Harwich International Port, Harwich

Name: Harwich International Port
Address: Parkeston Quay, Harwich, CO12 4SR, Harwich, United Kingdom

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Harwich International Port is a North Sea seaport in Essex, England, and one of the Haven ports. It lies on the south bank of the River Stour one mile upstream from the town of Harwich, opposite the Port of Felixstowe. The port was formerly known as Parkeston Quay. ()

Opened: 1883 (141 years ago)Coordinates: 51°56'53"N, 1°15'18"E

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Parkeston Quay, Harwich, CO12 4SRHarwich United Kingdom

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Harwich International Port – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: High Lighthouse, Electric Palace Cinema, Landguard Fort, Ocean Boulevard Amusements.

1.5 miE
Lighthouse
High Lighthouse, Harwich
38 min walk • Harwich High and Low Lighthouses are a pair of early 19th-century towers in Harwich, Essex, which were built as leading lights to help guide vessels into the harbour. They replaced an earlier pair of lights established in the seventeenth century when Harwich was a key operational base for the Royal Navy.
1.4 miE
Nightlife, Concerts and shows, Cinema
Electric Palace Cinema, Harwich
37 min walk • The Electric Palace cinema, Harwich, is one of the oldest purpose-built cinemas to survive complete with its silent screen, original projection room and ornamental frontage still intact. It was designed by the architect Harold Ridley Hooper of Ipswich, Suffolk and opened on 29 November 1911.
2.9 miE
Specialty museum, View point, Museum
Landguard Fort, Felixstowe
74 min walk • Landguard Fort is a fort at the mouth of the River Orwell outside Felixstowe, Suffolk, designed to guard the mouth of the river. It is now open to the public.
3.8 miE
51°57'22"N • 1°20'34"E
Ocean Boulevard Amusements, Felixstowe
97 min walk • Amusement, Amusement park
3.9 miE
Piers and boardwalks
Felixstowe Pier, Felixstowe
100 min walk • Felixstowe Pier is a pleasure pier in the Edwardian seaside town of Felixstowe, Suffolk, England. The pier opened in August 1905 with a total length of 2,640 feet and its own railway station, and was once one of the longest in the country. Steamer services operated from the pier to various destinations.
1.6 miSE
Forts and castles
Beacon Hill Battery, Harwich
42 min walk • Beacon Hill Battery is a late-19th and 20th century coastal fortification that was built to defend the port of Harwich, Essex. It is a scheduled ancient monument.
1.5 miE
Specialty museum, Museum, Military museum
Harwich Redoubt, Harwich
39 min walk • Harwich Redoubt is a circular fort built in 1808 to defend the port of Harwich, Essex from Napoleonic invasion. The Harwich Society opens it to the public.
3 miE
Park
Landguard Common
76 min walk • Landguard Common is a 30.5 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Felixstowe in Suffolk. An area of 16.3 hectares at the southern end is also a Local Nature Reserve.
0.9 miNE
Forest
Ganges Wood, Harwich
24 min walk • Ganges Wood is a woodland in Suffolk, England, near the village of Shotley Gate. It covers a total area of 2.21 hectares. It is owned and managed by the Woodland Trust.
4.3 miW
Cemetery
Oakfield Wood
111 min walk • Oakfield Wood is a 2.8 hectare nature reserve west of Wrabness in Essex. It is managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust. This is former farmland which is being converted into a "green burial ground", overlooking the Stour Estuary.
2.2 miNE
Park
Trimley Marshes, Felixstowe
57 min walk • Trimley Marshes is a 77 hectare nature reserve west of Trimley St Mary, on the outskirts of Felixstowe in Suffolk. It is managed by the Suffolk Wildlife Trust.