English Heritage sites near Wix Parish

Mistley Towers

MISTLEY TOWERS

4 miles from Wix Parish

Two porticoed Classical towers, which stood at each end of a grandiose but highly unconventional Georgian church, designed by Robert Adam in 1776.

Landguard Fort

LANDGUARD FORT

8 miles from Wix 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.

Colchester, St Botolph's Priory

COLCHESTER, ST BOTOLPH'S PRIORY

10 miles from Wix Parish

The remains of one of the first Augustinian priories in England, founded in c.1100 and an impressive example of early Norman architecture.

St John's Abbey Gate

ST JOHN'S ABBEY GATE

10 miles from Wix Parish

This pinnacled gatehouse, elaborately decorated in East Anglian 'flushwork', is the sole survivor of the wealthy Benedictine abbey of St John.

Lexden Earthworks and Bluebottle Grove

LEXDEN EARTHWORKS AND BLUEBOTTLE GROVE

11 miles from Wix Parish

The banks and ditches of a series of late Iron Age defences protecting the western side of Camulodunum – pre-Roman Colchester.

Lindsey St James's Chapel

LINDSEY ST JAMES'S CHAPEL

15 miles from Wix Parish

A pretty thatched 13th century chapel with lancet windows.



Pubs in Wix Parish

Waggon

Clacton Road, Wix, CO11 2RU
(01255) 870279

Free house on the crossroads in Wix with real fires, pool table and regular live music events.
White Hart Inn

Harwich Road, Wix, CO11 2SA

White Hart Inn, Wix