Brightlingsea Harbour

A quite unique place to visit, and it was the second time for us.

Lovely place. Very pretty harbour.

Beautiful place!! We love love love Brightlingsea every part of it & so do the kids. On a hot day the Lido is a must & crabbing is always fantastic guaranteed loads of crabs from the jetty. The park this year has had a superb refurbishment and the kids spent hours playing on it. Love the little safe beach area for the kids to splash around in and then we usually grab and icecream.

Excellent couple of days moored to the Brightling harbour pontoons enjoying the Colne YC Cadet week. Enjoyed superb dinner at the Yachtsmans Arms. "Muddy boots, dogs and Kids" Says it all well done to the "team" of young ladies attending us. Plus a fine " fish & chip" Supper at the Waterside Fish Bar.

A great place at any time of the year with lots going on! In fact, just last weekend was the yearly Regatta. Otherwise, during the summer months, you can stop by and grab ice creams or fish and chips, or even fresh fish too! Just to the right and up some steps there are a few restaurants and a bit further back, almost opposite the fish and chip shop there is a friendly pub too! Also, at the end of the jetty there is a little ferry (runs from about April to about October) that can take you to ...