Nice places in Essex/south Suffolk to visit... preferably with a bit of seaside? 08:13 - Aug 23 with 3660 views | BrixtonBlue | Thinking of visiting my parents at the weekend (Chelmsford)... then going on to somewhere on that east coast for a pleasant weekend with the missus. Any recommendations? I remember Dedham being nice. The missus suggested Southend-on-sea, largely because it sounds nice with the "on sea" bit, but I always remember Southend being a sh!thole. Dunno if it's improved. | |
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Nice places in Essex/south Suffolk to visit... preferably with a bit of seaside? on 11:17 - Aug 23 with 922 views | StochesStotasBlewe | Old Felixstowe. Nice walks on the seafront or inland from the estuary, the Ferry Boat Inn for a pint & lunch. | |
| We have no village green, or a shop.
It's very, very quiet.
I can walk to the pub. |
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Nice places in Essex/south Suffolk to visit... preferably with a bit of seaside? on 11:24 - Aug 23 with 917 views | SouperJim | Jaywick is supposed to be palatial | |
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Nah, the rocks are fine on 11:51 - Aug 23 with 900 views | chicoazul |
Nah, the rocks are fine on 11:12 - Aug 23 by Dyland | Possibly best to avoid the natives though... but tbh the whole R in the month thing is out of date. Put it this way, I trough oysters in the summer. In fact the only time I've chundered from oysters was one Christmas. |
How do you know it was the Oysters? Could have been the Latour '67 and the 8 brandies. | |
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Nice places in Essex/south Suffolk to visit... preferably with a bit of seaside? on 12:19 - Aug 23 with 877 views | Colin_Viljoen |
Nice places in Essex/south Suffolk to visit... preferably with a bit of seaside? on 10:53 - Aug 23 by LeighOnSeaBlue | I can vouch for Southend being a sh!thole! Come to Leigh and Sea its much nicer |
Ah! Leigh on sea snobbery rears it's head again! | | | |
Nice places in Essex/south Suffolk to visit... preferably with a bit of seaside? on 12:37 - Aug 23 with 860 views | suffolkpoker | Thorpeness Southwold aldeburgh Walberswick These places are like going back in time. #SuffolkGems | |
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Nice places in Essex/south Suffolk to visit... preferably with a bit of seaside? on 12:53 - Aug 23 with 854 views | soupytwist |
Nice places in Essex/south Suffolk to visit... preferably with a bit of seaside? on 12:19 - Aug 23 by Colin_Viljoen | Ah! Leigh on sea snobbery rears it's head again! |
Leigh has gone downhill massively since I spent my formative years there. | | | |
Nice places in Essex/south Suffolk to visit... preferably with a bit of seaside? on 13:27 - Aug 23 with 834 views | Coastalblue |
Nice places in Essex/south Suffolk to visit... preferably with a bit of seaside? on 12:53 - Aug 23 by soupytwist | Leigh has gone downhill massively since I spent my formative years there. |
Indeed, getting p1ssed in the Grand Hotel while Wilko Johnson was tuning up was like a rite of passage, now there isn't even a Grand Hotel! I did used to love the Peterboat too, I bet that's some ungodly chain pub now? | |
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Nice places in Essex/south Suffolk to visit... preferably with a bit of seaside? on 13:44 - Aug 23 with 825 views | soupytwist |
Nice places in Essex/south Suffolk to visit... preferably with a bit of seaside? on 13:27 - Aug 23 by Coastalblue | Indeed, getting p1ssed in the Grand Hotel while Wilko Johnson was tuning up was like a rite of passage, now there isn't even a Grand Hotel! I did used to love the Peterboat too, I bet that's some ungodly chain pub now? |
I was more a Smack and the Crooked Billet, never the Peter Boat, kind of person myself as far as Old Leigh was concerned and The Grand more in the winter. Looking back that was a really good pub with its different bars and music venue upstairs. | | | | Login to get fewer ads
Nice places in Essex/south Suffolk to visit... preferably with a bit of seaside? on 13:46 - Aug 23 with 818 views | Sacrebleu |
Nice places in Essex/south Suffolk to visit... preferably with a bit of seaside? on 09:27 - Aug 23 by BrixtonBlue | We both like art so that top one sounds nice. |
You could combine that with Sudbury and get a bit of Gainsborough in. Harwich is nice. Can open up into ferry trips to Felixstowe and Shotley as well as seal spotting around the Walton back waters. The latter is probably booked up now though. | | | |
Nice places in Essex/south Suffolk to visit... preferably with a bit of seaside? on 15:52 - Aug 23 with 775 views | C_HealyIsAPleasure |
Nice places in Essex/south Suffolk to visit... preferably with a bit of seaside? on 12:37 - Aug 23 by suffolkpoker | Thorpeness Southwold aldeburgh Walberswick These places are like going back in time. #SuffolkGems |
Indeed, but a bit far for a day trip from Chelmsford, especially with all the Ginger Ed traffic! | |
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Nice places in Essex/south Suffolk to visit... preferably with a bit of seaside? on 16:29 - Aug 23 with 764 views | MLDR5 | Languard Fort and the small beach at Felixstowe is far nicer than the sea fronts went there today, is awesome | | | |
Nice places in Essex/south Suffolk to visit... preferably with a bit of seaside? on 16:33 - Aug 23 with 762 views | Kieran_Knows |
Would second this. | |
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