Things to do in Great Oakley, Essex

We've found the following things to do within 10 miles of Great Oakley, Essex.

The Great Outdoors in Great Oakley

Embrace the beauty of nature with scenic walks, parks, and outdoor adventures for all ages.

The great outdoors within 10 miles of Great Oakley.

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Skipper's Island Nature Reserve | Essex Wildlife Trust
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
Copperas Wood Nature Reserve | Essex Wildlife Trust
Copperas Wood Nature Reserve | Essex Wildlife Trust
On the edge of the Stour Estuary, you'll find the flourishing Copperas Wood Nature Reserve, filled with blooming wild flowers in the spring
Weeleyhall Wood Nature Reserve | Essex Wildlife Trust
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
Wrabness Nature Reserve | Essex Wildlife Trust
Wrabness Nature Reserve | Essex Wildlife Trust
Visit a reserve that is brimming with amazing bird species in every corner in every month of the year, with lovely views over the Stour Estuary
John Weston Nature Reserve | Essex Wildlife Trust
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
Great Holland Pits Nature Reserve | Essex Wildlife Trust
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
Naze Nature Discovery Centre | Essex Wildlife Trust
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.
Howlands Marsh Nature Reserve | Essex Wildlife Trust
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
Cockaynes Wood Nature Reserve | Essex Wildlife Trust
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
Fingringhoe Wick Nature Discovery Park | Essex Wildlife Trust
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.
Colne Point Nature Reserve | Essex Wildlife Trust
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

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The Arts in Great Oakley

Explore creativity through galleries, performances, and hands-on artistic experiences in the community.

The arts within 10 miles of Great Oakley.

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Eastbury Manor House
Eastbury Manor House
Visit our striking Elizabethan merchant's house and gardens at the National Trust's Eastbury Manor House in London.
Ha’penny Pier & Visitors Centre
Ha’penny Pier & Visitors Centre
Work began on this pier in 1852 and it was opened on the 2nd of July 1853. It was so called because of the ½d toll charged (like a platform...
Lifeboat Museum
Lifeboat Museum
Harwich Lifeboat Museum had its origins early in 1993 when the Society heard that Cromer was looking for a home for a surplus lifeboat. A search party was immediately despatched...

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History and Heritage in Great Oakley

Step back in time and discover the rich history and heritage that shaped this area.

History and heritage within 10 miles of Great Oakley.

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Mistley Towers | English Heritage
Mistley Towers | English Heritage
Two porticoed Classical towers, which stood at each end of a grandiose but highly unconventional Georgian church, designed by Robert Adam in 1776.
Landguard Fort | English Heritage
Landguard Fort | English Heritage
Landguard Fort is the site of the last opposed seaborne invasion of England in 1667 and the first land battle of the Royal Marines.

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Exploring further afield?

Take a look at a few other places in the surrounding area.

Great Oakley Beaumont Skipper Island Pewit Island Stones Green Little Oakley Ramsey Thorpe Green Wix Thorpe-le-Soken Horsey Island Hedge-end Island Upper Dovercourt Wrabness Tendring Green Bradfield Tendring Tendring Heath Kirby-le-Soken Goose Green Harwich Bradfield Heath Parkeston Horsley Cross Weeley Horsleycross Street Kirby Cross The Naze Dovercourt Mistley Heath Walton-On-The-Naze Great Holland New Mistley Weeley Heath Bath Side Little Bentley Frinton-On-Sea Little Clacton Tower Hill Cook's Green Row Heath Mistley Raven's Green Great Bentley Manningtree Burrsville Park Great Clacton St Osyth Heath Little Bromley Hare Green

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