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Dunmow
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Great Dunmow,
and it's near neighbour, Little Dunmow, is a small market
town close to Stansted Airport and the M11.
Once a
Roman settlement, it's main trade was wool which helped it
to grow to an important market centre. Today the town is a
traditional market town with historic buildings and shopping
in the High Street.
It is
well known for the Dunmow Flitch Trials, actually started
in Little Dunmow around 1120, held every four years, and married
couples, who can prove they have not quarrelled for a year
are given a side of bacon a "flitch".
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Map of Great Dunmow |
What
To See -
Great Dunmow Tourist Attractions
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 Easton
Lodge Gardens, Warwick House, Little Easton, CM6 2BB,
Restored 1902 Italian gardens, small museum and exhibition..
Open: Easter-Oct Fri, Weekends, Bank Holidays, 12:00-16:00 Tel:
01371 876979 
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Dunmow Maltings, Mill Lane, Great Dunmow, CM6 1BG, the
maltings are the buildings used to produce malt, and also houses
the town museum, Open: Sat-Sun, Tue (Easter-Christmas) , some
Bank Hol's 11:00 -16:00 Tel: 01371 878979 |
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Dunmow Museum, Maltings, Mill Lane, Great Dunmow, CM6
1BG, in the maltings, showing the local history of the town,
Open: Sat-Sun, Tue (Easter-Christmas) , some Bank Hol's 11:00
-16:00 Tel: 01371 878979 |
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Easton Manor, Park Road, Great Dunmow, CM6 2JN, gardens
with lakes and topiary, Open: Jun-Sept Thur 13:00-17:00 Tel:
01371 872857 |
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| Thaxted,
north on the B184, a small town with some interesting buildings,
almshouses, restored timbered frame Guildhall and a windmill.
There is a Saxon Church at nearby Chickney with a 14th century
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| Finchingfield
Windmill, Haverhill Road, Finchingfield. On B1057 north
east. A small 18th century Post Mill, set in a pretty village.
Open: Aug- Sept on the third Sun of the month 14:00-17:00 |
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on the Hill Museum Adventure, Stansted Mountfitchet,
CM24 8SP, over the M1, A120 into Bishop's Stortford then north
on B1383. From Thaxted take the B1051 west. Three museums in
one place, has to be the largest toy museum in the world, plus
a rock n'roll, film and theatre museum as well as amusement
machines from the end-of-the-pier. Open: Daily 10.00-16:00 closed
December 24/25/26. Telephone to check exact closing dates. Tel:
01279 813567 or Info Line 24 hr 0906 4700 898 (Premium Rate)
Joint ticket with Castle (see below) available |
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| Mountfitchet
Castle & Norman Village, Stansted Mountfitchet, CM24
8SP, over the M1, A120 into Bishop's Stortford then north on
B1383. From Thaxted take the B1051 west. Travel back in time
to 1066, reconstructed castle and village on original site.
Shows like as it was , and includes a prison. Open: Early Nar-
early Nov. 10:00-17:00 Telephone to check exact closing dates.
Tel: 01279 813237 or Info Line 24 hr 0906 4700 898 (Premium
Rate)
Joint ticket with Museum (see above) available |
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Where
To Stay in Great Dunmow
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Guest
Houses, Bed & Breakfasts, Inns and Other Hotels
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Around
The Great Dunmow Area
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for some shopping |
Tourist Information on Nearby Towns To Visit - straight line distance:
Stansted Airport (4.95 miles) Braintree (8.02 miles) Bishops Stortford (8.74 miles) Chelmsford (10.50 miles) Saffron Walden (11.57 miles) Chipping Ongar (12.33 miles) Harlow (12.90 miles) Coggeshall (13.84 miles) Linton (16.02 miles) Epping (16.11 miles) Maldon (16.46 miles) |
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Area
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0870 4786316
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