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Hot Air Balloon Over - Feering - (Chelmsford) |
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The Feering Hot Air Balloon launch site, one of four in Essex, is to be found at the magnificent 16th century Prested Hall. A grade two listed building, Prested Hall is set in its own 80-acre park and woodland estate, nine miles South of Colchester.
Standing on the outskirts of the village our launch site is in an ideal location from which to explore the area around nearby Kelvedon and beyond.
Nestling in a wide bend in the River Blackwater, Kelvedon is the latest in a long history of settlements to occupy the site, dating back to pre-Roman times.
Evidence in the form of recovered British Celtic coins minted by the Trinovantes tribe, who were known to have peopled this region in the time of Julius Caesar bare testimony to this fact.
With local landmark towns such as Tiptree, Braintree, Witham and Coggeshall huddled about the launch site at all compass points there is endless opportunity to look down on some remarkable history and beauty, whatever direction the wind takes you.
You might find yourself suspended over Wivenhoe for a moment or two as you cast a glance down at the town set on the wooded slopes of the River Colne. Blessed with many attractive old inns and a very pretty quayside, passengers are often enticed into a visit post-flight for a bite to eat or a glass of the local ale.
Perhaps you will skirt a windmill or two, arguably the most famous of which is John Webb's 19th century masterpiece at Thaxted.
The town was once home to the composer, Gustav Holst and the notorious highwayman, Dick Turpin. Thankfully, living in Thaxted in different eras, the prospect of being held up at gunpoint to the accompaniment of The Planet Suite was never realised.
Satellites: Andrewsfield Airfield (Braintree)
Highwood Sports Centre (Colchester)
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Reproduced from Land Ranger® 1:50,000 by permission of Ordnance Survey® on
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