Opened in 1877, Clacton Pier is a very popular destination for day-trippers. Attractions include a Seaquarium and an undercover fairground with many rides to enjoy....

The Princes Theatre is the largest multi-purpose entertainment venue in North Essex. Run by the council, it hosts a varied programme of family entertainment including...

The Mediterranean Garden was completed in 2000 as part of the restoration of Clacton's seafront gardens. All the plants and trees seen here are from...

The restoration of Clacton's Edwardian gardens has transformed the town’s seafront. The Rose Garden is perhaps the best of the gardens originally laid out in...

Clacton's War Memorial Garden is little changed since it was first laid out in 1924. Colourful displays of bedding plants can still be seen in...

Clacton-on-Sea has over seven miles of beach. Clean, safe and, for the most part, sandy, it's very popular. An excellent range of beach activities and...

The East Essex Aviation Society Museum is a fascinating visitor attraction for anyone who has even a passing interest in aeroplanes and other flying machines....

Brightlingsea Museum is the main archive that relates to the history of this seaside town. Through a well researched and beautifully restored collection of...

Walton Pier is one of the longest in the country and it has a history stretching back to 1830. At the beach end is a...

The museum is housed in a former lifeboat station with a history that dates back well over a century. The collection is centred around...

Mersea Island Museum is an independent museum that was established in 1976. It occupies a purpose-built premises in West Mersea, close to the parish...

The top of this 85 feet tall tower affords panoramic views of the sea, the town of Walton and in the distance, the great cranes...

The University of Essex Collection of Latin American Art is based at the Colchester campus of the institution and comprises over six hundred works by...

The University of Essex Gallery is a world-class art space located on the main campus in Colchester. The gallery hosts a series of exhibitions...

This church was rebuilt in 1821 by architect M.G. Thompson and contains memorials from an earlier church, to naval men, an unexploded bomb from WW1...

This memorial is located on a busy main road in the centre of Harwich; it remembers all the lost soldiers who died in World War...

The estuary formed by the rivers Stour and Orwell is the only safe harbour between the Thames and the Humber. It has been vital...

Colchester's grandest building, the Town Hall, is a 90-roomed baroque masterpiece with a 162ft Victorian tower. Grade I listed, it was designed by John Belcher...

Just upstream from Flatford Mill, the 16th century thatched cottage houses an exhibition on landscape painter John Constable, several of whose paintings famously depict this...

St Bodolph's Church is squeezed into a narrow back street right next to the atmospheric ruin of St Bodolph's Priory. In fact, the original Saxon...