The Maeldune Centre is near Maldon, Essex

Maldon, Essex

Maldon is a town on the Blackwater estuary in Essex, England. It is the seat of the Maldon district and starting point of the Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation.Maldon is twinned with the Dutch town of Cuijk...

 in England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. It commemorates the Battle of Maldon

Battle of Maldon

The Battle of Maldon took place on 10 August 991 near Maldon beside the River Blackwater in Essex, England, during the reign of Aethelred the Unready. Earl Byrhtnoth and his thegns led the English against a Viking invasion. The battle ended in an Anglo-Saxon defeat...

. Its address is Maeldune Centre, Plume Building, Market Hill, Maldon, Essex, England; phone: 01621-851628. In it are the Millennium Embroidery, art displays, and Maldon Society photographic archives. Its building was formerly St.Peter's Church, which had become redundant, as there are other churches in Maldon.

External links

• Maeldune Centre - visiting information
• Small image
• Map of area around Maldon