English Heritage sites near Layer Breton Parish
ST JOHN'S ABBEY GATE
5 miles from Layer Breton Parish
This pinnacled gatehouse, elaborately decorated in East Anglian 'flushwork', is the sole survivor of the wealthy Benedictine abbey of St John.
COLCHESTER, ST BOTOLPH'S PRIORY
6 miles from Layer Breton Parish
The remains of one of the first Augustinian priories in England, founded in c.1100 and an impressive example of early Norman architecture.
LEXDEN EARTHWORKS AND BLUEBOTTLE GROVE
6 miles from Layer Breton Parish
The banks and ditches of a series of late Iron Age defences protecting the western side of Camulodunum – pre-Roman Colchester.
MISTLEY TOWERS
14 miles from Layer Breton 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
17 miles from Layer Breton Parish
A pretty thatched 13th century chapel with lancet windows.
HADLEIGH CASTLE
21 miles from Layer Breton 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.
No churches found in Layer Breton Parish
Pubs in Layer Breton Parish
Hare & Hounds
Crayes Green, Layer Breton, CO2 0PN
(01206) 330459
thehareandhound.co.uk/