Events near Shenfield, Chelmsford

Follow the river from a sailors' church and a Dickensian riverside pub into the docks built for sugar, rum and coffee, and out among the towers of

Uncover the village where Tudor courtiers built country houses outside London.

Walk through the East End streets where working people fought back and won.

Start at the Georgian house where William Morris grew up, now a gallery of his designs, then walk to a town hall carved with his words.

A city of secrets hides beneath Preston's bustling streets where stone chapels, glowing shopfronts, and soaring columns reveal tales few ever hear.

Gunpowder echoes still linger beneath Gravesend's streets while ancient river secrets swirl around quiet docks and world-famous pilgrimage routes

Discover the riverside town that armed an empire.