Hamblyn Wood

Hamblyn Wood is a forest in Braintree District, Essex, England. Hamblyn Wood is situated nearby to the village Bocking Churchstreet, as well as near Panfield.

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.

Chapel of the Immaculate Conception, Franciscan Convent

Chapel

Photo: CalderUK, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Chapel of the Immaculate Conception, Franciscan Convent is a Roman Catholic chapel run by the Missionary Franciscan Sisters in Bocking, Essex, England.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Braintree and Bocking Churchstreet.

Braintree

Photo: Brenda Howard, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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.

Bocking Churchstreet

Village

Photo: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bocking is a suburban village on the northern side of Braintree, in Essex, England. Bocking village was historically in two parts; the original settlement around the parish church became known as Bocking Churchstreet, while a separate linear settlement called Bocking grew up a little way to the south along Bradford Street and The Causeway, adjoining the northern edge of Braintree.