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Frinton Summer Theatre
Frinton Summer Theatre is a registered charity and repertory theatre company…
RestOld Forge House
Old Forge House is a self-catering accommodation business on East Mersea Road…
CellarMile and a Third
Mile and a Third is a micropub and bottle shop on Hamlet Court Road in…
CounterRevolver Records
Revolver Records is a pre-owned vinyl specialist on Southchurch Road in…
GroundsThe Black Pig Farm Cafe
The Black Pig Farm Cafe sits inside a converted barn on Chigborough Farm &…
LarderThe Butcher's Deli
The Butcher's Deli occupies a unit on Foundry Lane, run by Drew Nutley and Kat…
Grounds
Dash
Leigh-on-Sea, ENG
Dash runs two grab-and-go coffee counters in Leigh-on-Sea, on Broadway West and Leigh Road, opened…
Little Fin Coffee Roastery
Leigh-on-Sea, ENG
Little Fin occupies a shopfront on Leigh-on-Sea's Broadway, where Charlie and Ian roast the beans…
The Black Pig Farm Cafe
Maldon, ENG
The Black Pig Farm Cafe sits inside a converted barn on Chigborough Farm & Fisheries, 130 acres of…
The Little Book Cafe
Halstead, ENG
A small cafe in a 17th century cottage on Hedingham Road in the market town of Halstead, Essex,…
The Novel Coffee Shop
Southend-on-Sea, ENG
Run by the charity Southend Mencap at 98 London Road, this coffee shop pours freshly ground coffee…
Tin Roof Cafe
Woodham Mortimer, ENG
A family-owned cafe and bakery on Bryants Lane, Maldon, next to Claremont Garden Centre. Open daily…
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Deli 141
Harwich, ENG
Deli 141 occupies a two-storey shop at 141 High Street in Harwich. Downstairs stocks wholefoods and…
Osborne Bros
Leigh-on-Sea, ENG
Thomas George Osborne started selling cockles off Cockle Shed Row in 1880, and the fifth generation…
Padrino Italian Restaurant & Pizzeria
Southend-on-Sea, unparished area, ENG
A fully licensed Italian restaurant and pizzeria at 7–9 Shorefield Road, Westcliff on Sea, with a…
Prowse
Southend-on-Sea, unparished area, ENG
Prowse sits above the arches on Shorefield Road in Westcliff-on-Sea, a short walk from the Cliffs…
Seafood at Dawn
West Mersea, ENG
Seafood at Dawn was opened in January 2020 by Paige Bennett and her business partner Steve Prosser,…
Simply Seafood
Leigh-on-Sea, ENG
A family-owned seafood restaurant occupying one of the weatherboarded cockle sheds on the…
Tara Thai
Westcliff-on-Sea, ENG
Tara Thai occupies a shopfront on Hamlet Court Road in Westcliff-on-Sea. The kitchen is all-Thai…
The Company Shed
West Mersea, ENG
The Company Shed sits in a shed on Coast Road in West Mersea, run by the Haward family, who have…
The Oyster Smack Inn
Burnham-on-Crouch, ENG
The Oyster Smack Inn on Station Road in Burnham-on-Crouch describes itself as an independent…
The Tin Roof Cafeteria & Bakery
Maldon, ENG
The Tin Roof Cafeteria & Bakery occupies a site on Bryants Lane next to Claremont Garden Centre,…
Larder
Beckys Butchers
Great Bromley, ENG
Becky's Butchers works from Badley Hall Farm at Great Bromley, outside Colchester, with the shop…
Brightlingsea Bakery
Brightlingsea, ENG
Brightlingsea Bakery has traded from 4 High Street since 1974 under the same family ownership. The…
Deli & Fizz
Maldon, ENG
Deli & Fizz occupies a unit in the Kings Head Centre just off Maldon High Street, pairing a…
Deli 141
Harwich, ENG
Deli 141 occupies a two-storey shop at 141 High Street in Harwich. Downstairs stocks wholefoods and…
Freelands Farm Shop
Brightlingsea, ENG
A working farm shop on Lower Farm Lane on the outskirts of Brightlingsea, selling free-range eggs,…
Hume's Bakery
Halstead, ENG
A family bakery on Halstead High Street producing bread, cakes, and its signature sausage rolls…
McLauchlans of Boxted pick-your-own fruit farm
Boxted, ENG
A pick-your-own fruit farm on Straight Road at Boxted, next door to Fillpots nursery, growing…
Osborne Bros
Leigh-on-Sea, ENG
Thomas George Osborne started selling cockles off Cockle Shed Row in 1880, and the fifth generation…
The Butcher's Deli
Burnham-on-Crouch, ENG
The Butcher's Deli occupies a unit on Foundry Lane, run by Drew Nutley and Kat Watts, a…
The Company Shed
West Mersea, ENG
The Company Shed sits in a shed on Coast Road in West Mersea, run by the Haward family, who have…
The Dukes Seafood
West Mersea, ENG
The Dukes Seafood trades from Coast Road in West Mersea, where the family-run shop looks directly…
Culture
Combined Military Services Museum
Maldon, ENG
A militaria collection in Maldon spanning arms and armour from 1800BC to 1800AD, the Donnington…
Frinton Summer Theatre
Frinton-on-Sea, ENG
Frinton Summer Theatre is a registered charity and repertory theatre company founded in 1934,…
MP Gallery
Colchester, ENG
MP Gallery sells limited edition and original collectable fine art from premises in Colchester and…
Naze Tower
Walton-on-the-Naze, ENG
Naze Tower is a Grade II* listed octagonal tower on the Naze headland at Walton-on-the-Naze, built…
Old Leigh Studios
Leigh-on-Sea, ENG
Old Leigh Studios occupies a shopfront on the High Street in Old Leigh, where ceramicist Richard…
The Nose
Walton-on-the-Naze, ENG
A combined bookshop, cafe and project space on a side street between the High Street and The…
The Sentinel Gallery
Wivenhoe, ENG
The Sentinel Gallery stands on Chapel Road in Wivenhoe, a purpose-built gallery designed by Laurie…
Two Tree Gallery
Leigh-on-Sea, ENG
Two Tree Gallery on Rectory Grove is run as a cooperative by eight local artists, among them Terry…
Wivenhoe Cafe & Gallery
Wivenhoe, ENG
Wivenhoe Cafe & Gallery opened on East Street on 21 August 2024, in a shopfront that had stood…
Workshop
BENCHspace
Brightlingsea, ENG
BENCHspace occupies a workshop unit on Brightlingsea's Shipyard Estate, where silversmith Karen…
Clayshape Pottery Studio
Wivenhoe, ENG
Clayshape Pottery Studio occupies a purpose-built oak and glass studio on The Avenue in Wivenhoe,…
Colchester Makerspace
Colchester, ENG
A community-run ceramics and printmaking studio at Trinity Works in central Colchester, offering…
North Sea Sails
Tollesbury, ENG
North Sea Sails works from the Ibex Sail Loft on Woodrolfe Road, a short walk from Tollesbury's…
The Frame Shop Westcliff
Westcliff-on-Sea, ENG
A bespoke picture-framing workshop on London Road in Westcliff-on-Sea, making made-to-measure…
Counter
Books-on-Sea
Southend-on-Sea, ENG
Books-on-Sea on Alexandra Street in Southend-on-Sea was opened in 2019 by Veronika, who left an…
Caxton Books & Gallery
Frinton-on-Sea, ENG
An independent bookshop on Connaught Avenue that has traded in Frinton-on-Sea for more than four…
Maldon Books
Maldon, ENG
Maldon Books stands at the top of the town's High Street, opened by Olivia Rosenthall in December…
Read on Sea
Leigh-on-Sea, ENG
Read on Sea sits at 28 Broadway in Leigh-on-Sea, opened by Manuel in December 2023 to fill a gap in…
Red Lion Books
Colchester, ENG
Peter and Sarah Donaldson opened Red Lion Books in 1978 in the old stables of the Red Lion Hotel…
Revolver Records
Southend-on-Sea, ENG
Revolver Records is a pre-owned vinyl specialist on Southchurch Road in Southend-on-Sea, run by…
Scott's of Southend Garden Centre
Rochford, ENG
An independent garden centre on Sutton Road between Southend-on-Sea and Rochford, selling plants,…
The Wivenhoe Bookshop
Wivenhoe, ENG
The bookshop has held Wivenhoe's High Street since 1976 and reaches its fiftieth year in 2026 with…
Cellar
Crouch Ridge Cellar Door Shop
Althorne, ENG
Crouch Ridge Estate sits on Fambridge Road at Althorne, looking over the Crouch Valley and the…
East Coast Distillery
Thorpe-le-Soken, ENG
A small-batch gin distillery working from converted farm buildings at Landermere, on the tidal…
Leigh on Sea Brewery
Leigh-on-Sea, ENG
Leigh on Sea Brewery was founded by Ian Rydings and Mark Springham, who settled on the idea over a…
Mersea Island Vineyard
East Mersea, ENG
Mersea Island Vineyard sits on Rewsalls Lane in East Mersea, planted in 1997 by Roger and Jacqui…
Mile and a Third
Westcliff-on-Sea, ENG
Mile and a Third is a micropub and bottle shop on Hamlet Court Road in Westcliff-on-Sea, opened in…
Wibblers Brewery
Southminster, ENG
Wibblers brews from a medieval barn on Goldsands Road in Southminster, on the Dengie peninsula…
Snug
The Broker
Leigh-on-Sea, ENG
The Broker is a family run freehouse on Leigh Road, pouring five cask ales alongside six rotating…
The Greyhound Wivenhoe
Wivenhoe, ENG
A 16th-century inn on Wivenhoe High Street serving cask ales and ciders alongside home-cooked…
The Railway Tavern
Brightlingsea, ENG
The Railway Tavern occupies a building put up in 1865 to serve passengers from Brightlingsea's…
The Stingray
Harwich, ENG
The Stingray occupies 56 Church Street in Harwich's old town, run by the same family for 21 years…
Ye Olde White Harte
Burnham-on-Crouch, ENG
Ye Olde White Harte stands on the Quay at Burnham-on-Crouch, its jetty reaching over the River…
Rest
Anchor Hotel Burnham
Burnham-on-Crouch, ENG
A Grade II listed waterfront inn on Burnham-on-Crouch quay with origins dating to the 1600s, one of…
Creeksea Place Barns
Burnham-on-Crouch, ENG
Eight self-catering barns on the edge of Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex, sleeping between two and eight…
Frinton45
Frinton-on-Sea, ENG
Frinton45 is a small bed and breakfast run by hosts Paul and Annie from their home on Old Road, a…
Mersea Island Vineyard
East Mersea, ENG
Mersea Island Vineyard sits on Rewsalls Lane in East Mersea, planted in 1997 by Roger and Jacqui…
Old Forge House
West Mersea, ENG
Old Forge House is a self-catering accommodation business on East Mersea Road in West Mersea, built…
The Courtyard Rooms
Brightlingsea, ENG
The Courtyard Rooms offers self-catering guest rooms on the High Street in Brightlingsea, run by…
The Oyster Smack Inn
Burnham-on-Crouch, ENG
The Oyster Smack Inn on Station Road in Burnham-on-Crouch describes itself as an independent…
The Shepherd's Hide
Thorrington, ENG
A self-catering glamping retreat at The Granary, Mill Farm, Brightlingsea Road, Thorrington, set on…
The Ship Inn - Hotel
Burnham-on-Crouch, ENG
Three en-suite guest bedrooms at The Ship Inn, 52 High Street, Burnham-on-Crouch. Each is…
The Stingray
Harwich, ENG
The Stingray occupies 56 Church Street in Harwich's old town, run by the same family for 21 years…
White Hart Hotel
Witham, ENG
The White Hart stands on Newland Street in Witham, Essex, a family-operated hotel and pub the…
Ye Olde White Harte
Burnham-on-Crouch, ENG
Ye Olde White Harte stands on the Quay at Burnham-on-Crouch, its jetty reaching over the River…
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