Brightlingsea

Worth seeing in and around Brightlingsea

6 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   St Osyth Pit

   St Osyth Pit is a 0.1-hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of St Osyth in Essex. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.

   3 km · 0.1-hectare geological site in Essex · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Frating Abbey

   Frating Abbey was reputedly an abbey in the village of Frating, in Essex, England. There is no evidence however that there was more than a farm here belonging to either St Botolph's Priory, Colchester, founded c.

   4.2 km · notional abbey in Essex, England · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Colne Estuary

   Colne Estuary is a 2915 hectare biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest near Brightlingsea in Essex. It is also a Nature Conservation Review site, a National Nature Reserve, a Ramsar wetland site of international importance, a Special Protection Area, a Special Area of Conservation, and a Geological Conservation Review site.

   3.5 km · biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest near Brightlingsea in Essex · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Mersea Fort

   Mersea Fort, also known as Cudmore Grove Blockhouse, was an artillery fort established by Henry VIII on the East Mersea coast in 1543. It formed part of the King's Device programme to protect against invasion from France and the Holy Roman Empire, and defended the River Colne that led to the town of Colchester.

   2.3 km · artillery fort in East Mersea, Essex, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Martello Tower A

   Point Clear Martello Tower is a renovated Martello tower at Point Clear in Tendring, Essex, United Kingdom. It now functions as an aviation museum for aircraft from the Second World War.

   1.2 km · Martello Tower in St. Osyth, Tendring, Essex, England, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Bateman's Tower

   Bateman's Tower is a 19th century tower in Brightlingsea, Essex, at the mouth of Brightlingsea Creek. It is a grade II listed building, having been added to the register in 1987.

   900 m · tower in Brightlingsea, Tendring, Essex, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Brightlingsea

Airports

London Stansted (STN), 55 km · London Luton (LTN), 96 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 110 km

Stations

Great Bentley railway station, 5.3 km · Alresford railway station, 5.4 km

• London, Essex → Brightlingsea

  86 km · quickest by road, 2h · £10–13
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• London → Brightlingsea

  86 km · quickest by road, 2h · £10–13
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• Luton, Luton → Brightlingsea

  99 km · quickest by road, 2h 3m · £13–18
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No local-transport research exists yet for Brightlingsea

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Brightlingsea. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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