Heathrow Airport 1 hr 23
Promenade Park (10 min.)
victorian riverfront park with ornamental lake woodland walk and kids adventure play areas. Cressing Temple Barns (23 min.)
timber-framed barns orchards and a tudor walled garden on a medieval knights templar estate. Wharf Road (14 min) Mill Beach Caravan Park (5 min) Rhs Garden Hyde Hall (23 min.)
site run by horticulture charity including bird hide and dry garden with bold architectural plants. Abberton Reservoir (18 min.)
a 1 770-acre reservoir created in 1939 & nature reserve teeming with birdlife plus a visitor center. Osea Island (15 min)
estuary and beach St Peters Chapel (33 min.)
chapel architecture and history Layer Marney Tower (21 min.)
historic gatehouse with tea rooms in former stables flower gardens open for picnicking and a farm. Chelmsford Cathedral (29 min.)
small free to enter anglican cathedral with an 11th-century heritage and lunchtime music recitals. Combined Military Services Museum (7 min.)
army museum displaying artifacts from medieval times to the present including arms & spy gadgets. Essex Police Museum (25 min.)
archival and educational space displaying documents artefacts objects and photos on local history. The Museum Of Power (8 min.)
industrial machinery equipment and tools including a working steam pump plus a miniature railway. Mangapps Railway (30 min.)
steam and diesel locomotives run along this heritage railway with a museum of train memorabilia. West Mersea Beach (26 min.) Cudmore Grove Country Park (29 min.)
park & beach with walking trails through meadows a playground & the ruins of a 16th-century fort. Mill Beach Hotel (9 min) | 
