road, Colchester, Essex, CO2 8RT, Tel: 01206 572422, Email, (2 miles, 3kms)

National Trust property, the mill was originally built as a fishing lodge in 1591 and features stepped "Dutch" gables. There is a millpond and some of the machinery, including the waterwheel which is intact and working.

Castle Hill, Dedham, Colchester, Essex, CO7 6AZ, Tel: 01206 322127, Email, (7 miles, 11kms)

The Home and Studios of Sir Alfred Munnings, PPRA.

Layer Marney, Colchester, Essex, CO5 9US, Tel: 01206 330784, Email, (6 miles, 9kms)

Magnificent Tudor building with the tallest Gatehouse in Britain and 16th century Italianate terracotta. Climb the tower, visit the gardens, outbuildings dolls house, church and farm animals. Cafe and shop.

Parkeston, Essex, CO1 2PG, Tel: 01255 242000, (1 miles, 2kms)

Harwich International Port - East Anglia's only passenger port. Daily sailings to key destinations - your gate way to Europe and Scandinavia.

Maldon Road, Stanway, Colchester, Essex, CO3 0SL, Tel: 01206 331292, Email, (2 miles, 4kms)

One of Europe's finest zoos; with over 260 species and 50 daily displays including the chance to feed elephants and giraffes yourself!

Chapel Street North, Colchester, CO2 7AT, Tel: 01206 366041, Email, (1 miles, 2kms)

Box Office Open 12.30-16.30 Monday to Sunday Telephone 01206 366000

Magdalen Street, Colchester, Essex, CO1 2LD, Tel: 01206 282920, Email, (2 miles, 2kms)

The depot was constructed in Magdalen Street to house the tramcar fleet, which consisted of 16 (Nos. 1-16) open-top double-deckers manufactured by the Electric Railway & Tramway Carriage Works of Preston, on Brill 21E trucks.

Bures, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO8 5BN, Tel: 01473 890089, Email, (7 miles, 11kms)

The reserves are both Sites of Special Scientific Interest and fall within the Dedham Vale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

South Green Road, Fingringhoe, Colchester, Essex, CO5 7DN, Tel: 01206 729678, Email, (6 miles, 9kms)

Nature reserve-125 acres of mixed habitat on the Colne Estuary. Nature trails, wheelchair access, bird hides, gift shop and visitors centre. Friendly atmosphere. Regular events for adults and children. Hot and cold drinks available.

Green Lane, Aldham, Colchester, CO6 3RE, Tel: 01206 571070, (4 miles, 6kms)

Church of England parish church in Aldham near Colchester.

Coggeshall Village Hall, Stoneham Street, Coggeshall, Essex, CO61UH, Tel: 01376 563003, Email, (8 miles, 13kms)

Exhibitions and photographs of Coggeshall's industrial, agricultural and social history. Coggeshall lace, working loom, archaeology, Coggeshall bricks, video footage and computerised postcard show. Town tours by prior arrangement.

Clarendon Way, North Station, Colchester, Essex, CO1 1XF, Tel: 01206 366566, (1 miles, 2kms)

Childsplay Adventureland is the premier indoor play facility for under 11's (maximum height 4' 5"). We have special areas for babies, toddlers and youngsters as well as a pleasant atmosphere for parents.

Beech Hill, Essex, CO3 4DU, Tel: 01206 282931, (0.5 miles, 0.7kms)

The banks and ditches of a series of late Iron Age defences protecting the western side of Camulodunum - pre-Roman Colchester.

Straight Road, Colchester, Essex, CO2 9JD, Tel: 01206 282920, Email, (1 miles, 2kms)

A defensive system built to protect Camulodunum dating from around 100BC. Camulodunum was not a town in the modern sense, but was more like a large country estate.