Our latest Curiosity of the Week is a pair of unusual towers, located in Mistley, Essex. The towers wouldn’t look out of place at St Paul’s Cathedral, but they can in fact be found standing out amongst some unassuming gravestones…
Archives for Essex events
Get ready for a wade through the mud at Maldon’s famous race
This year’s Maldon Mud Race will take place on Sunday 7th May and will see competitors wading through the riverbed of the River Blackwater in Essex…
Brave competitors make a mad dash to Maldon Mud Race
Maldon Mud Race is an annual mad dash through the riverbed of the River Blackwater in Essex. This year it will take place on Sunday 1st May 2016…
Prepare for a dirty dash with the Maldon Mud Race
Get filthy at this year’s Maldon Mud Race in Essex on Sunday 26th April 2015, as 300 competitors run and wade over the bed of the River Blackwater…
Half Term Horrors at the Royal Gunpowder Mills
This half term (14th – 22nd February), enjoy science as you’ve never seen it before at the Royal Gunpowder Mills in Waltham Abbey, Essex…
Have a blast at the Big Bang Weekend
Royal Gunpowder Mills in Waltham Abbey have a pyrotechnical-tastic programme of activities planned for their The Big Bang Weekend this bank holiday…
Head to the Wild West of Essex this bank holiday
Go back in time to see what life was like in a Wild West frontier mining town at the Wild West Weekend at Royal Gunpowder Mills in Essex this bank holiday…
Get filthy in fancy dress at the Maldon Mud Race
The Maldon Mud Race is an annual mad dash through the riverbed of the River Blackwater in Essex. This year’s event takes place on 25th May…
Go back to the 1940s this May bank holiday at Royal Gunpowder Mills
Visitors to the Royal Gunpowder Mills, Waltham Abbey, will be transported back to the 1940s to join the VE celebrations on May bank holiday weekend…
An entertaining and inspiring pop up festival in Purfleet
The Pop Up Festival, in Purfleet on 3rd May, will have children’s writers and storytellers entertaining and inspiring families during a day of free events…
Filthy fun in Essex with the Maldon Mud Race
The Maldon Mud Race is a mad dash or wade through the riverbed of the River Blackwater in Essex on 5th May 2013. Watch crazy competitors in fancy dress get wet and muddy for charity…
VE Day celebrations at the Royal Gunpowder Mills in Waltham Abbey
Visitors to the Royal Gunpowder Mills in Waltham Abbey will be transported back to the 1940s to join the VE Day celebrations as part of a spectacular May bank holiday weekend event…
Award your love with bacon at the Dunmow Flitch Trials
The Dunmow Flitch Trials are a unique local custom, held every four years, where couples aim to convince a court that they are devoted to one another and win a Flitch of Bacon. This year’s trials take place on 14th July 2012…
Muddy madness in Essex
The Maldon Mud Race is an annual mad dash or wade through the riverbed of the River Blackwater, it takes place on the 29th April 2012 at Promenade Park in Essex…
Egg-citing Easter in Essex
Find the missing eggs around the grounds at Audley End House and Gardens between the 1st and 15th April 2012…