Mersea Island Museum

Mersea Island Museum is a museum in West Mersea, City of Colchester, England which is located on High Street. Mersea Island Museum is situated nearby to the church St Peter and St Paul, West Mersea, as well as near West Mersea Post Office.

Photo: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Museum
Description: local museum on Mersea Island, United Kingdom
Also known as: “Mersea Museum”
Address: 12 High Street, West Mersea, Mersea Island, CO5 8QD

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cobmarsh Island and Great Cob Island.

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.

Great Cob Island

Islet

Photo: Glyn Baker, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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. Great Cob Island is situated 1½ miles southwest of Mersea Island Museum.

Church of St Nicholas

Church

Photo: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church of St Nicholas is situated 2 miles northwest of Mersea Island Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include West Mersea and Barrow Hill.

West Mersea

Town

Photo: David Morrison, CC BY-SA 2.0.

West Mersea is a town and civil parish on Mersea Island in the City of Colchester district of Essex, England. It is one of two parishes on the island, the other being East Mersea.

Barrow Hill

Locality

Barrow Hill is a hamlet in Essex, England. It is located on Mersea Island, approximately 2 km north-northeast of West Mersea near to where the Strood causeway meets the island.