Brightlingsea is a small town with a big history! The Brightlingsea Museum, founded by Alf Wakeling in 1989, has taken on a new lease of life and recently moving to a new premises on Station Road. Whether you drop in for half an hour or half a day, there is plenty to explore, engage and excite you, whatever your age Read more…
Beth Chatto Gardens has 7.5 acres of garden, based on ecological planting: the right plant for the right place. Created by award-winning gardener, author and lecturer Beth Chatto OBE VMH, who won 10 gold medals at the Chelsea Flower Show, in the 70s and 80s. Clacton Road, Elmstead Market, CO7 7DB Read more…
Enjoy Seal Watching on the Essex Sunshine Coast at both Walton-on-the-Naze and Harwich. Walton-on-the-Naze In Walton-on-the-Naze book a two hour trip around the beautiful backwaters of Walton-on-the-Naze. There’s a stunning variety of wildlife to see along the trip. Meeting point at The Chandlery, Titchmarch Marina, Walton-on-the-Naze, CO14 8SL. See prices. Check out Wildlife Boat Trips Facebook page. For dates, availability, Read more…
The Lighthouse Sports and Social Hub is beautifully located on Dovercourt seafront. A family run business offering a full range of sports and fitness activities for the whole family. They have a large outdoor skating rink and lots of activities for the whole family. Sit back and relax while the kids are kept entertained. They also offer hot and cold Read more…
Just around the corner from The Naze Centre you’ll find John Weston Nature Reserve, an important site for passing birds in the spring and autumn Read more…
Skippers Island is one of the last remaining places in Essex with a true feeling of wilderness – a remote island in the Walton Backwaters, there is a sense of peacefulness, only interrupted by the calls of waders and the sound of the rising and falling tide. Read more…
Visit Weeley Wood Nature Reserve– a beautiful woodland in spring to be fully immersed in a sea of colour, as the wildflowers that carpet this ancient woodland show off their bright flowers. Read more…
Take a walk around Howlands Marsh Nature Reserve– one of the best coastal grazing marshes in Essex, with its amazing display of wintering wildfowl and rare saltmarsh plants Read more…
