One of the most popular tourist attractions in Essex is the national award winning Mountfitchet Castle, a unique all-weather, combine all-in-one entertainment complex where the legacy of prehistory, history and nostalgia, to a great and exciting day for the whole family make.
Of all the buildings in the castle was the prison to pay the least attention in terms of comfort. Here you will find the prison to see covered in long wheat straw, with the walls of the half-round, oak withlarge cracks, so that it is very drafty. Other buildings would have plastered themselves from the wind, but it was a prison, this was not deemed necessary.
Also to be found within the 10-acre site, is the Toy Museum, the largest in the world with at least 80,000 exhibits from late Victorian times.
The Castle Tea Room "offers a large selection of hot and cold meals and refreshments during the day and a picnic to enjoy in the area outside the shop. The Shophas been expanded recently to include better access for wheelchairs and strollers through a new entrance ramp.
The Kelvedon Hatch Secret Nuclear Bunker is certainly one of the Essex Tourist attractions should not be missed. From the A128 is located in Kelvedon Hatch, you are provided in the shelter's long history.
Originally built as an RAF ROTOR Station, which was then as a civil defense shelter center, before he used a regional government headquarters. It is now a major attractionour community and can also be rented for various occasions.
The tour, which could take between one and two hours, is suitable for adults and children, and gives a wonderful insight into the history of this institution.
These are just three of many Essex Tourist attractions waiting to be discovered. Come and see for yourself what has to offer our historic district.
