Gay Bowers
Built-up area in Chelmsford, Essex, England
| Coordinates: | 51.705, 0.599 |
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| OS grid ref: | TL 79 03 |
| Dialling code: | 01621 (Maldon) |
Gay Bowers is a small, primarily residential enclave inside the suburbs of Chelmsford, in Essex, England. It typically comprises quiet streets and family homes with easy access to local shops, schools and nearby green spaces, and feels like a suburban pocket of the wider city.
Chelmsford itself has deep historic roots as a market town and later industrial and communications interests, and neighbourhoods such as Gay Bowers benefit from the city’s amenities, riverside parks around the River Chelmer and good rail links for commuters heading into London, making it popular with families and people working in and around the city.
Postcode districts covering Gay Bowers
Most populated places nearby
- Southend-on-Sea 11.7 miles18.8 km
- Basildon 11.2 miles18 km
- Colchester 17.9 miles28.8 km
- Chelmsford 5.4 miles8.8 km
- Gillingham 23 miles36.9 km
- Harlow 21.5 miles34.6 km
- Grays 18.9 miles30.5 km
- Chatham 23.9 miles38.5 km
- Barking and Dagenham 22.9 miles36.8 km
- Dartford 24.4 miles39.2 km
- Gravesend 21.3 miles34.3 km
- Braintree 12.6 miles20.2 km
Neighbouring places
- Bicknacre Built-up area 1 mile1.6 km
- Woodham Mortimer Built-up area 1.1 miles1.7 km
- Woodham Ferrers and Bicknacre Parish 1.7 miles2.8 km
- Danbury Built-up area 1.8 miles2.8 km
- Little Baddow, Danbury and Sandon Ward 1.9 miles3.1 km
- Woodham Walter Parish 2.2 miles3.5 km
- Hazeleigh Parish 2.2 miles3.5 km
- Woodham Ferrers Built-up area 2.3 miles3.8 km
- East Hanningfield Built-up area 2.4 miles3.8 km
- Sandon Built-up area 2.7 miles4.3 km
- Little Baddow Parish 2.7 miles4.3 km
- Purleigh Built-up area 2.8 miles4.5 km
Example postcodes in Gay Bowers
CM3 4LH, CM3 4NA, CM3 4LP, CM3 4LZ, CM3 4JS, CM3 4LL, CM3 4LN, CM3 4LW, CM3 4LJ
Transport links
- London Southend Airport 10.1 miles16.3 km
- Stansted Airport 19.9 miles32 km
- South Woodham Ferrers Railway Station 3.8 miles6.2 km
- Hatfield Peverel Railway Station 5.2 miles8.4 km
Hotels near Gay Bowers Ad
- The Lion Inn 4.7 miles7.5 km
- Pontlands Park 3 3.9 miles6.3 km
- Channels Hotel 4 6.4 miles10.3 km
- Le Bouchon Brasserie & Hotel 4.4 miles7.2 km
- The Blue Boar - Maldon 3.8 miles6.1 km
- The Swan Hotel Bar and Grill 3.9 miles6.3 km
- The Oakland 2 4.2 miles6.8 km
- Rettendon Lodge Events 4.9 miles7.8 km
- County Hotel Chelmsford 4 6.2 miles10 km
- Ivy Hill Hotel, Sure Hotel Collection 3 8 miles12.9 km
Local points of interest
- Hylands Estate 7.1 miles11.4 km
- Dines Hall Country house 8.9 miles14.4 km
- Chelmsford City Racecourse Recreation 10.1 miles16.3 km
- Roots Hall Stadium 11.6 miles18.7 km
- Cressing Road Stadium 11.8 miles19 km
- Coggeshall Abbey Historic site 12 miles19.2 km
- Thames Estuary Yacht Club Marina 12.6 miles20.3 km
- Canvey Island Heritage Centre & Museum Museum 12.8 miles20.6 km
- Furze Woods Forest 13.6 miles21.9 km
- Marks Hall Estate 14 miles22.5 km
- Saint Peters Chapel Archaeological site 14.3 miles23.1 km
- West Mersea Beach Beach 15 miles24.1 km