English Heritage sites near St. Lawrence Parish
ST JOHN'S ABBEY GATE
12 miles from St. Lawrence 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
12 miles from St. Lawrence 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
13 miles from St. Lawrence Parish
The banks and ditches of a series of late Iron Age defences protecting the western side of Camulodunum – pre-Roman Colchester.
HADLEIGH CASTLE
16 miles from St. Lawrence 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.
MISTLEY TOWERS
19 miles from St. Lawrence 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
24 miles from St. Lawrence Parish
A pretty thatched 13th century chapel with lancet windows.
Churches in St. Lawrence Parish
St Lawrence
St Lawrence Hill
St Lawrence
Southminster
01621 779620
Situated on the top of St Lawrence Hill the Church has commanding views over the River Blackwater from Danbury in the West to the North Sea with its wind turbines in the East. This vista probably amounts to one of the finest views in Essex. The third building on this site the present building was constructed in 1878 of Kentish Ragstone and incorporates elements of the previous 14th Century building .In February 2016 an annex, known as the Anne Harper Room, was constructed on the South side to provide community facilities.
St Lawrence Church Centre
Pubs in St. Lawrence Parish
Beacon Hill Country Club
Beacon Hill Country Club, Southminster
St Lawrence Inn
No real ale, despite three handpumps.
Stone Inn
Free house with commanding views of the River Blackwater, including Radio Caroline to which tours can be arranged and the now defunct Bradwell power station. Darts pool and satellite TV. No food. Real ales may not always be available.