Heathrow Airport 1 hr 34
Chelmsford Cathedral (29 min.)
small free to enter anglican cathedral with an 11th-century heritage and lunchtime music recitals. The Museum Of Power (8 min.)
industrial machinery equipment and tools including a working steam pump plus a miniature railway. Combined Military Services Museum (7 min.)
army museum displaying artifacts from medieval times to the present including arms & spy gadgets. West Mersea Beach (26 min.) 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. Mill Beach Hotel (9 min) St Peters Chapel (33 min.)
chapel architecture and history Abberton Reservoir (18 min.)
a 1 770-acre reservoir created in 1939 & nature reserve teeming with birdlife plus a visitor center. Rhs Garden Hyde Hall (23 min.)
site run by horticulture charity including bird hide and dry garden with bold architectural plants. Osea Island (15 min)
estuary and beach Essex Police Museum (25 min.)
archival and educational space displaying documents artefacts objects and photos on local history. Mangapps Railway (30 min.)
steam and diesel locomotives run along this heritage railway with a museum of train memorabilia. Layer Marney Tower (21 min.)
historic gatehouse with tea rooms in former stables flower gardens open for picnicking and a farm. Mill Beach Caravan Park (5 min) Wharf Road (14 min) Cudmore Grove Country Park (29 min.)
park & beach with walking trails through meadows a playground & the ruins of a 16th-century fort. | 
