The Common
The Common is a park in Saffron Walden, Uttlesford District, England. The Common is situated nearby to Saffron Walden Turf Maze, as well as near Saffron Walden Town Hall.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Walden Castle and Saffron Walden Town Hall.
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 970 feet northwest of The Common.
Saffron Walden Town Hall
Town hall
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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 910 feet west of The Common.
Saffron Walden Museum
Museum
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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. Saffron Walden Museum is situated 1,200 feet northwest of The Common.
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 The Common.
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 The Common.
The Common
- Type: Park
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Saffron Walden, Uttlesford District, Essex, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.02397° or 52° 1′ 26″ northLongitude
0.24541° or 0° 14′ 44″ eastOpen location code
9F4226FW+H5OpenStreetMap ID
way 733656928OpenStreetMap feature
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