English Heritage sites near North Fambridge Parish
HADLEIGH CASTLE
7 miles from North Fambridge Parish
The romantic ruins of a royal castle overlooking the Essex marshes. Hadleigh was begun in about 1215 by Hubert de Burgh, but extensively refortified by Edward III during the Hundred Years War.
UPNOR CASTLE
17 miles from North Fambridge Parish
Set in tranquil grounds adjoining a riverside village, this rare example of an Elizabethan artillery fort was begun in 1559 and redeveloped in 1599-1601, to protect warships at Chatham dockyards.
TILBURY FORT
18 miles from North Fambridge Parish
Spend a great family day out at Tilbury Fort in Essex. Explore the magazine houses or the bastion magazine passages of this fort on the Thames estuary that has protected London’s seaward approach.
MILTON CHANTRY
18 miles from North Fambridge Parish
Milton Chantry is all that remains of a 14th-century hospital later used in turn as a public house, a Georgian barracks, and Second World War gas decontamination chamber.
ROCHESTER CASTLE
19 miles from North Fambridge Parish
Strategically placed astride the London Road, guarding an important crossing of the River Medway, this imposing fortress has a complex history of destruction and rebuilding.
TEMPLE MANOR
19 miles from North Fambridge Parish
Part of a manor house of the Knights Templar, built in about 1240, with a fine first floor hall displaying traces of wall paintings.
Churches in North Fambridge Parish
North Fambridge: Holy Trinity
Pubs in North Fambridge Parish
Ferry Boat Inn
Ferry Road, North Fambridge, CM3 6LR
(01621) 738844
ferryboatinnessex.com/