Explore Colchester Beaches and Coastline


Why not check beaches nearby as we have 23 beaches in Essex. You can even take a look at our list of Essex dog friendly beaches or even our United Kingdom Blue Flag beach list.

Colchester Essex Coast Map

Colchester Essex Coast Search Bar

Where would you like to go? Use our search bar to search across all our local listings, ideal for finding that nearest spot to visit:

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Want some ideas on where to visit?

Every favourite location must be visited for the first time. Want some ideas, why not check out the below small selection of coastal locations, including beaches, activities, things to see and do, and places to stay and eat:

Things to see and do

Paycockes House

Paycocke’s House is a fine late Gothic merchant’s house. Read more…
Colchester-Zoo

Colchester Zoo

Colchester Zoo has over 260 rare species many part of breeding programmes. Interactive daily displays get you closer to the animals and the zoo offers a wide range of educational activities for schools and groups as well as team building for corporate groups. Colchester Zoo’s Action for the Wild is the zoo’s charitable arm and is responsible for conservation work Read more…
Place to eat

The Company Shed

Beach: On the marina at West Mersea View: The boats! What’s on the menu?: Fantastic fresh seafood, caught locally – eat in or take away. The Company Shed has been in West Mersea for over 25 years and is a local favourite. Read more…
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Coggeshall Grange Barn

Coggeshall Grange Barn is a 13th-century monastic barn managed by the National Trust, and is one of Europe’s oldest timber-framed buildings. The barn has a spectacular single open space and hosts an exhibition of local woodcarving, tools and a collection of agricultural carts. Read more…
Things to see and do

St Johns Abbey Gate

This pinnacled gatehouse, built c.1400, elaborately decorated in East Anglian ‘flushwork’, is the sole survivor of the wealthy Benedictine abbey of St John. Read more…
Landscape and Nature

Abberton Reservoir

A large, shallow, freshwater storage reservoir and is the largest freshwater body in Essex. The reservoir contains around 25,000 Megalitres. It is a pumped storage reservoir. This means water is pumped from the rivers Chelmer, Blackwater and Stour to fill it, rather than simply relying on rainfall in the limited catchment area. The reservoir was formed by damming a shallow Read more…
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St Botolphs Priory

St Botolph’s Priory was the first English Augustinian priory church, founded at the end of the eleventh century from the Anglo-Saxon minster community of Colchester. Only the remains stand today. Read more…
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Hollytrees Museum

Hollytrees Museum is situated in an eighteenth-century house close to Colchester Castle, which was used as a private residence until 1929. The museum displays Colchester’s rich history with nearly three centuries of fascinating toys, costume and decorative arts along with a children’s play area, shop, sensory garden. Read more…
Colchester-Castle

Colchester Castle

Colchester Castle is an example of a largely complete Norman castle. Colchester’s keep at 46 m by 34 m (152 by 112 feet) is thought to be the largest ever built in Britain and the largest surviving example in Europe. Read more…
Hedingham-Castle

Hedingham Castle

Hedingham Castle is a Norman motte and bailey castle with a stone keep 110 feet high. For four centuries it was the primary seat of the de Vere family, Earls of Oxford. Aubrey de Vere was one of William the Conqueror’s most favoured knights. His son Aubrey II built a huge castle at Hedingham c.1140. A family visit to the Read more…
Place to eat

The Playhouse Pub

The Playhouse is a Wetherspoon pub in Colchester, Essex. Our pub offers a range of real ales, craft beers and freshly ground Lavazza coffee. Breakfast is served until noon, with our full food menu available until 11 pm.     Read more…
Things to see and do

Mistley towers

Mistley Towers are the twin towers of the now demolished Church of St. Mary the Virgin at Mistley. The original Georgian parish church on the site had been built in classical style early in the 18th century. Read more…
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