Borley Church

#2256 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Church, Cemetery, Reportedly haunted

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Borley Church is the parish church in Borley, Essex. The church is in the ecclesiastical parish of Borley and Liston, one of the Fifteen Churches of the North Hinckford Benefice in the Diocese of Chelmsford of the Church of England. The church is a Grade I Listed building, notable for its topiary walk and a large monument to Sir Edward Waldegrave and his wife. ()

Coordinates: 52°3'19"N, 0°41'36"E

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Borley Church – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Kentwell Hall, St Peter and St Paul's Church, Holy Trinity Church, Clare Castle.

3.2 miN
Historical place, Museum, History museum
Kentwell Hall, Long Melford
82 min walk • Kentwell Hall is a stately home in Long Melford, Suffolk, England. It includes the hall, outbuildings, a rare-breeds farm and gardens. Most of the current building facade dates from the mid-16th century, but the origins of Kentwell are much earlier, with references in the Domesday Book of 1086.
5.5 miNE
Church, Gothic architecture
St Peter and St Paul's Church, Lavenham
140 min walk • St Peter and St Paul's Church, Lavenham is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Lavenham, Suffolk. It is a notable wool church and regarded as one of the finest examples of Late Perpendicular Gothic architecture in England.
2.5 miNE
Church
Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford
65 min walk • The Church of the Holy Trinity is a Grade I listed parish church of the Church of England in Long Melford, Suffolk, England. It is one of 310 medieval English churches dedicated to the Holy Trinity.
5 miW
Shopping, Forts and castles
Clare Castle, Clare
127 min walk • Clare Castle is a high-mounted ruinous medieval castle in the parish and former manor of Clare in Suffolk, England, anciently the caput of a feudal barony.
1.8 miSE
Monastery
Sudbury Baptist Church, Sudbury
47 min walk • The Dominican Priory of Sudbury or Sudbury Priory, was a medieval priory of the Dominican Order, also known as the Order of Friar Preachers or "Black Friars", in the town of Sudbury, Suffolk, England.
2.3 miNE
Historical place, Museum, Architecture
Melford Hall, Long Melford
58 min walk • Melford Hall is a stately home in the village of Long Melford, Suffolk, England. Since 1786 it has been the seat of the Parker Baronets and is still lived in by the Hyde Parker family. Since 1960 it has been owned by the National Trust.
5 miW
Church
St Peter and St Paul's Church, Clare
129 min walk • St Peter and St Paul's Church, Clare is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Clare, Suffolk. It is one of the largest and most beautiful in East Anglia, described as a "large and handsome church.. within a spacious churchyard", and is included by Simon...
2 miSE
City hall
Sudbury Town Hall, Sudbury
51 min walk • Sudbury Town Hall is a municipal building in Gaol Lane in Sudbury, Suffolk, England. The building, which was the headquarters of Sudbury Borough Council, is a Grade II listed building.
3.4 miNW
Church
St Mary the Virgin's Church
87 min walk • St Mary the Virgin's Church, Cavendish is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Cavendish, Suffolk.
1.9 miSE
History museum, Art museum, Museum
Gainsborough's House, Sudbury
49 min walk • Gainsborough's House is the birthplace of the leading English painter Thomas Gainsborough. It is now a museum and gallery, located at 46 Gainsborough Street in Sudbury, Suffolk, England.
4.9 miW
Nature and wildlife, Park
Clare Castle Country Park, Clare
125 min walk • Clare Castle Country Park in Suffolk, England, was created around the ruins of Clare Castle and incorporates the now defunct Clare railway station on the Colchester to Cambridge branch of the Great Eastern Railway.