Cooks Yard, Maldon

Name: Cooks Yard
Address: Maldon, United Kingdom

#12 among attractions in Maldon

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Cooks Yard is a boat-building business established by Walter Cook in 1894 on the bank of the River Blackwater at Maldon, Essex, England. Originally known as Walter Cook and Son and specialising in the building of Thames sailing barges, it operated until the 1980s - at which time, it was the last remaining barge yard in Britain. ()

Coordinates: 51°43'46"N, 0°41'16"E

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Maldon United Kingdom

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Cooks Yard – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Moot Hall, Beeleigh Abbey, Heybridge, Combined Military Services Museum.

0.5 miW
Specialty museum, Museum
Moot Hall, Maldon
13 min walk • The Moot Hall is a municipal building in the High Street in Maldon, Essex, England. The building, which was the headquarters of Maldon Borough Council, is a Grade I listed building.
1.2 miNW
Monastery
Beeleigh Abbey, Maldon
31 min walk • Beeleigh Abbey near Maldon in Essex, England, was a monastery constructed in 1180 for the Order of Canons Regular of Prémontré, as known as the Norbertines or Premonstratensians.
0.8 miN
Area
Heybridge, Maldon
22 min walk • Heybridge is a civil parish and large village, large enough to be a town in the Maldon district of Essex, England. It is adjacent to Maldon, near the River Blackwater.
0.4 miNW
Museum, Military museum
Combined Military Services Museum, Maldon
11 min walk • The Combined Military Services Museum in Maldon, Essex, was opened on 5 July 2004. It was set up by Richard Wooldridge to house a personal collection he had created over many years.
1.6 miNE
Park
Chigborough Lakes
40 min walk • Chigborough Lakes is an 18.6 hectare nature reserve in Maldon in Essex. It is managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust. This area of former gravel pits has diverse habitats, lakes, marshes, willow carr, grazed grassland and scrub.
~940 ftSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Maldon Marine Lake, Maldon
5 min walk • Promenade Park is the premier urban park in Maldon, Essex, England.
0.5 miW
51°43'55"N • 0°40'36"E
All Saints Church, Maldon
13 min walk • Architecture, Church
0.4 miW
History museum, Museum, Fashion museum
Maeldune Centre, Maldon
11 min walk • 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.
1.1 miSW
Park
Maldon Wick, Maldon
30 min walk • Maldon Wick is a 6.1 hectare nature reserve in Maldon in Essex. It is managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust. This is a 2.4 kilometres linear site along the route of the former railway line between Maldon and Woodham Ferrers, and it is mainly on embankment.
0.4 miW
51°43'54"N • 0°40'44"E
Plume, Maldon
11 min walk • Architecture, Library

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Which popular attractions are close to Cooks Yard?

Nearby attractions include Maldon Marine Lake, Maldon (5 min walk), Plume, Maldon (11 min walk), Maeldune Centre, Maldon (11 min walk), Combined Military Services Museum, Maldon (11 min walk).

How to get to Cooks Yard by public transport?

The nearest stations to Cooks Yard:

Bus

Victoria Road • Lines: 288, 31, 31B, 31C, 31D, 31X, 75, 95 (5 min walk)
Maldon Promenade Gates • Lines: 288, 31, 31B, 31C, 31D, 31X, 75, 95 (4 min walk)