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Aug17
Days Out in Braintree: A Local’s Guide to Making the Most of It
Braintree has a habit of being underestimated. Most people know it as a retail park and a junction on the A120, and they drive on. That is a shame, because ...
Jul15
A New Chapter for Gallerie Schmetterling
If you have been searching for a craft village near you in Essex, Blake House Craft Centre is exactly what you are looking for. Tucked into the Essex countryside close ...
Jul15
A Craft Village Near Braintree, Right in the Heart of Essex
If you have been searching for a craft village near you in Essex, Blake House Craft Centre is exactly what you are looking for. Tucked into the Essex countryside close ...
Jun11
Family Days Out in Essex: What’s Worth Your Time This Summer
Planning family days out in Essex can feel a bit overwhelming when you’re staring down six weeks of school holidays with a group of children who have very different ideas ...
Jan23
A New Guitar Shop
We were very pleased to welcome John Drage to the centre with Journey Instruments in the autumn and it has indeed been a great journey so far for them… “We’ve ...
Oct21
Farmers Markets
Our monthly Farmers Markets began back in 2025 and have been slowly increasing in popularity each month with both visitors and a continually growing number of high quality, speciality food ...
Jul14
The Owl & Fox
It sounds like a lovely children’s book, but this is in fact the newest shop to open up here at the centre and when you step inside, it feels like ...
Jun27
Lawnmower Racing
2025 is the year for events at Blake House Craft Centre, which started with our annual Easter Fayre. June saw the launch of our monthly Farmers Markets around the centre, ...
May23
Sticky Pickle and Quirky Magpie
If you’ve not visited the centre recently, you may have missed two of our most recent quirky new shops! Don’t get yourselves in a pickle though, as there’s still plenty ...
May04
Peter and Friends at Easter
The Easter Bank Holiday Monday saw a great day here at the centre, with hundreds of visitors, young, old and four legged joining us for the Day. Peter Rabbit was ...
Mar26
A New Look Café
There have been a few changes around the centre lately and not least of these being that the tea rooms are now under new management! You will now find more ...
Feb26
A New Photography Gallery
We are delighted to have welcomed our latest shop here at the centre with an exciting new gallery displaying a wide range of photographic images that capture the beauty of ...
