Visit Hockley Places

Welcome to Visit Hockley Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Hockley

  

Hockley Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Hockley

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Hockley history

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Hockley is an Old English word meaning ‘a small hill’ and today there is still a large wooded area named Hockley Woods. Notable buildings in the village include the church of St Peter and Paul, which has a nave which was possibly built before the twelfth century. The Grade II listed Spa Pump Room is situated to the north-west of the village centre.

You can visit Hockley places with Walkfo Hockley to hear history at Hockley’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Hockley has 22 places to visit in our interactive Hockley map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Hockley, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Hockley places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Hockley & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 22 audio facts unique to Hockley places in an interactive Hockley map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Hockley Places Map
22 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Hockley historic spots	Hockley tourist destinations	Hockley plaques	Hockley geographic features
Walkfo Hockley tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Hockley

  

Best Hockley places to visit

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Hockley has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Hockley’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Hockley’s information audio spots:

Rayleigh Castle Rayleigh Castle was a masonry and timber castle built near the town of Rayleigh in Essex in the 11th century shortly after the Norman conquest . All that exists today are the earthwork remains of its large motte-and-bailey .

Dutch Cottage The Dutch Cottage is an octagonal-shaped cottage located in Rayleigh, Essex, England . It is both the smallest and the oldest council house in the United Kingdom .

Hawkwell The 2001 census gave a population of 11,231, increasing to 11,730 at the 2011 Census. Hawkwell is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, but not as ‘Hawkwell’

Hockley Woods Hockley Woods is the largest residual area of the wild wood, which covered much of Essex after the Ice Age, 10,000 years ago. The woods are said to be haunted by two ghosts: Silas and Anne Boleyn’s ghost. The wooded areas are an intricate mosaic of various trees, every species developing under appropriate conditions.

Spa Pump Room, Hockley The Spa Pump Room is Grade II listed, early Victorian building in Hockley, Essex. It was built to the designs of James Lockyer in 1842 after a medicinal spring was discovered on the site. Short lived, the building closed as a pump room in the early 1850s and was used for other purposes thereafter.

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