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15 Best Things to Do in Chelmsford (MA)

In the Merrimack Valley, Chelmsford is a likable town crossed by Interstate 495, Boston’s outer beltway. Chelmsford was incorporated as long ago as 1655, and right on the Town Common is a cemetery founded that very year. The common is still integral to life in Chelmsford, hosting almost every important public event on the calendar, …

The county town of Essex sits at the confluence of the Rivers Can and Chelmer. Being 30 miles from the centre of London, Chelmsford has a population of commuters working in London’s City and Docklands, but has also been a big regional employer since Guglielmo Marconi established his Wireless Telegraph Company here. For heritage, Hylands …