Bovingdon Hall Woods

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.

Photo: Dudley Miles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Type: Forest
Description: protected area in Essex, England
Also known as: “Bovington Wood”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bocking Windmill and Church of St Catherine, Gosfield.

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.

Church of St Catherine, Gosfield

Church

Photo: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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.