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Footgolf at Waldegraves Holiday Park Mersea Island, Essex

Get ready for fun with our 9-hole course FootGolf course in Essex. The latest sporting craze to…

Inside the Warner Textile Archive

A unique record of the history of textile design. The Archive celebrates fabrics and designs…

View of Colchester Castle from North Side

The jewel in Colchester’s crown - an award-winning oasis of horticultural splendour boasting a…

Saffron Trail Stage 3 – Great Dunmow to Great Waltham

An easy 10-mile walk along the Essex’s Saffron Trail between Great Dunmow nor Great Waltham. See…

Mountnessing Postmill

A weatherboarded post mill, restored to working order in 1983. See the huge wood and iron gears,…

Central Park Chelmsford

From the bustling town centre of Chelmsford, to the relaxing historic maritime town of Maldon,…

Chigborough Lakes

An area of worked-out flooded gravel pits to the north of the River Blackwater. It has a variety of…

Danbury Ridge

The Essex Wildlife Trust manages nearly 240 acres of nature reserves on Danbury Ridge, a patchwork…

Three Shells Beach and Lagoon

The Three Shells beach and Lagoon's central location makes it a popular choice, especially for…

All the boys

At All Things Alpaca, visitors are able to trek around the stunning orchards at Lathcoats Farm and…

Tollesbury Wick Marshes

One of Essex Wildlife Trust's best reserves. A large (600 acres) tract of ancient grazing marsh…

Rochford Boatyard

An easy 8 mile circular walk across countryside and incorporating part of the sea wall, passing a…

Central Park, Chelmsford

This park is in the centre of the city and offers visitors the opportunity to relax and take in…

METAL at Chalkwell Park

METAL provide innovative, multi-disciplinary residency space for artists from the UK and overseas…

Mistley Towers

This is a rare example of Robert Adam's ecclesiastical work. Originally it was a parish church, St.…

Harwich beach dog walk

Harwich Beach is a rare example of an emerging dune system in Essex, where the coast is…

Queen Elizabeth's Hunting Lodge and the Forest beyond.

Epping Forest is of national and international conservation importance with two thirds of it being…

East Anglian Railway

For over 50 years the East Anglian Railway Museum has been transporting visitors of all ages back…

Gunpowder Park

Open since 2004, Gunpowder has been reclaimed and regenerated from its former use as a Royal…

Cressing Temple Barns

Historically the most important - and dimensionally the largest - of the Knights Templar's Essex…

Unveiling of 'Twofold', Nick Hornby, 2019, on the Harlow Sculpture Town Cycle Loop Trail. Photographed by Brian Thomas.

Harlow is home to an exceptional and growing collection of over 101 public artworks, including…

Harwich Redoubt

A circular Fort built in 1808 with ten guns. Open as a military museum with battle re-enactments…

The Firstsite building - shown from the outside

Firstsite is an international gallery and creative community space. See the world differently –…

Driving Range at Waldegraves Holiday Park, Mersea Island, Essex

10 bay covered Driving Range for all weather practice - open to everyone. This undercover floodlit…

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