English Heritage sites near Birch Parish
LEXDEN EARTHWORKS AND BLUEBOTTLE GROVE
5 miles from Birch 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
5 miles from Birch 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
5 miles from Birch Parish
The remains of one of the first Augustinian priories in England, founded in c.1100 and an impressive example of early Norman architecture.
MISTLEY TOWERS
13 miles from Birch 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
15 miles from Birch Parish
A pretty thatched 13th century chapel with lancet windows.
HADLEIGH CASTLE
23 miles from Birch 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.
Churches in Birch Parish
St Mary the Virgin, Birch with Layer Breton
Layer Breton Heath
Layer Breton
Colchester
01621-815260
http://www.layerchurches.org.uk
St Mary the Virgin, Layer Breton is one of a group of 'Five Parishes' in our nine parish benefice.
More Information about our services of worship, forthcoming events and the history of the building, can be viewed on our website at www.layerchurches.org.uk
Details of Services are on the page www.layerchurches.org.uk/services.htm
Details of Forthcoming Events are on the page www.layerchurches.org.uk/upcoming.htm
We use a Common Worship order for Holy Communion.
Pubs in Birch Parish
Heckford Angel
Single bar pub timbered inside with carpets and tables and chairs. Pool table in separate room. Sunday lunch not to be missed. Car park and garden.