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About
Paddle In
6th August, 2023, 12:00 - 17:00
Just like our cream tea open days, but make your own way to the Shed by paddle board, kayak, canoe or dinghy etc.
Home made cake and tea or coffee plus free refill.
£5 minimum donation (children £2.50, includes squash and biscuits).
The Packing Shed is an old restored oyster packing shed in the Blackwater estuary just off Mersea Island.
The Packing Shed was originally built around 1890 on the island in Thornfleet Creek, which came to be called Packing Marsh Island, by the Tollesbury & Mersea Native Oyster Fishery Company Limited. By 1987, after the hurricane, the shed had deteriorated so much it was barely a skeleton. After much effort and hard work the Packing Shed was re-opened in 1992 for the benefit of the local community, and is available for functions.
