English Heritage sites near Brent Eleigh Parish
LINDSEY ST JAMES'S CHAPEL
3 miles from Brent Eleigh Parish
A pretty thatched 13th century chapel with lancet windows.
BURY ST EDMUNDS ABBEY
11 miles from Brent Eleigh Parish
The extensive remains of one of the wealthiest and most powerful Benedictine monasteries in England, shrine of St Edmund.
LEXDEN EARTHWORKS AND BLUEBOTTLE GROVE
14 miles from Brent Eleigh Parish
The banks and ditches of a series of late Iron Age defences protecting the western side of Camulodunum – pre-Roman Colchester.
COLCHESTER, ST BOTOLPH'S PRIORY
15 miles from Brent Eleigh Parish
The remains of one of the first Augustinian priories in England, founded in c.1100 and an impressive example of early Norman architecture.
ST JOHN'S ABBEY GATE
15 miles from Brent Eleigh Parish
This pinnacled gatehouse, elaborately decorated in East Anglian 'flushwork', is the sole survivor of the wealthy Benedictine abbey of St John.
MISTLEY TOWERS
15 miles from Brent Eleigh Parish
Two porticoed Classical towers, which stood at each end of a grandiose but highly unconventional Georgian church, designed by Robert Adam in 1776.
Churches in Brent Eleigh Parish
Brent Eleigh, St Mary
Pubs in Brent Eleigh Parish
Cock
Unspoilt gem and for many years identified by CAMRA as a best real heritage pub. Retaining two bars, In winter both bars are snug and warm; in summer with the doors open the bar is at one with it's surroundings. Hungry walkers and cyclists...