Barnston

Barnston is a small and welcoming village in the historic county of Essex, in south-east England. It neighbours the town of Great Dunmow and is 9 miles north-northwest from the county town of Chelmsford. This is a pleasant and well-positioned village, within close proximity to a large number of heritage sites, offering ample amenities and a choice of quality holiday accommodation, from which the visitor can explore the English South East.

Attractions in the area include the 1000-acre Hatfield Forest National Nature Reserve; Mountfitchet Castle Experience living heritage site; Mole Hall Wildlife Park the Tutor period half-timbered Paycockes House; and one of the oldest surviving timber framed barns in Europe, at Coggeshall Grange Barn.