Essex
Tendring District
Brightlingsea

Brightlingsea

Brightlingsea is a coastal town and civil parish in the Tendring district of , England. It is situated between and , at the mouth of the River Colne, on Brightlingsea Creek.
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  • Type: Town with 8,500 residents
  • Description: coastal town in the Tendring district of Essex, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Brightlingsea, Essex”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Brightlingsea Library and The Brewers Arms Public House.

Library
Photo: Oxyman, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Pub
Photo: Dr Neil Clifton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Museum
Photo: Oxyman, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Point Clear and Lee-over-Sands.

Village
Photo: Glyn Baker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in the civil parish of , south-west of the village of St Osyth and on the other side of St Osyth Creek, a branch of the Colne Estuary in the Tendring district, in the county of , England. is situated 1½ miles southeast of Brightlingsea.

Hamlet
is a small coastal hamlet in the civil parish of , in the Tendring district of , England. It is located close to the mouth of the River Colne into the . is situated 3 miles southeast of Brightlingsea.

Village
Photo: Roger W Haworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Great Bentley is a village and civil parish in the Tendring district of north east , England, located seven miles east of . The parish includes the hamlets of and South Heath. is situated 3 miles northeast of Brightlingsea.

Brightlingsea

Latitude
51.81094° or 51° 48′ 39″ north
Longitude
1.02532° or 1° 1′ 31″ east
Population
8,500
Elevation
33 feet (10 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB BLS
Open location code
9F33R26G+94
Open­Street­Map ID
node 27584934
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2654711
Wiki­data ID
Q915751
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Brightlingsea” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Brightlingsea”
  • Asturian: “Brightlingsea”
  • Basque: “Brightlingsea”
  • Bengali: “ব্রাইটলিংসী”
  • Cebuano: “Brightlingsea”
  • Chinese: “Brightlingsea”
  • Chinese: “布賴特靈西”
  • Chinese: “布赖特灵西”
  • Dutch: “Brightlingsea”
  • French: “Brightlingsea”
  • German: “Brightlingsea”
  • Gujarati: “બ્રાઇટલિંગસી”
  • Irish: “Brightlingsea”
  • Italian: “Brightlingsea”
  • Japanese: “ブライトリンシー”
  • Kannada: “ಬ್ರೈಟ್ಲಿಂಗ್ ಸೀ”
  • Korean: “브라이팅씨”
  • Ladin: “Brightlingsea”
  • Latin: “Brightlingseia”
  • Lithuanian: “Braitlingsis”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Brightlingsea”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Brightlingsea”
  • Persian: “برایتلینگسی”
  • Polish: “Brightlingsea”
  • Portuguese: “Brightlingsea”
  • Romanian: “Brightlingsea”
  • Russian: “Брайтлингси”
  • South Azerbaijani: “برایتلینقسی”
  • Spanish: “Brightlingsea”
  • Swedish: “Brightlingsea”
  • Tamil: “பிரைட்க்ளிங்சீ”
  • Telugu: “బ్రిట్లింగ్ సీ”
  • Turkish: “Brightlingsea”
  • Urdu: “بریگھتلینجسیا”
  • Volapük: “Brightlingsea”
  • Welsh: “Brightlingsea”
  • “Brightlingsea”

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as St Osyth Stone Point and The Folly.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include St James‘ Church and Brightlingsea Post Office.

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