Guidebook for Brightlingsea

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Guidebook for Brightlingsea

Food Scene

Beautiful building. Somewhere special for either afternoon tea or fine dining.
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GreyFriars Hotel & Restaurant
High Street
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Beautiful building. Somewhere special for either afternoon tea or fine dining.
Perfect setting for a beer or glass of wine watching out over the Marina. Food is very good too!
No 1 Harbour Square. eat.drink.relax
Harbour Square
Perfect setting for a beer or glass of wine watching out over the Marina. Food is very good too!
Lovely views from the garden over towards the creek. Have had some very good reports from previous guests regarding the food, especially fish menu.
The Rosebud Pub & Seafood Restaurant
66 Hurst Grn
Lovely views from the garden over towards the creek. Have had some very good reports from previous guests regarding the food, especially fish menu.
Lovely setting looking out over Bentley Green. Lovely owners and excellent service.
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Restaurant 43
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Lovely setting looking out over Bentley Green. Lovely owners and excellent service.
The Creek
Flag Hill
Very busy but great atmosphere! Great food!
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The Black Buoy
Black Buoy Hill
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Very busy but great atmosphere! Great food!
Although we haven't eaten here, we have heard positive reports about the varied menu and good food.
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Bambu Vietnamese
95 Quayside Dr
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Although we haven't eaten here, we have heard positive reports about the varied menu and good food.
Definitely the best fish and chips we've had! We enjoy eating in their tiny restaurant but the fish and chips definitely still travel well from shop to the Belvedere dining table!
Winkies
7-9 New St
Definitely the best fish and chips we've had! We enjoy eating in their tiny restaurant but the fish and chips definitely still travel well from shop to the Belvedere dining table!
Mimosa Colchester
The Crescent
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Sun Inn Dedham
High Street
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The Mistley Thorn Hotel
High Street
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The Company Shed
129 Coast Rd
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River Colne Food Co.
12A High St

Parks & Nature

Freeland's Alpacas Take a picnic and enjoy a 90 minute experience with Alpacas at Freelands Farm, Lower Farm Lane, Brightlingsea CO7 0SU Bookings being taken from May 2021 (Saturdays and Wednesdays)
Definitely worth a visit for plant lovers and they also have a very good cafe. It is free to visit the cafe and nursery which sells rare plants. There's an extra admission charge to visit the beautiful gardens designed by Beth Chatto who has sadly recently passed away.
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Beth Chatto's Plants & Gardens
Clacton Road
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Definitely worth a visit for plant lovers and they also have a very good cafe. It is free to visit the cafe and nursery which sells rare plants. There's an extra admission charge to visit the beautiful gardens designed by Beth Chatto who has sadly recently passed away.
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Essex Wildlife Trust Fingringhoe Wick
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Peaceful, well-tended garden built on the site of a Roman villa with an unusual selection of plants.
Springmead Gardens, Brightlingsea
76 Ladysmith Ave
Peaceful, well-tended garden built on the site of a Roman villa with an unusual selection of plants.
Beautiful park with amazing planted gardens. Great place to take young children. There are many varied events in the park throughout the Spring/Summer and short walk into town for shopping.
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콜체스터 성 공원
High Street
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Beautiful park with amazing planted gardens. Great place to take young children. There are many varied events in the park throughout the Spring/Summer and short walk into town for shopping.
Beautiful views!
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Cudmore Grove Country Park
Broman's Lane
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Beautiful views!
Freeland's Alpacas Take a picnic and have lunch with the Alpacas. A 90 minute experience. Bookings from May 2021 for Saturdays and Wednesdays.
Freelands farm
LOWER FARM LANE
Freeland's Alpacas Take a picnic and have lunch with the Alpacas. A 90 minute experience. Bookings from May 2021 for Saturdays and Wednesdays.
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마크스 홀 가든과 수목원
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Entertainment & Activities

Great day out for the whole family.
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콜체스터 동물원
Maldon Road
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Great day out for the whole family.
Classic 1930's open air 50m unheated outdoor pool plus a smaller pool for toddlers with parents. Changing facilities, sun loungers are available. Beach cafe. Open between end May - mid September.
Brightlingsea Lido
Promenade Way
Classic 1930's open air 50m unheated outdoor pool plus a smaller pool for toddlers with parents. Changing facilities, sun loungers are available. Beach cafe. Open between end May - mid September.
Just an old fashioned cinema, with old fashioned ticket prices - £3! There are only two screens but it is perfect for taking the whole family without breaking the bank!
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Century Cinema Clacton
129 Pier Ave
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Just an old fashioned cinema, with old fashioned ticket prices - £3! There are only two screens but it is perfect for taking the whole family without breaking the bank!

Everything Else

Lovely beach - Clacton is the more typical British seaside town, with amusements, beach shops, theatre, cinema etc. Excellent annual air show held each August. Very busy in high season.
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Clacton-on-Sea
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Lovely beach - Clacton is the more typical British seaside town, with amusements, beach shops, theatre, cinema etc. Excellent annual air show held each August. Very busy in high season.
Lovely beaches lined with colourful beach huts. Can be very busy in high season.
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Walton-on-the-Naze
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Lovely beaches lined with colourful beach huts. Can be very busy in high season.

Sightseeing

Set by the River Stour on the Essex/Suffolk border and in the heart of Constable country.
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Dedham
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Set by the River Stour on the Essex/Suffolk border and in the heart of Constable country.

Arts & Culture

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The Munnings Art Museum
Castle Hill
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See first hand the scene's painted by John Constable and maybe take out a punt and view from the river!
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Flatford mill
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See first hand the scene's painted by John Constable and maybe take out a punt and view from the river!
UK's second busiest passenger ferry port rich in maritime history with numerous museums, lighthouses and Electric Palace Cinema. Guided walking tours offered throughout the season. The Harwich Arts Festival is celebrated annually each summer.
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Harwich International Port
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UK's second busiest passenger ferry port rich in maritime history with numerous museums, lighthouses and Electric Palace Cinema. Guided walking tours offered throughout the season. The Harwich Arts Festival is celebrated annually each summer.
Tudor palace and gardens.
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Layer Marney Tower
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Tudor palace and gardens.
Castle open throughout the year
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콜체스터 성 공원
High Street
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Castle open throughout the year
Have a varied programme often including national tours of theatre companies and musicals.
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Mercury Theatre
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Have a varied programme often including national tours of theatre companies and musicals.

Shopping

Great selection of shops varying from larger department stores - Fenwicks, Debenhams, Marks and Spencer to the usual high street stores. It is worth a walk around the surrounding lanes to browse the smaller independent shops/cafes.
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Colchester Town station
Saint Botolph's Circus
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Great selection of shops varying from larger department stores - Fenwicks, Debenhams, Marks and Spencer to the usual high street stores. It is worth a walk around the surrounding lanes to browse the smaller independent shops/cafes.
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Ipswich
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