Local Information

Tourist Trail
There are many picturesque Hertfordshire
& Essex villages to visit eg. The historical village
of Stansted with its award winning Mountfitchet
Castle and Norman village & the medieval town
of Saffron Walden.

Historic houses:
Anglesea Abbey, Audley End, Wimpole Hall.
Imperial war museum Duxford,
on the way to Cambridge.

Toy museum:
House on the Hill in Stansted
25,000 toys and books dating from late Victorian
times at Europes largest private museum,

Hatfield Forest:
400 hectares of ancient coppice woodlands
provides great walking and the lakes,
superb coarse fishing.

Bluewater and Lakeside shopping
Just off M25, Bluewater is Europe's largest
shopping centre (Lakeside north and Bluewater
south of Dartford Tunnel). Great shops,
restaurants and ample parking.

Historic Cambridge:
Punt down the river Cam and enjoy an
architectural feast as you float by the oldest
colleges and university buildings.

We have maps and guides to all the above
sights and many more...

Distances from the Lodge:
"Phoenix Lodge" is very convenient for
LONDON STANSTED AIRPORT
(5 minutes drive) and access to all main
motorways via M11 (2 minutes drive)
to London and Home Counties in South,
East Cambridge and The North.