Essex holiday cottages provide opportunities for visitors to explore some of the loveliest countryside in the UK. Although some of Essex is built up and urbanised, the county still has a major seaside resort in Southend and countless places of natural beauty. For Essex cottages see the property featured below.
Epping Forest, just outside Greater London is one such example. Covering around 6000 acres, it is the remnant of the vast hunting grounds of Saxon, Norman and Tudor monarchs. The forest consists of rough heaths and sunlit glades. It can be explored by the rambler and motorist alike, with footpaths and roads running through this attractive region of Essex.
Essex is also known for its coastal belt of reclaimed marshes, running from Shoeburyness to the Blackwater Estuary. It also includes Foulness, Potton and Havengore. This area of Essex was reclaimed by Dutch Engineers in the 17th century.
Northern Essex has roots planted deep in English history, with Roman fortress towns like Colchester to Anglo-Saxon villages like Langenhoe and Wivenhoe. It is a region of peaceful beauty, of water-meadows and willows while the counties coast is a labyrinth of mud-flats and winding creeks. This is a county as rurally diverse as it is beautiful. You can book Essex holiday cottages below.
