English Heritage sites near Hockley Parish
HADLEIGH CASTLE
4 miles from Hockley 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.
UPNOR CASTLE
14 miles from Hockley Parish
Set in tranquil grounds adjoining a riverside village, this rare example of an Elizabethan artillery fort was begun in 1559 and redeveloped in 1599-1601, to protect warships at Chatham dockyards.
TILBURY FORT
16 miles from Hockley Parish
Spend a great family day out at Tilbury Fort in Essex. Explore the magazine houses or the bastion magazine passages of this fort on the Thames estuary that has protected London’s seaward approach.
MILTON CHANTRY
16 miles from Hockley Parish
Milton Chantry is all that remains of a 14th-century hospital later used in turn as a public house, a Georgian barracks, and Second World War gas decontamination chamber.
ROCHESTER CASTLE
16 miles from Hockley Parish
Strategically placed astride the London Road, guarding an important crossing of the River Medway, this imposing fortress has a complex history of destruction and rebuilding.
TEMPLE MANOR
16 miles from Hockley Parish
Part of a manor house of the Knights Templar, built in about 1240, with a fine first floor hall displaying traces of wall paintings.
Churches in Hockley Parish
St Peter & St Paul's Church Hockley
Church Road
Hockley
Rayleigh
01702 200901
http://www.stpeterandstpaulhockley.org
St Peter & St Paul's Church is not a monument to the past. It houses a living church community which celebrates the Christian faith which has inspired many earlier generations, but which works for everyone today and motivates us in God's love.
</div>Pubs in Hockley Parish
Bull
99 Main Road, Hockley, SS5 4RN
(01702) 203122
chefandbrewer.com/pub/bull-inn-hockley/c...
Hockley & District Royal British Legion Club
White Hart Lane, Hockley, SS5 4DQ
(01702) 201028
hockleyrbl.co.uk/
Spa
60 Southend Road, Hockley, SS5 4QH
(01702) 204118
thespahockley.co.uk/
White Hart
274 Main Road, Hockley, SS5 4NS
(01702) 203438
whiteharthockley.co.uk