Description:
Chelmsford the county town of Essex was founded in 1199, and is home to an imposing cathedral, great shopping, the County Cricket Ground and 18th C. Hylands House.
For garden-lovers there is the Royal Horticultural Society’s Hyde Hall Gardens, which holds Family Fun Days during the Summer. Essex County Cricket Club at Ford County Ground is in the heart of the town centre, and for music lovers there’s the V Festival on 16-17 Aug, when up to 65,000 people will swarm to Hylands Park. Line up includes:
MUSE - STEREOPHONICS - THE KOOKS - MAXIMO PARK - ALANIS MORISSETTE - THE FUTUREHEADS.
Departure station: London Liverpool Street
Example journey time: 32 minutes
GroupSave pp when 4 travel together: £6.15
Destination station: Chelmsford
Train operator: National Express East Anglia
(based on Cheap Day Return until 6 September 2008)
Dates:
until 06/09/2008
County:
Essex
Destination Station
CHELMSFORD
Rail Company
National Express East Anglia
Getting There
- Price displayed is per person (pp) and based on a party of 4 travelling together on Cheap Day return tickets (Off-Peak travel returning on the same day).
- With a GroupSave ticket up to 4 additional children can travel for £1 each when accompanying the GroupSave party.
- For terms and conditions see the GroupSave section.
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