Whet Mead, Witham
#3 among attractions in Witham
Facts and practical information
Whet Mead is a 10.1 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Witham in Essex. It is owned and managed by Braintree District Council. ()
Witham United Kingdom
Whet Mead – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)
Nearby attractions include: Cressing Temple, Moot Hall, Beeleigh Abbey, Heybridge.
- 3.6 miNWHistorical place, Museum, History museum
Cressing Temple, Braintree
92 min walk • Cressing Temple is an ancient monument situated between Witham and Braintree in Essex, close to the villages of Cressing and White Notley.
- 4.4 miSSpecialty museum, Museum
Moot Hall, Maldon
112 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.
- 3.8 miSMonastery
Beeleigh Abbey, Maldon
98 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.
- 3.9 miSEArea
Heybridge, Maldon
99 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.
- 1.8 miNEClasses and workshops, Event space, Park
Braxted Park, Witham
47 min walk • Braxted Park, formerly called Braxted Lodge, is a country house in the Queen Anne style set in a landscaped 2,000 acre park near the village of Great Braxted, Essex. In the Domesday Book of 1086, Eudo Dapifer is shown as owner of the manor.
- 3.5 miWPark
Terling Place
90 min walk • Terling Place is the Georgian family seat of Baron Rayleigh and the largest house in the village of Terling, Essex, England. It was built for John Strutt, MP between 1772 and 1777 to the designs of John Johnson.
- 4.2 miSMuseum, Military museum
Combined Military Services Museum, Maldon
108 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.
- 4.3 miEWindmill
Messing Maypole Mill, Tiptree
111 min walk • Messing Maypole Mill is a grade II listed Tower mill at Tiptree, Essex, England which has been converted to a residence. Prior to boundary changes made when the civil parish of Tiptree was established in 1934, the mill was in the parish of Tolleshunt Knights.
- 1.6 miSChurch
St Peter's
42 min walk • St Peter's Church is a redundant church in the village of Wickham Bishops, Essex, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is cared for by the Friends of Friendless Churches.
- 4.1 miSEPark
Chigborough Lakes
105 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.
- 1.4 miEPark
Shut Heath Wood
37 min walk • Shut Heath Wood is a 20.2 hectare nature reserve Essex. It is managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust. Over half this site is managed as farmland, and the rest is ancient oak woodland also has coppiced sweet chestnut and hornbeam, with an understorey of ash, elder and hazel.