Tourist Info 2

Tourist Info 2

There are lots to see and do in Essex. Listed below are a selection of these places with estimated mileages from the cottage. We hope you will find something interesting for you to visit while staying with us.

NB: Distances and times from AA Route Planner are estimates only to main centres

Frinton-on-Sea 1.9 miles 5 minutes

Watershed Art Studio www.watershedstudio.co.uk

At Watershed Studio we hold a wide variety of art workshops throughout the year. We are very lucky to have such a great team of tutors who teach here and we try to cover most media. We specialise on single and two day courses, priding ourselves on good quality, professional but affordable painting breaks.

Frinton beach
Frinton's beach is sandy with pebbles near the top of the beach, you may see some clay areas furthest from the sea wall at low tide

Connaught avenue Shopping with a quaint array of shops

Frinton Free Church (beach end of Connaught Ave)
windows designed by Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones – (Pre Raphaelite Brotherhood)

Walton-on-the- Naze 3.2 miles 8 minutes

Beautiful Beaches
Miles of clean, safe, sandy beaches ideal for a summer day out or even a winter walk!

Swim
In the sea or in our Swimming Pool on the Bathhouse Meadow, including an Aqua Slide for the kids to enjoy!
Pier and Amusements
With the second longest pier in Great Britain with one of the world's oldest operating amusement parks. With tenpin bowling, rides, bingo and refreshments throughout the summer!

"The Naze"
The un-spoilt headland of Walton consisting of about 50 acres of acid grass coastal heath land and 50 acres of scrub woodland with about 200 acres of salt marsh to the north of the sea wall. See the Naze tower built in 1721 by Trinity House to guide shipping to the busy port of Harwich.
Boat Trips to See the Seals
Wildlife boat trips, an excellent way to see seals, sea birds and fantastic views of our beautiful backwaters.

Titchmarsh Marina – Walton Backwaters (3.5 miles – 11mins)

One of the most attractive harbours for yachtsmen on the East Coast. The marina is situated in the unique Walton Backwaters, an area of outstanding natural beauty and special scientific interest in Essex, England. Ideal for bird-watching.

Clacton-on-Sea, 6.1 miles 15 mins

Clacton has a pleasure pier, arcades, a golf course and an airfield. The town and its beaches are still popular with tourists in the Summer, and there is an annual entertainment programme including the Clacton carnival and Clacton Air show, an aerial display involving historic aircraft such as the Lancaster Bomber, Spitfires, helicopters, and the Red Arrows.

Jaywick 9.4 miles 18 mins

Jaywick is a small settlement, tucked in between Clacton on Sea and the marshes and dunes of Colne Point. Built in the 1930’s as a holiday village of chalets for London’s East Enders it now has a year round population of people, as well as many visitors enjoying the golden beaches of Jaywick Sands. It’s a great place to be on a sunny summer day when people stroll along the miles of sea walls, sit on the dunes or swim by the seaweed covered, boulder breakwaters.

In the morning, when the mist hasn’t quite cleared and the sun is breaking through, there is a white light that refracts in the water vapour and the place looks like nothing on earth. It’s at times like this when you can understand why some people think that this is Arcadia, a heavenly refuge from the stresses of modern life.

Manningtree, 11.3 miles 31-35 mins

Once the home of Matthew Hopkins, the notorious Witchfinder General of the 17th century, began his career at Manningtree by condemning a coven of witches and the names of those unfortunate women are still to be found locally. Hopkins was paid twenty shillings for each witch discovered and suspects were tested by being bound and thrown into the river. If they sank - and were drowned - they were declared innocent; if they floated they were proved witches and afterwards hanged or burnt at the stake. Hopkins is buried at Mistley Heath.

Harwich, 12.3 miles 31-35 mins

It is thought Vikings may have been the earliest inhabitants of Harwich as a 9th century ring was discovered during excavation work in the town. For some more history, visit Old Harwich - a conservation area with one of the largest concentrations of grade two listed buildings in Essex.

Also at Harwich - The National Vintage Wireless & Television Museum

open 1230-1630 Saturday and Sunday from Easter to Whitsun, and every day from Whitsun to the end of September.

Constable Country 19.4 miles 37- 46 mins

Dedham - Dedham, one of the opulent wool towns in the 15th Century, sits beside the River Stour where John Constable's father had a watermill (since replaced with a Victorian one).

Dedham Vale, with the River Stour, straddles the borders of Essex and Suffolk and is otherwise known as Constable Country after the famous painter John Constable.

Flatford Mill – Take a walk and see the views where Constable painted one of his famous paintings.