Welcome to Mersea

Mersea Island - The Causway Fascination

admin@west-mersea.co.uk (Administrator) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:29:17 +0000

While recently trolling the internet using Mersea Island related search terms, I was staggered at the amount of text and photographic content relating the Strood. This iconic Mersea feature really seems to inspire a great deal of fascination in people. I guess the reasons behind this are varied and many, but with so few communities in the UK linked to the mainland by a true causeway, it really is something to be valued. So when the next round of debate about raising the height of the Stood to minimise our disconnection from the rest of Essex starts again, it may be worth considering how this could dent the mysticism and fascination that surrounds our Island.

Mersea Island Places To Visit

admin@west-mersea.co.uk (Administrator) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 10:15:18 +0000

Cudmore Grove

Cudmore Grove Country Park, Bromans Lane, East Mersea, Essex, CO5 8UE, Tel: 01206 383868 You can find Cudmore Grove at the eastern end of Mersea Island, with fine views across the Colne and Blackwater estuaries. Come and walk the sea wall, explore the shore and watch for wildlife. Behind the sandy beach is an area of cliff top and grassland providing a tranquil open landscape for picnics, flying kites and other outdoor activities.
To find Cudmore Grove by car: Follow the B1025 for 10 miles south of Colchester and Mersea Island and take the left hand fork to East Mersea for three miles. The country park is at the end of Bromans Lane. The route is well signposted. A series of events throughout the year including guided walks. Rangers are available to lead guided walks and talks for organised groups by request.

Mersea Island Museum

The Mersea Island Museum is an independent museum established in 1976 and occupying purpose-built premises in the centre of West Mersea, just to the east of the Parish Church. The traditional local activities of fishing, oystering, wild fowling and boat building are represented. The reconstruction within the museum of a typical weather-boarded fisherman's cottage provides an interior display centred on a Victorian coal-fired kitchen range, with adjoining facilities for washing clothes using old-fashioned manual equipment. Need more information

East Mersea Foot Ferry

Not really a place to visit, but an excellent opportunity to take in the scenery on a boat trip to Brightlingsea or Point Clear. Need more information

Welcome to Mersea Island

admin@west-mersea.co.uk (Administrator) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:43:29 +0000

The romantic lure of Island life is alive and well just off the coast of Essex. Mersea Island, nestled between the river Blackwater and Colne estuaries is approximately nine miles south-east of Colchester, and is without doubt one of the county's best kept secrets. The island is approximately five miles by two miles, and has a perimeter of twelve miles encompassing the town of West Mersea and the village of East Mersea. The name is a derivation of the Anglo Saxon word ‘Meresig’, which dates from the early 10th Century and means 'island of the pool'.