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Saffron Walden,
a pretty market town with old buildings and antique shops.
The
town gets its name from the rare Crocus sativus, saffron crocus,
once used as a medicine and in cooking. In the 18th century
the town's main industry was malt for brewing.
Many of
the historic buildings were built by Quakers, and survive
today in this town, largely untouched by industrialisation.
There are the remains of a small castle, and rather a good
church.
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Location
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What
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Saffron Walden Tourist Attractions
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 Audley
End House, Saffron Walden, CB11 4J, English Heritage,a
Jacobean house with Capability Brown gardens and park. Open:
Apr-Sept: Wed-Sun plus Bank Holidays. House 12:00-17:00 Gardens:
11:00-18:00 , Oct: Sat-Sun House 11:00-16:00 Gardens 11:00-17:00
Tel: 01799 522399 
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End Miniature Railway, a 1.5 mile ride on Lord Braybrooke’s
private 10¼ gauge railway through woodland. Picnic area, woodland
walk. Looking out for the teddy bears that live in the wood
! Sundays for steam engines. Shop. Open: Sat-Sun Apr-Oct, plus
afternoons in school holidays, phone for the timetable. Tel:
01799 541354 |
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| Saffron
Walden Museum, Museum Street, CB10 1J, a local museum
with the castle ruins in the grounds. Open: Mar-Oct: Mon-Sat
10:00-17:00, Sun & Bank Holidays 14:00-17:00. Nov-Feb: Mon-Sat
10:00-16:30 Sun & Bank Holidays 14:00-16:00 closed Xmas
Tel: 01799 510333 |
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End Gardens, Bridge End, Castle Street, Saffron Walden,
1830's gardens with a hedge maze (get the key from the Tourist
Information Centre) Open: daily Tel: 01799 510444 |
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Public Art Gallery, Bridge End Gardens, Castle Street,
Saffron Walden, CB10 1BD, exhibition's from its permanent collection
of work, 1920 onwards by artists who lived in Essex. Open: Easter-Oct
Sat-Sun 14:30-17:30, Bank Holidays Tel: 01799 513779 |
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| Mole
Hall Wildlife Park, Widdington, Nr. Saffron Walden. CB
11 3SS, off B1383. Set in 20 acres with deer, pets corner, butterflies,
spiders, monkeys, and more...including a field walk. Picnic
areas, playareas. Open: Easter-Oct 10:30-18::00, Winter November-Easter
10:30 - dusk. Tel: 01799 540400 |
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| Ashdon
Village Museum, Church Hill, Ashdon, CB10 2HF, just north-east
of Saffron Walden. A museum of village life set in a small village.Open:
Easter Sunday-Sept Wed 14:00-18:00 ; End Sept-Christmas 14:00-17:00
Tel: 01799 584253 |
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Where
To Stay in Saffron Walden
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London Road Great Chesterford near Saffron Walden CB10 1NY
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This former Georgian coaching inn located in the picturesque village of Great Chesterford, just off the M11 motorway. It offers an award-winning restaurant, a huge landscaped garden and free parking.
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10-12 High Street Saffron Walden CB10 1AZ
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A listed 16th Century Building located in the middle of the historic town of Saffron Walden.The town itself is unspoilt withattractive pargetted buildings.Close to Audley End Englands Largest Jacobean Mansion.The beautiful town of Cambridge..
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Guest
Houses Bed & Breakfasts Inns and Other Hotels
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Rickling Green Saffron Walden CB11 3YG
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Set within the rural village of Rickling Green overlooking the historic cricket ground, The Cricketers Arms offers rooms with king-size beds and LCD TVs, just 15 minutes’ drive from Stansted Airport.
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32 High Street Hinxton near Saffron Walden CB10 1QY
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In a tiny village south of Cambridge, this appealing 16th-century freehouse has an AA Rosette restaurant, an atmospheric bar, and new-build en suite rooms with free internet.
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Clavering Saffron Walden CB11 4QT
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16th Century Freehouse in the heart of the English countryside, beamed ceilings, log fires, cask ales and well known restaurant that is recommended in all major guide books. Close to Stansted Airport, Audley End House, Cambridge and the Newmarket..
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Days Out in and around Saffron Walden
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| Visit Chelmsford
for some shopping, or over to Cambridgeshire
and visit Cambridge |
Towns near Saffron Walden To Visit - straight line distance:
Linton Tourist Information (5.38 miles) Duxford Tourist Information (6.10 miles) Stansted Airport Tourist Information (9.59 miles) Fulbourne Tourist Information (11.18 miles) |
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Area
Telephone Code
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Tourist
Information Centre
1 Market Place
Saffron Walden
Essex
CB10 1HR
Tel: 01799 510444 Fax: 01799 510445 (office hours only) |
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