Things To Do IN ESSEX
Take a look at the map below to find things to do in the Essex area, including the north Essex coast from Harwich to Clacton. You can find restaurants & cafes, wildlife parks, historic churches & halls, museums, gardens & woodlands, shops & supermarkets, beaches and much more.
Click on an icon to find out more information on each location, or check out the list by clicking the top left icon. You can also check out our other Things To Do maps in Suffolk, Norfolk, East Yorkshire, North Yorkshire & Lincolnshire.
Full of great towns, countryside and coast, Essex has plenty to see and do. We’ve made a list of our favourite events planned in Essex for December.
These are the stories that have been around for centuries. Long before ‘Trick or Treat’ had made its way into UK life, some UK holiday home locations were already quite spooky enough.
Autumn and winter breaks are, even now, more realistic when you own your own UK seaside holiday home. Make the most of a break later in the year by having the right clothes and help the planet too. Check out our Style Guide to Autumn and Winter clothing.
When you can have the things that draw people from all over the world on your doorstep, why wouldn’t you want your own seaside holiday home here in the UK.
We really do like to be beside the seaside and we’ve celebrated the fact in song for a long time. Check out these ten facts - or little pieces of trivia if you prefer - about the inextricable link between popular music and the great UK seaside holiday…
We do love a stroll along the ‘prom’. It’s a love that’s enshrined in song after all and what’s a visit to a seaside resort without a walk along the pier? But how long have we been doing these things and why? Lets take a look at coastal piers & promenades on this seaside walk through history…
TV broadcaster Pete Goodrum takes a look at the rise of seaside holiday camps in the 1950’s, the history behind the classic British seaside resorts of Essex as well as the beauty of its countryside and the many famous appearances of this region on television!
Caravanning for your holidays is an age old British tradition and these celebrities enjoy going on caravan holidays like we do.
Lodges and chalets are now at the forefront of new holiday home developments that are happening across UK holiday parks.
We have taken a look at some weird and wonderful facts about Essex that you may not have known before!