Things to do in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex
We've found the following things to do within 10 miles of Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.
The Great Outdoors in Clacton-on-Sea
The great outdoors within 10 miles of Clacton-on-Sea.
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Howlands Marsh Nature Reserve | Essex Wildlife Trust
Take a walk around one of the best coastal grazing marshes in Essex, with its amazing display of wintering wildfowl and rare saltmarsh plants

Great Holland Pits Nature Reserve | Essex Wildlife Trust
This enchanting nature reserve was once a working gravel pit but for the last 50 years has been transformed into a flourishing wildlife haven

Colne Point Nature Reserve | Essex Wildlife Trust
Colne Point is an impressive expanse of saltmarsh, creek and shingle, running along the coastline at the mouth of the Colne Estuary

Weeleyhall Wood Nature Reserve | Essex Wildlife Trust
Visit this beautiful woodland in spring to be fully immersed in a sea of colour, as the wildflowers that carpet this ancient woodland show off their bright flowers

Skipper's Island Nature Reserve | Essex Wildlife Trust
Skippers Island is one of the last remaining places in Essex with a true feeling of wilderness - a remote island in the Walton Backwaters, there is a sense of peacefulness, only interrupted by the calls of waders and the sound of the rising and falling tide

Fingringhoe Wick Nature Discovery Park | Essex Wildlife Trust
Fingringhoe Wick was Essex Wildlife Trust's first nature reserve (1961), some years later it was where the Trust opened their first visitor centre. Sixty years on visitors are still coming to see this magical place. Set in a spectacular position overlooking the Colne Estuary the reserve offers a sense of real peace and quiet and a chance to escape from it all.

Naze Nature Discovery Centre | Essex Wildlife Trust
The Naze is a unique coastal landscape of outstanding geological and biological importance. As the most easterly peninsula in Essex it is an important site for migrating birds and boasts a number of different habitats, both terrestrial and marine.

Cockaynes Wood Nature Reserve | Essex Wildlife Trust
A beautiful mosaic habitat, Cockaynes Wood is situated in an area which was once extensively used for sand and gravel extraction and now supports a whole array of amazing wildlife

John Weston Nature Reserve | Essex Wildlife Trust
Just around the corner from The Naze Centre you'll find John Weston Nature Reserve, an important site for passing birds in the spring and autumn

Bradwell Shell Bank Nature Reserve | Essex Wildlife Trust
Years of tidal currents have formed this special shell bank of cockle and oyster shells which surrounds an extensive saltmarsh, home to thousands of wintering birds
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