Gosfield is a small village and civil parish in the Braintree district of Essex, England, set in gently rolling agricultural countryside a short drive from the market towns of Braintree and Halstead. It is best known for Gosfield Hall, an impressive country house with historic gardens, and the remains of the wartime airfield, RAF Gosfield, which was used by Allied forces during the Second World War.
Today the village combines farming with commuter households and a small local economy supported by events at the hall and nearby towns; social life centres on typical village amenities and community groups, with an active village hall, church and pub that help retain a strong local identity despite changing patterns of work and leisure.
Postcode districts covering Gosfield
Most populated places nearby
- Colchester 12.8 miles20.5 km
- Chelmsford 14.7 miles23.7 km
- Harlow 23.9 miles38.4 km
- Braintree 4 miles6.4 km
- Brentwood 24.8 miles39.9 km
- Bury St. Edmunds 22.3 miles35.9 km
- Bishop's Stortford 19 miles30.6 km
- Billericay 22.6 miles36.4 km
- Wickford 22.7 miles36.5 km
- Rayleigh 23.8 miles38.2 km
- Haverhill 12.3 miles19.8 km
- Witham 9.3 miles14.9 km
Neighbouring places
- Gosfield & Greenstead Green Ward 1 mile1.7 km
- Halstead Trinity Ward 1.5 miles2.4 km
- Greenstead Green and Halstead Rural Parish 1.8 miles2.9 km
- Halstead Built-up area 1.9 miles3.1 km
- High Garrett Built-up area 2 miles3.2 km
- Halstead St. Andrew's Ward 2.2 miles3.6 km
- Bocking North Ward 2.7 miles4.3 km
- Sible Hedingham Built-up area 2.9 miles4.6 km
- Great Maplestead Parish 2.9 miles4.7 km
- Blackmore End Built-up area 2.9 miles4.7 km
- Stisted Built-up area 3 miles4.9 km
- Hedingham Ward 3.5 miles5.7 km
Example postcodes in Gosfield
CO9 1PL, CO9 1PU, CO9 1TH, CO9 1TR, CO9 1UB, CO9 1TW, CO9 1PG, CO9 1PJ, CO9 1PE … See all
Transport links
- Stansted Airport 15.8 miles25.4 km
- London Southend Airport 25.5 miles41.1 km
- Castle Hedingham Railway Station 4.2 miles6.7 km
- Braintree Railway Station 4.5 miles7.3 km
- Bus Station 9.1 miles14.7 km
Hotels near Gosfield Ad
- Gosfield Lake Resort 0.4 miles0.6 km
- Holiday Inn Express Braintree 3 5.3 miles8.5 km
- Drapers Hotel 4.5 miles7.3 km
- White Hart Hotel by Greene King Inns 3 4.3 miles6.9 km
- White Hart Hotel by Greene King Inns 3 5.9 miles9.5 km
- Ranfield's Brasserie Hotel Rooms 4 5.9 miles9.4 km
- Essex Golf & Country Club 3 4.3 miles6.9 km
- The Dorrington 1.7 miles2.7 km
- Marks Tey Hotel Colchester 4 9.1 miles14.7 km
- Painters at the Angel 8.9 miles14.3 km
Schools in Gosfield
- Gosfield Community Primary School Primary
- Gosfield School Independent - all ages
Local points of interest
- Cressing Road Stadium 4.3 miles6.9 km
- Marks Hall Estate 4.5 miles7.2 km
- Coggeshall Abbey Historic site 6.3 miles10.1 km
- East Anglian Railway Museum Museum 7 miles11.2 km
- Chelmsford City Racecourse Recreation 7.5 miles12 km
- Dines Hall Country house 7.6 miles12.2 km
- Tilty Abbey Historic site 11.7 miles18.8 km
- Colchester Community Stadium Stadium 13 miles20.9 km
- Roman Circus visitor centre Museum 13.3 miles21.4 km
- Berechurch Hall Estate 14.3 miles22.9 km
- University of Essex University 15.6 miles25.1 km
- Saffron Walden Museum Museum 16.3 miles26.3 km