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Riverside Ice & Leisure Centre, Victoria Road, Chelmsford,
Essex, CM1 1FG. Tel: 01245 615050. Riverside Ice and Leisure
provides a focus for leisure in Chelmsford with a range of facilities
that is both unique and extensive. Main Pool is a 33.3 by 12.5
metre, six lane. This Ice Rink has the latest in sound and lighting
effects combine with a lively disco atmosphere. It's also home
of the Chelmsford Chieftains Ice Hockey Team. indoor, competition
pool. Location: In the centre of Chelmsford.
Danbury village is surrounded
by attractive open countryside and woodland, much of it owned
and protected by the National Trust and Essex Wildlife Trust.
St John's Parish Church is a Grade 1 Listed Building with much
of interest for the visitor, with parts dating from around 1290.
www.danbury-essex.gov.uk. About 3 miles east of Chelmsford.
Moulsham Mill, Parkway Chelmsford Essex CM2 7PX. Tel: 01245608200.
Moulsham Mill is a fast developing Craft and Business Centre
with commercial businesses, charities, and other organisations
located elsewhere throughout the Mill. There is also a hairdressers,
and the Mill Tea and Coffee Shop. It has ample car parking space.
www.moulshammill.co.uk. Location: In the centre of Chelmsford.
Royal Horticultural Society
- RHS Garden Wisley (RHS) Garden Hyde Hall, Hyde Hall, Rettendon,
Chelmsford, Essex CM3 8ET. Tel: 01245 400256. RHS Garden Hyde
Hall was donated to the Society in 1993. Nearly 40 years of work
has brought it from a windswept hill with just six mature trees,
to the present day Garden of 24 acres. www.rhs.org.uk. About
4 miles south of Chelmsford.
Museum of Power, Steam Pumping Station, Hatfield Road, Langford,
Maldon, Essex CM9 6QA. Tel: 01621 843183. Exhibits include a
'Sectioned' Ford Fiesta, Joseph Evans Reliable Steam Pump No.
19473, built in 1916, and a 'Coles' Crane. Langford and Beeleigh
Railway - The main line that now encircles the museum building
is vertually complete. www.museumofpower.org.uk. About 6 miles
east of Chelmsford.
Great Leighs Ltd, Chelmsford,
Essex, CM3 1QP. Tel: 01245 362412. The UK's newest racecourse.
Great Leighs will stage 51 fixtures in 2007, commencing February
22, with a frequent Thursday slot. Highlights include a three-day
festival in August, a full weekend in September, and the launch
of floodlit racing on Saturday September 1, 2007. www.greatleighs.com.
About 6 miles north of Chelmsford.
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