Bocking Windmill
This is Bocking Windmill, an attraction in Braintree. Close by, within 5 km, are 3 more places to see. Hedingham Castle, 10 km off, heads what is near.
Attraction in Braintree
Inside Braintree
Bocking Windmill is inside Braintree’s built-up area, with 3 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Weather through the year
In Braintree, May to September bring the warmest days: highs of 17–23°C.
Bocking Windmill
Attraction.
In Braintree, inside the town’s built-up area.
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Bocking Windmill on the map
Numbered points are the places near Bocking Windmill, which is in orange.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Braintree’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Nearby towns
Braintree is the biggest of the 8 bases nearby (43,179 people). They run in order of distance, starting where it stands.
Braintree
High Garrett
Panfield
Gosfield
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Bocking Windmill is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Braintree | It’s in town | 43,179 | 6 |
| High Garrett | 600 m northeast of it | 799 | 4 |
| Panfield | 2.5 km west of it | 857 | 4 |
| Gosfield | 3 km northeast of it | 1,453 | 4 |
| Rayne | 4.2 km southwest of it | 2,169 | 5 |
| Great Notley | 4.2 km southwest of it | 7,659 | 5 |
| Tye Green | 4.8 km south of it | 1,415 | 5 |
| Black Notley | 4.8 km south of it | 1,932 | 6 |
Pair Bocking Windmill with these
Choose from 20 places within 15 km, such as 4 museums, a castle and a historic house.
CastleHedingham Castle10 km away2
MuseumCressing Temple Barns8.1 km away3
MuseumWarner Textile Archive3.2 km away4
MuseumColne Valley Railway10 km away5
Historic houseLeez Priory9.7 km away6MuseumMuseumEast Anglian Railway Museum14 km away7AttractionAttraction · National TrustPaycocke's House and Garden9.2 km away8Historic siteHistoric site · National TrustCoggeshall Grange Barn9.4 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Good to know about Bocking Windmill
Where is Bocking Windmill?
Bocking Windmill is in Braintree, Essex, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Bocking Windmill?
Attraction.
When is the best time to visit Bocking Windmill?
May to September are the warmest months in Braintree, with afternoon highs of 17–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Bocking Windmill?
Within 15 km: Hedingham Castle (10 km), Cressing Temple Barns (8.1 km), Warner Textile Archive (3.2 km) and Colne Valley Railway (10 km).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (5)
- Hedingham Castle: Agnete, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cressing Temple Barns: User:JohnArmagh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Warner Textile Archive: Oxyman, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Colne Valley Railway: PeterSkuce, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Leez Priory: Andy Potter, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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