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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 around the world.
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Colchester Zoo, Maldon Road, Stanway, Colchester, Essex CO3 0SL, United Kingdom
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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.
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Cudmore Grove beach is on the eastern end of Mersea Island within the Cudmore Grove Country Park. This is a sand and pebble beach backed by grassland and marshes and includes historic features such as WWII pillboxes and gun emplacements, remains of a 16th century blockhouse fort. Popular with walkers, fossil hunting, cyclists and horse riders. Pay and display car
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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
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