East Mersea is a Town in the county of Essex.

Retail in East Mersea

There are great places to visit near East Mersea including some great towns, castles, woodlands, airports, historic buildings, cities, villages, country parks, shopping centres, parks and nature reserves.

Colchester, Epping, Maldon, Southend-on-Sea, Saffron Walden, Braintree, and Basildon are great places to visit near East Mersea if you like towns.

The area around East Mersea's best castles can be found at Colchester Castle.

East Mersea has some unmissable woodlands nearby like Epping Forest, and Bedfords Park.

East Mersea's best nearby airports can be found at London Southend Airport, and London Stansted Airport.

Historic Buildings to visit near East Mersea include Audley End House and Gardens, and Chelmsford Cathedral.

Chelmsford is a great place to visit close to East Mersea if you like cities.

Villages to visit near East Mersea include Hatfield Peverel.

Thorndon Country Park is one of East Mersea's best, nearby country parks to visit in East Mersea.

Places near East Mersea feature a number of interesting shopping centres including Lakeside Shopping Centre.

Don't miss Bedfords Park's parks if visiting the area around East Mersea.

Places near East Mersea feature a number of interesting nature reserves including Bedfords Park.

East Mersea History

There are some historic monuments around East Mersea:

• SE corner of Roman town in Easthill House Gardens
• The Benedictine Abbey of St John
• Coastal fish weir at the northern end of The Nass
• Town ditch
• Coastal fish weirs at West Mersea, 570m south east of St Peter's Well
• Tumulus NW of East Donyland Hall
• Roman round building
• Remains of an apsidal Roman building at Butt Road and Southway
• Saxon Shore fort and Anglo-Saxon monastery at Bradwell-on-Sea
• Decoy pond 500m south of Waldegraves Farm
• Decoy pond 700m north east of Marsh House Farm
• Martello tower A and associated battery, Stone Point
• Bourne Mill
• Remains of St Peter's Church, 460m south of Church Farm
• Roman Circus 200m south of Abbey House
• Berechurch Dyke: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Romano-British town of Camulodunum
• Remains of St Osyth's Priory including the ruinous sections of a mid-C16 mansion
• Tudor blockhouse 300m south of Mersea Stone
• Town Wall
• Roman saltern 750m north west of Maydays Farm
• Colchester Castle and the Temple of Claudius
• Balkerne Gate
• Saxon coastal fish weir at Sales Point
• St Botolph's Augustinian Priory
• Mersea Mount: a Roman barrow at Barrow Hill Farm
• Group of barrows at Annan Road