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# East Mersea

East Mersea is a village and civil parish on Mersea Island in the City of Colchester district of Essex, England.

[Plan a trip to East Mersea](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=East%20Mersea) [From London, Essex](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=London%2C+Essex&to=East+Mersea)

## Every way there

- London, Essex → East Mersea 83 km · quickest by road, 1h 56m · £9–12 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/london-essex-to-east-mersea) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=London%2C+Essex&to=East+Mersea)
- London → East Mersea 82 km · quickest by road, 1h 56m · £9–12 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/london-to-east-mersea) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=London&to=East+Mersea)
- Luton, Luton → East Mersea 96 km · quickest by road, 1h 59m · £13–17 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/luton-luton-to-east-mersea) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Luton%2C+Luton&to=East+Mersea)

Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

The field note

What is in and around East Mersea, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move.

[Read the note on East Mersea](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/east-mersea)

What East Mersea has

- Y Scheduled flights London, Essex (STN), 53 km
- N Trains and coaches no timetable feed known for this country
- Y Ferries Brightlingsea/ Point Clear/ East Mersea Foot Ferry, 1 km, Brightlingsea Harbour; sailings estimated
- Y Driving and taxi OpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band
- N Bike and scooter share no share feed known
- N Cruises no open itinerary source anywhere

Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known. Nearest place with more: Clacton-on-Sea, 12 km.

51.796°, 0.986°

The other parish on the island is West Mersea. Both were part of the manor of Mersea mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086. At the 2021 census East Mersea parish had a population of 293.

How locals move

## Getting around East Mersea the local way

- Get around Many National Cycle Routes run off-road and are not suitable for certain bicycle types, e.g.

From [Wikivoyage: Colchester](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Colchester), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Mersea), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Sabine Baring-Gould (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.


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