Oak Wood

Oak Wood is a forest in Braintree District, Essex, England. Oak Wood is situated nearby to the village Bocking Churchstreet, as well as near the hamlet Beazley End.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bocking Windmill and Bovingdon Hall Woods.

Bocking Windmill

Photo: Brenda Howard, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bocking Windmill or Bocking Churchstreet Windmill is a grade I listed post mill at Bocking, Essex, England which has been restored.

Bovingdon Hall Woods

Forest

Photo: Dudley Miles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Bovingdon Hall Woods is a 69.4-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Braintree in Essex. It is composed of several woods, including Parkhall Wood, Bovingdon Wood, Shoulder of Mutton Wood, and Maid's Wood.

Church of St Mary the Virgin, Bocking

Church

Photo: Brenda Howard, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Braintree and Halstead.

Braintree

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Braintree is a town in Essex, England. For a town of its size it boasts very few amenities. However, a shopping village on the outskirts, 'Freeport', has roughly 80 shops.

Halstead

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Halstead is a town and civil parish in the Braintree district of Essex, England. It lies on the River Colne, 6 miles north-east of Braintree and 12 miles north-west of Colchester.