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 miles
- Chelmsford 14.7 miles
- Harlow 23.9 miles
- Braintree 4 miles
- Brentwood 24.8 miles
- Bury St. Edmunds 22.3 miles
- Bishop's Stortford 19 miles
- Billericay 22.6 miles
- Wickford 22.7 miles
- Rayleigh 23.8 miles
- Haverhill 12.3 miles
- Witham 9.3 miles
Neighbouring places
- Gosfield & Greenstead Green Ward 1 mile
- Halstead Trinity Ward 1.5 miles
- Greenstead Green and Halstead Rural Parish 1.8 miles
- Halstead Built-up area 1.9 miles
- High Garrett Built-up area 2 miles
- Halstead St. Andrew's Ward 2.2 miles
- Bocking North Ward 2.7 miles
- Sible Hedingham Built-up area 2.9 miles
- Great Maplestead Parish 2.9 miles
- Blackmore End Built-up area 2.9 miles
- Stisted Built-up area 3 miles
- Hedingham Ward 3.5 miles
Example postcodes in Gosfield
CO9 1TF, CO9 1SU, CO9 1TJ, CO9 1TB, CO9 1PD, CO9 1GW, CO9 1PS, CO9 1PL, CO9 1PH … See all
Transport links
- Stansted Airport 15.8 miles
- London Southend Airport 25.5 miles
- Castle Hedingham Railway Station 4.2 miles
- Braintree Railway Station 4.5 miles
- Bus Station 9.1 miles
Hotels near Gosfield Ad
- The Dog Inn 3 1.9 miles
- Gosfield Lake Resort 2 0.4 miles
- Bull Hotel 3 1.7 miles
- Booking Urban Stisted 3.1 miles
- The Essex Golf & Country Club Hotel 3 4.3 miles
- Holiday Inn Express Braintree 3 5.3 miles
- The White Hart Hotel 5 5.3 miles
- White Hart Hotel 3 4.3 miles
- Premier Inn Braintree - Freeport Village 3 4.9 miles
- Premier Inn Braintree - A120 3 4.7 miles
Schools in Gosfield
- Gosfield Community Primary School Primary
- Gosfield School Independent - all ages
Local points of interest
- Cressing Road Stadium 4.3 miles
- Marks Hall Estate 4.5 miles
- Coggeshall Abbey Historic site 6.3 miles
- East Anglian Railway Museum Museum 7 miles
- Chelmsford City Racecourse Recreation 7.5 miles
- Dines Hall Country house 7.6 miles
- Tilty Abbey Historic site 11.7 miles
- Colchester Community Stadium Stadium 13 miles
- Roman Circus visitor centre Museum 13.3 miles
- Berechurch Hall Estate 14.3 miles
- University of Essex University 15.6 miles
- Saffron Walden Museum Museum 16.3 miles