An Introduction to Essex 

Essex although part of East Anglia  is still considered as one of the Home Counties of London. There is market gardening for London and some dairy and sheep farming. Oyster fisheries are also important. Essex was once part of the kingdom of the East Saxons; Roman and Saxon remains can be found at Colchester and Maldon, which are popular resorts on the coast.

Essex has attractive countryside and villages in the North and on the coast, you will hase some good days out at traditional seaside resorts such as Southend on sea and Clacton on Sea both being favourites of Londoners for many years.

Essex has many beautiful villages, especially Finchingfield, Thaxted and Great Bardfield (all of which have windmills). Coggeshall has some fine medieval buildings, and attractive Burnham-on-Crouch is lively in summer

Essex is home to Britain’s oldest recorded town, Colchester, with family attractions here, with an  ever-is expanding zoo and the Castle Museum which has hands-on displays which are a must for children and adults alike. A visit to the Castle prisons will enlighten you as to just how barbaric life used to be. The spectacular displays of Colchester's early history include the destruction of Colchester at the hands of Boudica and the Iceni. Displays about medieval and Norman Colchester plus a display about the siege of Colchester during the English Civil War.