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Recommended towns & villages near Chapel of St Peter-on-the-Wall

Sunset at The Hard

West Mersea

(3.0 miles, 4.8 km, direction N)

The beach is crammed full of colourful beach huts and has fine views across the mouth of the River Blackwater to Bradwell-on-Sea. The beach is safe for bathing, windsurfing is popular and there is a small jetty for boats...

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Tollesbury Creek

Tollesbury

(4.5 miles, 7.3 km, direction W)

This large sea-faring village sits attractively off a tidal creek where the waters of the Blackwater River enter the sea...

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Brightlingsea

Brightlingsea

(6.7 miles, 10.8 km, direction NE)

A medieval port on the Colne estuary, Brightlingsea was once an associate member of the Cinque Ports. The history of the town goes back to Roman times and it's industry has always been linked to the sea...

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St Osyth in the snow 2009

St Osyth

(7.4 miles, 12.0 km, direction NE)

The village is noted for its medieval Priory, a Grade I listed building which started life as a foundation for Augustinian Canons around 1127, it later became an abbey which was eventually dissolved in 1539...

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Mill and Church

Fingringhoe

(7.5 miles, 12.1 km, direction N)

Delightful Fingringhoe is home to one of the most outstanding Nature Reserves in the country. It was formed out of a disused gravel pit near the estuary of the beautiful River Colne and today it is the premier flagship of the Essex Wildlife Trust...

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Jaywick Beach (Essex) February 2005

Jaywick

(8.3 miles, 13.4 km, direction NE)

Much of Jaywick was built during the early part of the 20th century when Mr. Frank Stedman, a business man, bought the existing marshland to turn into a holiday resort...

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Pub sign

Burnham-on-Crouch

(9.1 miles, 14.6 km, direction SW)

Burnham-on-Crouch, a small town on the north bank of the River Crouch as it winds its way towards Foulness Point and the North Sea...

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Clacton-on-Sea

Clacton-on-Sea

(9.8 miles, 15.7 km, direction NE)

Clacton-on-Sea is a fine Victorian resort that offers visitors and enjoyable and jolly time...

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Greenstead Church, said to be the world's oldest wooden building, in Greenstead, England

Greenstead

(10.6 miles, 17.0 km, direction N)

Greenstead Church is said to be the oldest wooden building in the world. Well worth a visit....

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St Peter's Church, Colchester

Colchester

(11.0 miles, 17.7 km, direction N)

Fascinating historic Essex town in which there was probably a settlement in both the 5th-century BC, and the Ist-century AD. The invading Roman's occupied Colchester in AD 43, and.....

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St. Osyth priory gatehouse

St. Osyth Priory

(7.3 miles, 11.8 km, direction NE)

The ruins of St.Osyth's Priory are the most picturesque and impressive range of monastic buildings in Essex. The priory dates.....

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Bourne Mill

Bourne Mill

(9.9 miles, 15.9 km, direction N)

Picturesque watermill with working waterwheel..

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Beth Chatto Gardens, May 2001

Beth Chatto Gardens

(10.0 miles, 16.0 km, direction N)

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St. Botolphs Priory in Colchester

St. Botolph's Priory

(10.3 miles, 16.6 km, direction N)

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Colchester zoo,Leopard

Colchester Zoo

(10.5 miles, 16.8 km, direction N)

Colchester Zoo, located in Essex, England, is renowned as one of the leading zoological parks in the United Kingdom. Established.....

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Castle Park, Colchester

Colchester Castle Park

(10.8 miles, 17.4 km, direction N)

Winner of Britains Best Park 2009, Colchester Castle Park is a fantastic park in the town centre of Colchester. Great for a walk.....

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Natural History Museum Colchester

Natural History Museum

(10.8 miles, 17.4 km, direction N)

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Colchester

Colchester Castle

(11.0 miles, 17.7 km, direction N)

Colchester is an ancient town situated on the site where a Roman city once stood. It is most famous for its massive Norman.....

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Squirrel

High Woods Country Park

(11.9 miles, 19.2 km, direction N)

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Paycocke's

(14.4 miles, 23.2 km, direction NW)

Fine late Gothic merchant's house - The finest example of domestic late Gothic/Tudor architecture...

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