What is recorded here
Park Vale Close, Castle Hedingham is a castle, fort or tower in Braintree, England. Perhaps its stones still hold the shape of hands that built them. Maybe the vale beneath it swallowed every voice that spoke too loudly. Imagine a room where shadow moves like water and memory rises through the floor.
A named place photographed at this map point in Braintree.
Built by the de Hedingham family in the 12th century, Castle Hedingham is remembered as a significant Norman stronghold and the seat of the powerful Boleyn family, ancestors of Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII.
Places near here
The Rising Sun InnListed building · 207 yd
The Old CrownListed building · 297 yd
St. Nicholas' Church, Castle Hedingham, EssexCastle, fort or tower · 317 yd
Churchponds, Castle HedinghamCastle, fort or tower · 372 yd
Colne Valley RailwayMuseum · 937 yd
Castle HedinghamHeritage attraction · 997 yd
Part of Rushley Green woodForest or wood · 1015 yd
Kendallscroft GroveWood · 1.2 mi
Great Yeldham OakMemorial · 2.1 mi
MilestoneMonument or public art · 2.7 mi
Footpath to Hill FarmMountain or hill · 3.1 mi
RAF MemorialMemorial · 3.2 miOther information
Photo: Oxyman · CC BY-SA 2.0