What is recorded here
Water Tower, close to Cressing is a castle, fort or tower in Braintree, England. Perhaps it stood as a quiet watcher over the land, its stones holding the heat of summer and the chill of winter. Maybe people climbed its stairs to see farther than others could, marking time with the rise and fall of the sun. Imagine the tower not as a ruin but a living presence, shaping the days of those who lived near it.
A named place photographed at this map point in Braintree.
Places near here
Old Barn at Fells FarmOld home or work place · 426 yd
Ashes FarmhouseListed building · 780 yd
Link's WoodForest · 979 yd
Cressing War MemorialMemorial · 1363 yd
Jubilee PlantationForest · 1.1 mi
Giraffe sculpture at Freeport BraintreePublic sculpture · 1.6 mi
Cressing Temple BarnsVisitor information · 1.7 mi
Cressing TempleScheduled monument · 1.8 mi
War memorialMemorial · 2.0 mi
Moated site and two fishponds at Black Notley churchyard, 20m east of St Peter's and St Paul's ChurchScheduled monument · 2.1 mi
Braintree MuseumMuseum · 2.4 mi
Town Hall Centre, Clock Tower, Braintree, EssexCastle, fort or tower · 2.5 miOther information
Photo: Robert Edwards · CC BY-SA 2.0