Visitor attractions and information - Chelmsford
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Riverside Ice & Leisure Centre, Victoria
Road, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 1FG. Tel: 01245 615050. Riverside
Ice and Leisure provides a focus for leisure in Chelmsford with
a range of facilities that is both unique and extensive. Main
Pool is a 33.3 by 12.5 metre, six lane. This Ice Rink has the
latest in sound and lighting effects combine with a lively disco
atmosphere. It's also home of the Chelmsford Chieftains Ice Hockey
Team. indoor, competition pool. Location: In the centre of Chelmsford. |
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Danbury
village is surrounded by attractive open countryside and woodland,
much of it owned and protected by the National Trust and Essex
Wildlife Trust. St John's Parish Church is a Grade 1 Listed Building
with much of interest for the visitor, with parts dating from
around 1290. www.danbury-essex.gov.uk.
About 3 miles east of
Chelmsford. |
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Moulsham Mill, Parkway Chelmsford Essex CM2
7PX. Tel: 01245608200. Moulsham Mill is a fast developing Craft
and Business Centre with commercial businesses, charities, and
other organisations located elsewhere throughout the Mill. There
is also a hairdressers, and the Mill Tea and Coffee Shop. It
has ample car parking space. www.moulshammill.co.uk. Location: In the centre of Chelmsford. |
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Royal
Horticultural Society - RHS Garden Wisley (RHS) Garden Hyde Hall,
Hyde Hall, Rettendon, Chelmsford, Essex CM3 8ET. Tel: 01245 400256.
RHS Garden Hyde Hall was donated to the Society in 1993. Nearly
40 years of work has brought it from a windswept hill with just
six mature trees, to the present day Garden of 24 acres. www.rhs.org.uk. About
4 miles south of Chelmsford. |
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Museum of Power, Steam Pumping Station, Hatfield
Road, Langford, Maldon, Essex CM9 6QA. Tel: 01621 843183. Exhibits
include a 'Sectioned' Ford Fiesta, Joseph Evans Reliable Steam
Pump No. 19473, built in 1916, and a 'Coles' Crane. Langford
and Beeleigh Railway - The main line that now encircles the museum
building is vertually complete. www.museumofpower.org.uk. About 6 miles east of Chelmsford. |
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Great
Leighs Ltd, Chelmsford, Essex, CM3 1QP. Tel: 01245 362412. The
UK's newest racecourse. Great Leighs will stage 51 fixtures in
2007, commencing February 22, with a frequent Thursday slot.
Highlights include a three-day festival in August, a full weekend
in September, and the launch of floodlit racing on Saturday September
1, 2007. www.greatleighs.com. About 6 miles north of Chelmsford. |
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