Heathrow Airport 1 hr 48
St Peters Chapel (46 min)
chapel architecture and history Promenade Park (23 min)
victorian riverfront park with ornamental lake woodland walk and kids adventure play areas. Cudmore Grove Country Park (42 min)
park & beach with walking trails through meadows a playground & the ruins of a 16th-century fort. Mangapps Railway (44 min)
steam and diesel locomotives run along this heritage railway with a museum of train memorabilia. Essex Police Museum (38 min)
archival and educational space displaying documents artefacts objects and photos on local history. Blackwater Estuary National Nature Reserve (40 min)
estuary and nature reserve Combined Military Services Museum (21 min)
army museum displaying artifacts from medieval times to the present including arms & spy gadgets. Osea Island (1 min)
estuary and beach Layer Marney Tower (35 min)
historic gatehouse with tea rooms in former stables flower gardens open for picnicking and a farm. Abberton Reservoir (32 min)
a 1 770-acre reservoir created in 1939 & nature reserve teeming with birdlife plus a visitor center. Rhs Garden Hyde Hall (37 min)
site run by horticulture charity including bird hide and dry garden with bold architectural plants. West Mersea Beach (40 min) Cressing Temple Barns (36 min)
timber-framed barns orchards and a tudor walled garden on a medieval knights templar estate. The Museum Of Power (22 min)
industrial machinery equipment and tools including a working steam pump plus a miniature railway. | 
