Tag: Brightlingsea

Small beach at end of Western Promenade, Brightlingsea, with Bateman's Tower in distance.

Colne Community School Field. This is one of the playing fields of 218991 the footpath from Strangers Corner to 219025 just passes through the North East tip of TM0717 and provides the only public acc…

Brightlingsea Village Sign. Brightlingsea village sign Brightlingsea, Essex for overall view see 1431670

Cow Lane, near Point Clear This private road leads down to St Osyth Creek.

Aerial View. Most of the Grid can be seen in this photo. The Landing Point can be seen. 219030

Aerial View of TM1016 A good view of TM1016

Aerial View of TM1017 A good view of the Grid, showing Lower Farm.

Morses Farm. The footpath from Brightlingsea to Thorrington passes through Morses farm yard.

Brightlingsea Village Sign. Brightlingsea village sign Brightlingsea, Essex for close up view see 1431673

Brightlingsea sunset Low water springs at Brightlingsea, viewed from the landing stage. The buildings to the right are part of the new marina. http://www.watersidemarina.co.uk

'Coastal Squeeze' The salt marsh habitat along the Essex coast is eroding due to tidal action. Normally the marshes would over time 'roll back' inland keeping the width of the strip about the same. Ho…

Beach Huts Beach huts Brightlingsea, Essex.

The farmhouse at Ivy Farm The farm stands at the end of Ivy Lane.

The farmhouse at Broman's Farm This is a view along Broman's Lane as you leave Cudmore Grove Country Park.

St Osyth Stone Point Looking from the point across Brightlingsea Creek towards the tower at Westmarsh Point.

St James' Church, Brightlingsea This is a Church of England church

Nature Reserve near Brightlingsea The mouth of the River Colne is on the right

Sandy Point Aerial View Sandy Point is towards the bottom left of the photo. See 218962. Colne Point is at the top right of the photo. tm100122.

View to Sandy Point. This is part of the shingle spit on the Colne Point Nature Reserve owned by Essex Wildlife Trust http://www.essexwt.org.uk/visitor_centres__nature_reserves/colne_point_nature_rese…

New Street, Brightlingsea

New Flats, Brightlingsea New flats being constructed on land that was previously used by industry

Mouth of the River Colne Taken from a nature reserve near Brightlingsea

Martello Tower, near St Osyth Stone Point Martello Tower just visible across the open water.

Martello Tower at Point Clear The Point Clear Martello Tower is home to The East Essex Aviation Society Museum

Martello Tower The tower at St Osyth Stone Point, which is now used as an aviation museum by the East Essex Aviation Society, with artefacts from crash sites of wartime aircraft in the area, and civil…

Lane leading to Point Clear Martello Tower. This lane is unnamed

Freelands Freelands is the lane that runs to Lower Farm near Hurst Green.

Ferry Boat Inn, Point Clear this pub is next to Point Clear Martello tower which is just left of this picture.

Brightlingsea Wharf A ship being loaded with scrap metal at Brightlingsea Wharf. Taken from a nearby landing stage.

British Mk 14 Sea Mine Owned by The East Essex Aviation Society and being used to hold the Martello Tower's door open

British Mk 14 Sea Mine This Sea Mine is on display on the Riverfront at Brightlingsea and is being used as a collection box for The Royal British Legion

Brightlingsea Library

Boats on Brightlingsea Creek The boat in the foreground is an ex-Navy harbour launch, built about 1958

Bench Head Buoy This Buoy is on display on the Riverfront at Brightlingsea

Beach Huts, Western Promenade, Brightlingsea

Bateman's Tower Folly

Built in 1883 by John Bateman as a folly for his daughter to recuperate from consumption. The tower is sited on Westmarsh point at the entrance to Brightlingsea Creek on the River Colne. In 2005 resto…

Anchor, Brightlingsea This Anchor is on display on the Riverfront at Brightlingsea

Orchards Roundabout. This is roundabout is at the entrance to Orchards Holiday Park in Point Clear.

Lake Near Marsh Farm. This lake to the east of Brightlingsea was created through sand and gravel extraction

Aerial View of Tm0916 Most of the grid can be seen in this photo. Cindery Island and Brightlingsea Creek are the prominent features. The tip of Hurst Green can just be seen middle left of the photo.

Oyster smacks at Brightlingsea Creek. Traditional fishingboats moor to modern pontoons at Brightlingsea.

Oliver's Wharf, Brightlingsea. Commercial port operations are carried out at the privately owned Olivers Wharf, but most of the harbour is given over to leisure craft.

Moverons Farm. This is Moverons Farm, the photo was taken on the byway that runs from Brightlingsea church to the ford at Arlesford creek

Martello Tower and T34. This Martello Tower at Point Clear is Home to The East Essex Aviation Society and Museum http://www.stosyth.gov.uk/default.asp?calltype=museum. Visiting today was a T34 tank bu…

Landing stage at Brightlingsea, 1992 This jetty, seen at low water, was on the site of the new yacht marina.

Hurst Green, Brightlingsea, Essex. Hurst Green lies at the eastern side of Brightlingsea, triangular in shape and surrounded by an array of houses from mixed periods.

Fen Farm. The site office for Fen Farm Caravan Site

Command Centre? The WW2 bunker here is at ground level, it is covered with an earth mound now covered with trees. It does not appear to have much in the way of gun mountings etc. It is much bigger tha…

Colne Point Landing Beach. This is the landing beach for boating visitors to Colne Point Nature Reserve see http://www.essexwt.org.uk/visitor_centres__nature_reserves/colne_point_nature_reserve/ Techn…