Tollesbury Fleet

Tollesbury Fleet is a locality in Tollesbury, Maldon District, England. Tollesbury Fleet is situated nearby to the locality Joyce’s Head, as well as near Pennyhole Fleet.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Great Cob Island and Cobmarsh Island.

Great Cob Island

Islet

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Great Cob island is a small island in the estuary of the River Blackwater in Essex, England, the United Kingdom. The island is an area of low-lying salt marsh in the tidal channel known as Virley Channel that runs to the east of the village of Tollesbury.

Cobmarsh Island

Islet

Mersea Island is an island in Essex, England, in the Blackwater and Colne estuaries to the south of Colchester. Its name comes from the Old English word meresig, meaning "island of the pool" and thus is tautological. Cobmarsh Island is situated 1½ miles east of Tollesbury Fleet.

Abbotts Hall Farm

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Abbotts Hall Farm is a 282 hectare nature reserve in Great Wigborough in Essex. It is the head office of the Essex Wildlife Trust, which manages the site. Abbotts Hall Farm is situated 2 miles north of Tollesbury Fleet.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Salcott and Great Wigborough.

Salcott

Village

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Salcott is a village and civil parish in the City of Colchester district of Essex, England. Salcott closely adjoins the neighbouring village of Virley of the opposite side of Virley Brook; they are sometimes described as a single village of Salcott-cum-Virley. Salcott is situated 2 miles northwest of Tollesbury Fleet.

Great Wigborough

Village

Photo: Glyn Baker, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Great Wigborough is a village in the civil parish of Great and Little Wigborough in the City of Colchester district of Essex, England. The place-name 'Wigborough' first appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as Wicgebergha and Wighebergha. Great Wigborough is situated 2½ miles north of Tollesbury Fleet.