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Destination: Essex
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An ancient Saxon county has a landscape of rolling wheat-fields dotted with poppies and windmills, and coastal villages and towns such as Colchester, the oldest recorded Roman town in England.
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Enchanting Farm Park where your children or pupils can Play, Learn and Party. An inspirational Craft Village where you can Shop, Learn and Eat all day! A fabulous Farmers’ Market...
Marsh Farm Country Park - family attractions Essex UK. Marsh Farm is a working farm where children can get close to farm animals and play safely in our adventure play areas.
Sample the atmosphere and take a ride on an award winning period country railway. A pretty line, relocated station buildings, signal boxes and bridges all lovingly restored and...
The East Anglian Railway Museum, based just outside Colchester, Essex, is a Working Museum dedicated to preserving the history of railways in the Eastern Counties.
Diggerland is a day out with a difference: not only can families learn about how these diggers work, they can drive them, too! Children and adults have the opportunity to ride in.
Colchester Zoo is now one of the finest Zoos in Europe due to a constant programme of development and has won the coveted “Large Visitor Attraction of the Year”
The award-winning Lee Valley Regional Park stretches an incredible 26 miles along the leafy banks of the River Lee
Escape on an adventure across acres of beautiful English countryside with fantastic views across the Chiltern Downs and watch lions, tigers, elephants, hippos and giraffes
UK’s most interactive zoo. Get up close to our animals, including tigers, lions, monkeys, zebras, camels, penguins and many more
Breathtaking 360-degree views across London from the tallest building in Western Europe
Step inside the Museum of London for an unforgettable journey through the capital’s turbulent past. Museum of London is a great family attractions.
Family speedboat sightseeing adventures on the river Thames. Specially designed to maximise entertainment for the whole family. A perfect mixture of speed, sightseeing and...
Visitors can journey across three continents and get up close and personal with over 3000 of the rainforests’ most famous and feared residents from a pair of 6 ft West African...
The British Museum is a museum of human history and culture in London. Its collections, which number more than seven million objects, are amongst the largest and most comprehensive...
Ripley’s Believe It or Not! features over 800 weird and wacky exhibits focusing on the hard to believe, the strange but true and the bizarre ranging from a Swarovski crystal...
If you are a Harry Potter fan, take the chauffeur-driven tour in an eco-friendly hybrid car on a journey..
London Zoo has a huge variety of animals that you can interact with, innovative exhibits, displays, and conservation projects.
No where else can you get up close with your favourite celebrities; Sing, dance and perform with Beyonce, Britney, and Kylie; visit the Big Brother Diary Room or sail with Captain...
Famous for appearances in wildlife documentaries and commercials alike, these unique and entertaining desert creatures are loved for their hind leg poses and inquisitive nature.
Hotels
Chelmsford, Essex
from 75 GBP
Chelmsford Serviced Apartments
Chelmsford
from 85 GBP
Best Western Atlantic Hotel
Chelmsford
from 55 GBP
County Hotel
Chelmsford
from 45 GBP
Miami Hotel
Chelmsford
from 64 GBP
