Grimsditch Wood

Grimsditch Wood is a forest in Saffron Walden, Uttlesford District, England. Grimsditch Wood is situated near the village Little Walden, as well as near the neighborhood Crocus Fields.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Walden Castle and Saffron Walden Museum.

Walden Castle

Ruins

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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.

Saffron Walden Museum is a local museum in Saffron Walden, Essex, England. Established in 1835 by the Saffron Walden Natural History Society, with collections assembled from 1832 by local benefactors including Jabez Gibson and Lord Braybrooke of Audley End, it was built as a purpose-designed museum, making it one of the oldest purpose-built museums in the United Kingdom.

Bridge End Gardens

Garden

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Bridge End Gardens is a group of linked ornamental gardens in Saffron Walden, Essex, England. The gardens are listed Grade II* on the Register of Parks and Gardens. They are located off Castle Street, close to the Fry Art Gallery. Features include a maze.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saffron Walden and Great Chesterford.

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.

Great Chesterford

Village

Photo: Julian Baker, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Great Chesterford is a village and civil parish in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England. The village is 3 miles north-west of Saffron Walden, its post town, 10 miles south from Cambridge and about 25 miles northwest from the city and Essex county town of Chelmsford.

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.

Grimsditch Wood

Type: Forest
Location: Saffron Walden, Uttlesford District, Essex, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.0423° or 52° 2′ 32″ north

Longitude

0.2546° or 0° 15′ 16″ east

Open location code

9F4227R3+WR

OpenStreetMap ID

way 30193731

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Little Walden and Crocus Fields.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Little Grimsditch Wood and Little Walden Village Hall.

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Worth a closer look: Colchester and Chelmsford.

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