Mersea Island Museum, Mersea Island

Name: Mersea Island Museum
Address: 12 High St, Mersea Island, CO5 8QD, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1206 385191

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Top attraction, Specialty museum, Museum

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Mersea Island Museum (address: 12 High St) is a place located in Mersea Island (England kingdom) and belongs to the category of top attraction, specialty museum, museum.

It is situated at an altitude of 62 feet, and its geographical coordinates are 51°46'36"N latitude and 0°54'43"E longitude.

Among other places and attractions worth visiting in the area are: West Mersea Yacht Club (sailing, 15 min walk), Great Cob Island (island, 45 min walk), Tollesbury Wick, Tollesbury (park, 67 min walk).

Coordinates: 51°46'36"N, 0°54'43"E

Address

12 High StMersea Island CO5 8QD United Kingdom

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+44 1206 385191

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Mersea Island Museum – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Device Forts, Chapel of St Peter-on-the-Wall, Layer Marney Tower, Cockaynes Wood.

4.7 miNE
Forts and castles
Device Forts, Brightlingsea
119 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.
3.1 miSE
Church, Sacred and religious sites, Historical place
Chapel of St Peter-on-the-Wall
79 min walk • The Chapel of St Peter-on-the-Wall, Bradwell-on-Sea, Essex, is a Grade I listed building and among the oldest largely intact Christian churches in England; it is still in regular use. It dates from the years 660–662. The chapel is used regularly by the nearby Othona Community, in addition to Church of England services.
5.9 miNW
Museum, History museum, Observation decks and towers
Layer Marney Tower
150 min walk • Layer Marney Tower is a Tudor palace, composed of buildings, gardens and parkland, dating from 1520 situated in Layer Marney, Essex, England, between Colchester and Maldon. The building was designated Grade I listed in 1952.
6.3 miNE
Park
Cockaynes Wood
162 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.
4.8 miNE
Park
Fingringhoe Wick
123 min walk • 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.
3.2 miNW
Park, Farm
Abbotts Hall Farm
81 min walk • Abbotts Hall Farm is a 282 hectare nature reserve in Great Wigborough in Essex. It is the head office of the Essex Wildlife Trust, which manages the site.
2.6 miSW
Park
Tollesbury Wick, Tollesbury
67 min walk • Tollesbury Wick is a 242.8 hectare nature reserve east of Tollesbury in Essex. It is managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust. This is coastal freshwater marsh which is grazed by sheep, and is worked by traditional methods which encourage wildlife.
5.7 miW
Monastery, Church
St. John The Baptist Monastery
145 min walk • The Patriarchal Stavropegic Monastery of St John the Baptist is a monastic community for both men and women, directly under the Ecumenical Patriarchate. It is located in Tolleshunt Knights, near Maldon, Essex, in England, and is the oldest Orthodox religious community in the UK.
3.9 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Abberton Reservoir
100 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.
4.1 miE
Forts and castles
Mersea Fort, Mersea Island
106 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.
3.1 miSE
Forts and castles
Othona
80 min walk • Othona or Othonae was the name of an ancient Roman fort of the Saxon Shore at the location of the modern village Bradwell-on-Sea in Essex, England. The Old English name Ythanceaster for the locality derives from the Roman name.