English Heritage sites near Elmstead Parish
COLCHESTER, ST BOTOLPH'S PRIORY
4 miles from Elmstead Parish
The remains of one of the first Augustinian priories in England, founded in c.1100 and an impressive example of early Norman architecture.
ST JOHN'S ABBEY GATE
4 miles from Elmstead Parish
This pinnacled gatehouse, elaborately decorated in East Anglian 'flushwork', is the sole survivor of the wealthy Benedictine abbey of St John.
LEXDEN EARTHWORKS AND BLUEBOTTLE GROVE
5 miles from Elmstead Parish
The banks and ditches of a series of late Iron Age defences protecting the western side of Camulodunum – pre-Roman Colchester.
MISTLEY TOWERS
6 miles from Elmstead Parish
Two porticoed Classical towers, which stood at each end of a grandiose but highly unconventional Georgian church, designed by Robert Adam in 1776.
LINDSEY ST JAMES'S CHAPEL
14 miles from Elmstead Parish
A pretty thatched 13th century chapel with lancet windows.
LANDGUARD FORT
15 miles from Elmstead Parish
Landguard Fort is the site of the last opposed seaborne invasion of England in 1667 and the first land battle of the Royal Marines.
Churches in Elmstead Parish
Elmstead Parish Church
Church Road
Elmstead Market
Colchester
01206 920848
http://www.tenpennyvillages.uk/stal.html
Christian worship has been offered in this place since Saxon times. The fabric and furnishings of this marvellous grade 1 listed building bear witness to the faith, love and care which has been lavished by the people of Elmstead Market over many generations.
Our Sunday Services are at 10am and there is a Sunday Club for children aged 3 to 14. Most of the services are Communion, the second Sunday in the month is all-age non-eucharistic worship.
There are regular Parish Sunday lunches which are well attended; and Quiet Hour - a time of reflection, discussion and prayer, on a Wednesday evening. We are part of the Tenpenny Benefice (so called because The Tenpenny Brook flows through all 4 villages) with St Andrew, Alresford and St Mary Magdalen, Frating with Thorrington and share many activities together.
Pubs in Elmstead Parish
Kings Arms
Roadhouse style, approx 1930s. Closed in 2012 and got planning permission in 2014 for changes to become a Budgens Supermarket as it is now.
Mr Pool's
Colchester Road, Elmstead Market, CO7 7DZ
(01206) 828000
mrpools.co.uk/