Tollesbury Wick, Tollesbury
#1 among attractions in Tollesbury
Facts and practical information
Tollesbury Wick is a 242.8 hectare nature reserve east of Tollesbury in Essex. It is managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust. ()
Tollesbury United Kingdom
Tollesbury Wick – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)
Nearby attractions include: Wilkin & Sons, Chapel of St Peter-on-the-Wall, Layer Marney Tower, Mersea Island Museum.
- 5.8 miNWMuseum
Wilkin & Sons, Tiptree
149 min walk • Wilkin & Sons Limited is a manufacturer of preserves, marmalades and associated products established in Tiptree, Essex, England in 1885, and known for its "Tiptree" brand of fruit preserves.
- 3.6 miEChurch, Sacred and religious sites, Historical place
Chapel of St Peter-on-the-Wall
91 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.
- 5.5 miNWMuseum, History museum, Observation decks and towers
Layer Marney Tower
140 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.
- 2.6 miNE
- 6.5 miNWWindmill
Messing Maypole Mill, Tiptree
167 min walk • Messing Maypole Mill is a grade II listed Tower mill at Tiptree, Essex, England which has been converted to a residence. Prior to boundary changes made when the civil parish of Tiptree was established in 1934, the mill was in the parish of Tolleshunt Knights.
- 3 miNPark, Farm
Abbotts Hall Farm
76 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.
- 4.4 miNWMonastery, Church
St. John The Baptist Monastery
114 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.
- 5 miNNature, Natural attraction, Lake
Abberton Reservoir
128 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.
- 4.5 miSWIsland
Osea Island
115 min walk • Osea Island, formerly also Osey, is an inhabited island in the estuary of the River Blackwater, Essex, East England. It is approximately 380 acres in size and is connected to the north bank of the river by a causeway, covered at high water.
- 3.6 miEForts and castles
Othona
92 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.
- 0.9 miNEIsland
Great Cob Island
23 min walk • Great Cob island is a small island in the estuary of the River Blackwater in Essex, England, the United Kingdom. The island is an area of low-lying salt marsh in the tidal channel known as Virley Channel that runs to the east of the village of Tollesbury.