IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Haven Village, Promenade Way, COLCHESTER, CO7 0LW
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Haven Village, Promenade Way, CO7 0LW by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Image Map
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Notes
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- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (32 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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Distance
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Brightlingsea: The Boating Lake
The photographer thinks that this is used for model boats as well as leisure boats. It is on the south side of Promenade Way. Old large scale Ordnance Survey maps show that this area was once open to tidal inundation and contained numerous oyster pits.
Image: © Nigel Cox
Taken: 17 Mar 2019
0.07 miles
2
Site of Brightlingsea Station
View NW: completely obliterated site of terminus - buffer stops were to the right, of ex-Great Eastern line from Wivenhoe. The branch had been closed from 2/ to 12/53, after the Great Floods of 31/1/53, but was restored, only to be closed completely on 15/6/64.
Image: © Ben Brooksbank
Taken: 30 May 1983
0.07 miles
3
Boating Lake, Brightlingsea
Dug out of the salt marsh in the 1930s, the lake is about a metre deep. It is topped up with sea water at high tide from sluices direct from the beach. The lack of fresh water has led swans and some ducks to walk their chicks away from the lake in search of other fresh water ponds.
Image: © Bob Jones
Taken: 29 Jan 2009
0.09 miles
4
Brightlingsea Community Centre
The community centre is an undistinguished building dating from 1975 but it does incorporate the Liberty Hall which has a capacity for 250 people. Even so, the rather scruffy sign could do with a spruce up. This was the site of Brightlingsea station at the end of a branch from Wivenhoe. The railway was closed in 1964 and the building demolished in 1969. This amateur film from 1963 captures the atmosphere of the line in its dying days: https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-river-ride-1963-online
Image: © Stephen McKay
Taken: 18 Apr 2018
0.10 miles
6
Brightlingsea: The Lido
Brightlingsea's Lido dates from 1933. After coming near to closure in 2017, Brightlingsea Town Council provided a subsidy for its repair and maintenance, and a community group, the Brightlingsea Lido Trust, was formed. Local tradesman, who had enjoyed the lido as children, gave their time for free to get the lido up and running again.
The Lido's website with opening times is here https://www.brightlingsealido.org/
Image: © Nigel Cox
Taken: 17 Mar 2019
0.12 miles
7
Grass Snake
This snake was around 1.1m Long
Image: © Terry Hamilton
Taken: 3 Aug 2009
0.12 miles
8
Brightlingsea Lido
First opened in 1932 like most open air pools it fell out of favour and was due to be closed. However a group of locals banded together and the facility was relaunched in 2018. See https://historicpools.org.uk/member_pools/brightlingsea-lido/ for more info.
Image: © Glyn Baker
Taken: 13 Jul 2023
0.12 miles
9
Boating Lake, Brightlingsea
With the marina beyond.
Image: © Trevor Harris
Taken: 4 Nov 2018
0.12 miles
10
The Boating Lake
Brightlingsea attraction
Image: © John Myers
Taken: 10 Aug 2014
0.12 miles