English Heritage sites near Great Burstead and South Green Parish
HADLEIGH CASTLE
9 miles from Great Burstead and South Green Parish
The romantic ruins of a royal castle overlooking the Essex marshes. Hadleigh was begun in about 1215 by Hubert de Burgh, but extensively refortified by Edward III during the Hundred Years War.
TILBURY FORT
11 miles from Great Burstead and South Green Parish
Spend a great family day out at Tilbury Fort in Essex. Explore the magazine houses or the bastion magazine passages of this fort on the Thames estuary that has protected London’s seaward approach.
MILTON CHANTRY
12 miles from Great Burstead and South Green Parish
Milton Chantry is all that remains of a 14th-century hospital later used in turn as a public house, a Georgian barracks, and Second World War gas decontamination chamber.
HILL HALL
13 miles from Great Burstead and South Green Parish
This fine Elizabethan mansion features some of the earliest external Renaissance architectural detail in the country.
UPNOR CASTLE
14 miles from Great Burstead and South Green Parish
Set in tranquil grounds adjoining a riverside village, this rare example of an Elizabethan artillery fort was begun in 1559 and redeveloped in 1599-1601, to protect warships at Chatham dockyards.
TEMPLE MANOR
15 miles from Great Burstead and South Green Parish
Part of a manor house of the Knights Templar, built in about 1240, with a fine first floor hall displaying traces of wall paintings.
Churches in Great Burstead and South Green Parish
Great Burstead: St Mary Magdalene
Church Street
Great Burstead
Billericay
01277 632060
http://www.greatburstead-church.co.uk
Great Burstead lies a little to the south of Billericay, but is the ancient parish from which the bustling town later grew. It is one of the earliest sites of Christian worship in Essex, since Saint Cedd erected a preaching cross here. A wooden church was built in the seventh century, but the present building dates substantially from the 12th century. It is a historic and beautiful place of worship, and is open from about 9 a.m. to dusk on most days.
Today the Church of St. Mary Magdalene serves the Parish of Great Burstead, which includes the communities of South Green, Steeple View, Noak Bridge and Crays Hill.
We are in the Liberal Catholic tradition of the Church of England, with both traditional and modern forms of worship. The 10 a.m. Sung Eucharist is according to Common Worship. A Sunday School operates during this service. 8 a.m. Mass and 6.30 pm. Evensong are according to the Book of Common Prayer, and a fully Choral Evensong is sung about six times a year.
The congregation is open and inclusive, and you will find a warm welcome at any of our services or activities. The Church plays a full part in the Deanery of Basildon, the Diocese of Chelmsford, and Churches Together in Billericay.
Our chief concerns as a Church are:
• to witness to Christ
• to offer inspiring worship
• to nourish growth in faith
• to encourage fellowship and service
• to serve the local community.
You are invited to come and find out more about this thriving community and explore the Christian faith with us.
Pubs in Great Burstead and South Green Parish
Duke of York
Southend Road, Billericay, CM11 2PR
(01277) 887581
dukeofyorkessex.co.uk/
King's Head
Southend Rd, Great Burstead, CM11 2PS
(01277) 637135
vintageinn.co.uk/thekingsheadbillericay/
Noak Hill Golf Course
Noak Hill Golf Course, Billericay