West Mersea Yacht Club, Mersea Island

#3 among attractions in Mersea Island

Sailing, Yacht club

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West Mersea Yacht Club is a British yacht club that has its clubhouse in Coast Road, West Mersea, Mersea Island, Essex. It is on the estuary of the River Blackwater, approximately 12 km south of Colchester. The Blackwater estuary is a major sailing centre on the English east coast. ()

Coordinates: 51°46'44"N, 0°53'58"E

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116 Coast RoadMersea Island United Kingdom

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West Mersea Yacht Club – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Device Forts, Chapel of St Peter-on-the-Wall, Layer Marney Tower, Mersea Island Museum.

5.1 miE
Forts and castles
Device Forts, Brightlingsea
130 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.
3.5 miSE
Church, Sacred and religious sites, Historical place
Chapel of St Peter-on-the-Wall
89 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.
5.3 miNW
Museum, History museum, Observation decks and towers
Layer Marney Tower
136 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.
0.6 miE
51°46'36"N • 0°54'43"E
Mersea Island Museum, Mersea Island
15 min walk • Specialty museum, Museum
6.5 miNE
Park
Cockaynes Wood
166 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.
5 miNE
Park
Fingringhoe Wick
127 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.
2.6 miNW
Park, Farm
Abbotts Hall Farm
67 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.
2.3 miSW
Park
Tollesbury Wick, Tollesbury
60 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.
5.1 miW
Monastery, Church
St. John The Baptist Monastery
131 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.
3.5 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Abberton Reservoir
90 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.
6.8 miSW
Island
Osea Island
173 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.