English Heritage sites near Stratford St. Mary Parish
MISTLEY TOWERS
4 miles from Stratford St. Mary Parish
Two porticoed Classical towers, which stood at each end of a grandiose but highly unconventional Georgian church, designed by Robert Adam in 1776.
COLCHESTER, ST BOTOLPH'S PRIORY
7 miles from Stratford St. Mary 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
7 miles from Stratford St. Mary Parish
The banks and ditches of a series of late Iron Age defences protecting the western side of Camulodunum – pre-Roman Colchester.
ST JOHN'S ABBEY GATE
7 miles from Stratford St. Mary Parish
This pinnacled gatehouse, elaborately decorated in East Anglian 'flushwork', is the sole survivor of the wealthy Benedictine abbey of St John.
LINDSEY ST JAMES'S CHAPEL
8 miles from Stratford St. Mary Parish
A pretty thatched 13th century chapel with lancet windows.
LANDGUARD FORT
15 miles from Stratford St. Mary 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 Stratford St. Mary Parish
Pubs in Stratford St. Mary Parish
Anchor
Upper St, Stratford St. Mary, CO7 6LW
(01206) 322143
stratfordanchor.org/
Black Horse
An old drovers' inn, right on the edge of the village, which retains two bars.
There is a toilet for disabled customers.
When this tiny road was the main route from London to Ipswich this would have been the first or last Suffolk pub seen...
Hall Farm Shop
Stratford St. Mary, CO7 6LS
(01206) 322 5720
hallfarmshop.co.uk/
Swan
Lower St, Stratford St. Mary, CO7 6JR
(01206) 321244
stratfordswan.com