Elm Grove Folly

Elm Grove Folly is a historic site in Saffron Walden, Uttlesford District, England. Elm Grove Folly is situated nearby to the community center Essex County Council Social Services, as well as near Saffron Walden Baptist Church.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Saffron Walden Town Hall and Saffron Walden Library.

Saffron Walden Town Hall

Town hall

Photo: John Firth, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Saffron Walden Town Hall is a municipal building in the Market Place, Saffron Walden, Essex, England. The structure, which is the headquarters of Saffron Walden Town Council, is a Grade II listed building. Saffron Walden Town Hall is situated 750 feet north of Elm Grove Folly.

Saffron Walden Library

Library

Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Saffron Walden Library is situated 830 feet northwest of Elm Grove Folly.

Walden Castle

Ruins

Photo: Janine Forbes, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Walden Castle was a medieval castle in Essex, England, built during the Anarchy of the 12th century. Only the ruined core of the structure remains today. Walden Castle is situated 1,400 feet north of Elm Grove Folly.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saffron Walden and Little Walden.

Saffron Walden

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Saffron Walden is a market town in Essex, East Anglia. It's 15 miles south of Cambridge and 46 miles north of London so it's commuterland for both, and in 2021 had a population of 16,600.

Little Walden

Village

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Little Walden is a village in the civil parish of Saffron Walden, in the Uttlesford district, in the county of Essex, England. It lies about 3 miles north of the market town of Saffron Walden and is 12 miles from Cambridge. Little Walden is situated 2 miles north of Elm Grove Folly.

Little Chesterford

Village

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Little Chesterford is a village and civil parish in the Uttlesford district of Essex, in the East of England. Close to the Cambridgeshire border, it is built principally along a single sunken lane to the east of a chalk stream tributary of the River Cam or Granta and is located 3⁄4 mile southeast of Great Chesterford and some 2+1⁄2 miles northwest of Saffron Walden. Little Chesterford is situated 2½ miles northwest of Elm Grove Folly.

Elm Grove Folly

Type: Historic site
Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
Location: Saffron Walden, Uttlesford District, Essex, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.02169° or 52° 1′ 18″ north

Longitude

0.24252° or 0° 14′ 33″ east

Open location code

9F4226CV+M2

OpenStreetMap ID

node 5331484432

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=folly

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Essex County Council Social Services and Saffron Walden Baptist Church.

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