Fingringhoe Wick

#2737 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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Fingringhoe Wick is a 48.6 hectare nature reserve in Fingringhoe in Essex. It is managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust, which runs a visitor centre on the site. It is part of the Colne Estuary Site of Special Scientific Interest, Ramsar site and Nature Conservation Review site. ()

Area: 120.09 acres (0.1876 mi²)Elevation: 62 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 51°50'10"N, 0°58'14"E

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Fingringhoe Wick – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Device Forts, Wivenhoe Park, Cockaynes Wood, Salary Brooke.

2.7 miSE
Forts and castles
Device Forts, Brightlingsea
70 min walk • The Device Forts, also known as Henrician castles and blockhouses, were a series of artillery fortifications built to defend the coast of England and Wales by Henry VIII.
3 miN
Park, Lake
Wivenhoe Park, Colchester
78 min walk • Wivenhoe Park is a landscaped green space of more than 200 acres at the eastern edge of Colchester, England. It is the site of Wivenhoe House, a four-star hotel, based in an eighteenth-century Grade II listed house.
1.6 miN
Park
Cockaynes Wood
40 min walk • Cockaynes Wood is a 20.2 hectare nature reserve between Wivenhoe and Alresford in Essex, United Kingdom. It is managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust and the Cockaynes Wood Trust. Cockaynes Wood is ancient, and was listed in the Domesday Book.
3.6 miN
Park
Salary Brooke, Colchester
93 min walk • Salary Brook Local Nature Reserve is a 17.1 hectare Local Nature Reserve covering a stretch of Salary Brook and its banks on the south-east outskirts of Colchester in Essex. It is owned and managed by Colchester Borough Council.
3 miN
51°52'38"N • 0°56'51"E
Lakeside Theatre, Colchester
77 min walk • Concerts and shows, Theater
4.4 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Abberton Reservoir
112 min walk • Abberton Reservoir is a pumped storage freshwater reservoir in eastern England near the Essex coast, with an area of 700 hectares. Most of its water is pumped from the River Stour. It is the largest body of freshwater in Essex.
3.1 miNE
Park, Garden
Beth Chatto Gardens, Colchester
78 min walk • The Beth Chatto Gardens, now known as Beth Chatto's Plants & Gardens, are an informal collection of historically significant gardens, with National Heritage Grade II listing.
3.7 miNW
Church, Gothic architecture, Gothic Revival architecture
St Michael's Church, Colchester
95 min walk • St Michael's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Berechurch, Essex, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
3.1 miSE
Forts and castles
Mersea Fort, Mersea Island
78 min walk • Mersea Fort, also known as Cudmore Grove Blockhouse, was an artillery fort established by Henry VIII on the East Mersea coast in 1543.
3.9 miNW
Church, Gothic architecture
Church of St Leonard at the Hythe, Colchester
100 min walk • The Church of St Leonard at the Hythe is a redundant Anglican church in Hythe, Colchester, Essex, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
1.4 miN
Town
Wivenhoe
37 min walk • Wivenhoe is a town and civil parish in north eastern Essex, England, approximately 3 miles south east of Colchester.