Island Cottage
🏖️ 1.08 miles from West Mersea (Good water quality)
Mersea Island, East Anglia
Sleeps 4
£570 per break
Check availabilityMuseums & Galleries · Essex
Mersea Island Museum
📍 CO5 8SD
Photo: Robert Edwards (CC BY-SA 2.0), via Wikimedia Commons
- Displays on fishing, oystering, wild fowling and boat building
- New main hall exhibition each year
- Resource Centre computers with images, records and audio
- Puzzles and quizzes available for children
- Guided History Walks in West Mersea in summer
Mersea Island Museum is an independent local museum in the centre of West Mersea, occupying purpose-built premises since 1976. It focuses on the island's traditional activities of fishing, oystering, wild fowling and boat building, alongside local, social and natural history, geology, family history, marine and maritime collections. The main hall exhibition changes each year, and a Resource Centre lets you browse thousands of images, articles and records. Children are welcomed with puzzles and quizzes, and summer Guided History Walks run from the museum. It's a good stop for anyone interested in local heritage, with disabled access and parking on site. The museum sits in Essex, close to West Mersea beach (BRITSTAYS:beach), with plenty of nearby places to stay (BRITSTAYS:stays).
Practical details
- Open
- Summer season, Wednesday to Sunday and Bank Holiday Mondays
- Accessibility
- Disabled access and disabled parking available
- Booking
- History walk tickets available from the Museum on the day, no booking needed
- Best for
- Activities for children are provided
From the attraction's own website on 20 Sep 2026 — check before you travel.
Facilities
- ✓ Disabled Access
- ✓ Parking
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