Attractions and Days out in Uttlesford

Audley End Miniature Railway

Audley End Miniature RailwayThe Audley End Miniature Railway is a delightful 1.5 mile ride on Lord Braybrooke's private 10 1/4" gauge railway running steam and diesel locomotives through Estate woodland.
The railway crosses the River Cam twice. There is free car parking and free admission to a picnic area and woodland walk.

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Audley End, Saffron Walden, Essex
Tel:
01799 541354
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Gardens of Easton Lodge

Gardens of Easton LodgeThe Gardens of Easton Lodge are situated north of Great Dunmow and were originally designed by Harold Peto in 1902 under commission by the Countess of Warwick. They were maintained up until 1950 by then were neglected and became overgrown. In the 1970s they under-went a project of restoration by the Creasey family which is still ongoing with some areas now reverted back to the original design. The Gardens are open in February and March for lovely displays of snowdrops. 

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Warwick House, Easton Lodge, Great Dunmow CM6 2BB
Tel: 01371 876979
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House on the Hill Toy Museum

House on the Hill Toy MuseumThis is the largest privately-owned toy museum in Europe with over 80,000 individual items of mixed antiquity on display, housed within an area of 7,000 sq ft.  The artefacts range from the late Victorian era right through to the 1990's, and are based on the collection of one man who started in 1946 by buying a Hornby train set with his pocket money.

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Bayley Walls, 10 Grove Hill, Stansted Mountfitchet CM24 8SP
Tel: 01279 813237
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Saffron Walden Museum

Saffron Walden MuseumSaffron Walden Museum opened in 1835. With wide-ranging collections, from moccasins and mummy cases to mammoth tusks and Wallace the lion, it still contains much to "stand awhile and admire". This award-winning, "friendly, family-size museum" is open 363 days a year. Collections cover the human and natural history of north-west Essex, from ancient times to the present day, and many other wonderful objects from the wider world.

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Museum Street, Saffron Walden CB10 1JL
Tel: 01799 510333
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Stansted Mountfitchet Castle

Stansted Mountfitchet CastleThe only reconstructed Norman wooden Motte and Bailey Castle in the world, built on its original site. Adjacent to the Castle is the House on the Hill Toy Museum, which has a fascinating collection of toys.

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Mountfitchet Castle, Stansted Mountfitchet CM24 8SP
Tel: 01279 813237
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