Century Cinema Clacton

Local cinema dating back to the ’30s, featuring discount ticket prices & mainstream Hollywood films. Read more…

The Electric Palace cinema, Harwich, is one of the oldest purpose-built cinemas to survive complete with its silent screen, original projection room and ornamental frontage still intact. It was designed by the architect Harold Ridley Hooper of Ipswich, Suffolk and opened on 29 November 1911. Read more…

The Princes Theatre is a large Grade 2 listed building designed and built with flexibility in mind. Complimented by its ancillary ‘Essex Hall’, the Princes Theatre is able to accommodate anything from the smallest board meeting, up to a 600 seat conference.  It includes purpose built rooms, high quality audio visual equipment and flexible catering facilities. The venue has a Read more…

Holland Haven Country Park is situated on the coast between Clacton-on-Sea and Frinton-on-Sea and is managed to conserve the landscape, coastal grazing marsh and wildlife quality of the area whilst providing for the quiet enjoyment of visitors. In addition to some interesting breeding birds in summer, the Country Park is an important point for Spring and Autumn migrants. The SSSI Read more…

Take a Wildlife boat trip to see the seals, birdlife and view the beautiful Walton backwaters in all its glory. Read more…

Why not try Geocaching, a fun outdoor activity and a good way to explore the local area in which the participants use a Global Positioning System (GPS). Founded in 2000, Geocaching is a unique combination of outdoor recreation and location-based technology. The game’s passionate community of millions of players use the Geocaching® app and GPS-enabled devices to find cleverly hidden Read more…

Take a stroll through the award-winning Green Flag seafront gardens at Clacton or a walk on the wild side at The Lozenge Nature Area where visitors can stroll around this 2 acre site, picnic or just sit and enjoy nature.  Nearby Springmead Garden in Brightlingsea, lies in a sheltered dell with natural springs and many flower borders ranging from a Read more…

For something a little more adventurous why not join the Tour de Tendring Cycle Ride which takes place annually in May where all the family can join in the fun and familiarise themselves with the local area or hire a bike locally and ride off on your own adventures. Cycle Tendring leaflets: Clacton & Great Bentley Brightlingsea & Manningtree Harwich Read more…

Thorrington is a quaint village just north of Brightlingsea.  Made up of just over 500 households it boasts a scout camp, the Red Lion Village Pub, a village hall, a village shop and post office and a small industrial estate at the crossroads, a number of residential care facilities and . Mentioned in the Domesday Book as Torinduna, the name has taken Read more…

The village is graced by the elegant Church of St. Edmund. The church is dedicated to the last king of independent East Anglia, martyred by the Danes in the 9th Century. Read more…