Walking Tour of Silver End
Wednesday 25th March 2026
Meet in front of Silver End Village Hall 11.00am
Walk time approx. 1.5 hrs.
Walk is approx. 1 mile with 16 points of interest.
Walk is on hard surfaces suitable for all.
After the tour Cressing Temple Barns are close by for refreshments.
Silver End village was built 100 years ago in 1926 by Francis Critall to house employees at his Critall Windows Factory. The village is spacious with a range of planned civic amenities and houses which included large gardens, electricity and running hot water – later branded ‘Britain’s healthiest village’. These are credited as being some of the first modernist buildings in the UK and have recently been celebrated by Ken Worpole Brightening from the East, Jonathan Meades The Joy of Essex TV show, Tim Burrows The Invention of Essex, Owen Hatherley The Alienation Effect and the collection of essays in Radical Essex, which includes our walking tour.
The walk will be led by Jess and Dan Twyman
http://www.silverendheritagesociety.co.uk
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