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Cressing Temple Barns

Cressing Temple Barns is an ancient monument situated between Witham and Braintree. Look for it 1 km southwest of Silver End. On the official register, it is a scheduled monument.

Photo: Cressing Temple Barns, User:JohnArmagh (Public domain)

Where

1 km

southwest of Silver End

How well known

Top 23%

#1,932 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–23°C

In brief

Museum near Silver End

Just outside Silver End

Cressing Temple Barns is 1 km southwest of Silver End. Towns near it ↓

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage; Silver End has 24 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Picking your season

If warmth matters, go May to September: Silver End reaches 17–23°C.

Jan8° / 2°52 mm

Feb8° / 2°42 mm

Mar11° / 3°34 mm

Apr14° / 5°42 mm

May17° / 8°49 mm

Jun21° / 11°52 mm

Jul23° / 13°44 mm

Aug23° / 13°57 mm

Sep20° / 10°47 mm

Oct15° / 8°63 mm

Nov11° / 4°61 mm

Dec8° / 2°57 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Silver End, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Silver End. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Silver End’s full climate →

About

Cressing Temple Barns

It has articles in 4 Wikipedias. Within 15 km there are 32 more places to visit, starting with Chelmsford Cathedral (15 km).

Silver End’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Museum
Listed: Scheduled monument
Wikipedias: Covered in 4 languages
Town: 1 km southwest of Silver End
Official site: explore-essex.com/places-to-go/find-whats-near-me/cressing-temple-barns

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Where Cressing Temple Barns is

The map puts Cressing Temple Barns in orange and numbers its neighbours as in the list.

Towns near it

The towns around Cressing Temple Barns

Among the 8, Braintree is the biggest, home to 43,179 people. The town it is in comes first, then the others whose pages list it, nearest first.

1 · 1 km northeast of it

Silver End

3,913 people · 5 places to visit

2 · 1.8 km northwest of it

Tye Green

1,415 people · 5 places to visit

3 · 2.6 km south of it

Witham

27,395 people · 3 places to visit

4 · 3.1 km northwest of it

Black Notley

1,932 people · 6 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Cressing Temple Barns is	People	Places to visit
Silver End	1 km northeast of it	3,913	5
Tye Green	1.8 km northwest of it	1,415	5
Witham	2.6 km south of it	27,395	3
Black Notley	3.1 km northwest of it	1,932	6
Braintree	3.4 km northwest of it	43,179	6
Bradwell	3.8 km north of it	338	8
Great Notley	6.1 km northwest of it	7,659	5
Kelvedon and Feering	6.6 km east of it	4,771	4

Make a day of it

Also within reach

Nearby, 32 places within 15 km include 3 historic houses, 2 museums and a cathedral.

CathedralChelmsford Cathedral15 km away 2

Historic housePalace of Beaulieu11 km away 3

Historic houseLayer Marney Tower13 km away 4

Park or estate · National TrustBlakes Wood12 km away 5

Historic houseLeez Priory9.8 km away 6

MuseumWarner Textile Archive5.8 km away 7

MuseumThe Museum of Power10 km away 8Historic siteHistoric site · National TrustCoggeshall Grange Barn6.1 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Planning a visit to Cressing Temple Barns

Where is Cressing Temple Barns?

Cressing Temple Barns is 1 km southwest of Silver End, Essex.

What is Cressing Temple Barns?

Ancient monument situated between Witham and Braintree in Essex, England, UK.

When is the best time to visit Cressing Temple Barns?

May to September are the warmest months in Silver End, with afternoon highs of 17–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Cressing Temple Barns a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Cressing Temple Barns?

Within 15 km: Chelmsford Cathedral (15 km), Palace of Beaulieu (11 km), Layer Marney Tower (13 km) and Blakes Wood (12 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 (8)

Cressing Temple Barns: User:JohnArmagh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Chelmsford Cathedral: The original uploader was Petepetepete at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Palace of Beaulieu: Amaibrown, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Layer Marney Tower: Poliphilo, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
Blakes Wood: Malcolm Reid, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Leez Priory: Andy Potter, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Warner Textile Archive: Oxyman, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
The Museum of Power: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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