Brightline Villas now part of DLR Properties in Brightlingsea, Essex is a UK based international estate agent for apartments, properties and villas along the spectacular Spanish Costa Blanca. Offering properties for sale in picturesque areas, browse their databases and see what you like, they specialise in Spanish real estate on the Costa Blanca. Brightline Villas are available to assist you in finding your dream home, holiday villa, business investment or ideal Spanish property, and will make all the arrangements for viewing the property in Spain, you can even combine your visit with a holiday. They can arrange your accommodation and assist with searching for the best flight suited to your needs.READ MORE

The Brightlingsea Museum in Brightlingsea, Essex promoted and preserves the history of the town from it's people to it's industries from Roman times to present day. Come view the fascinating displays of artefacts from a local Roman settlement, the Oyster industry and stowboating, ship and boat building, Brightlingsea in the World Wars, the railway line to Wivenhoe and Brightlingsea's role as a Limb of the Cinque Port of Sandwich. The Brightlingsea Museum also holds a variety of events annually, children's activities and programmes and is open from Easter to the last weekend in September. They also provide resources for research and feature a wide selection of photographs, artefacts and memorabilia.READ MORE

Brightlingsea Boat Maintenance in Brightlingsea, Essex offers a boat yard you can trust covering from storage, to transport to maintenance, and they are committed to great service, honesty, quality and value. With quick turnaround time and high quality service, they undertake all repairs from traditional wooden boats to GRP repairs and services including scrub on posts, a pressure wash, anti-fouling, painting, polishing and varnishing, mast raising and lowering, tugboat launching and mast climbing. Brightlingsea Boat Maintenance also offer boat sales and boat yard storage facilities for long or short term storage and can provide portable tented storage for boats up to 20 feet, as well as have winter boat storage packages.READ MORE

Victus Bistros in Brightlingsea and two other Essex venues offers a relaxed dining experience with attentive and experienced staff, locally sourced meals from a great menu and welcoming drinks. Located in the centre of Brightlingsea high street, there's a modern dining area and bar with comfortable sofas for enjoying small plates, drinks and cocktails, and the fish dishes on the restaurant menu are sourced locally with the meat being prepared themselves. Victus Bistros also love catering for weddings and events, and experienced staff ensure perfection whether it's a formal wedding reception or informal barbeque, buffet or hog roast, your dream day is guaranteed and your event tailored to your personal needs and requirements.READ MORE

The Waterside Marina in Brightlingsea, Essex is situated in Brightlingsea Creek close to the mouth of the Colne Estuary offering seasonal and visitor berths. Facilities and services are many and include showers, fuel, free WIFI, laundry facilities, and a sewage pump out system. The Waterside Marina office is situated on the Waterside Marina development, and staff can be contacted on VHF Channel 80, they look forward to welcoming you soon to their warm and friendly atmosphere, and hope you enjoy your stay. READ MORE

Sophie Lea Fishing Charters in Brightlingsea, Essex welcomes you onboard the Sophie Lea 11, a new fast and stable catamaran, and one of the fastest boats on the east coast. Equipped with modern electronics, fish finders and plotters, satellite navigation, a comfortable deck space, a bait station, walk around island wheel house and much more, all the features ensure a fantastic time out on the water. Sophie Lea Fishing Charters are available for corporate days out with clients and a typical fishing trip includes a days fishing charter, dead baits, rod and tackle use, coffee, tea, soft drinks and tuition if required. They also have gift vouchers for the perfect gift on this great charter boat.READ MORE

Brightlingsea Sailing Club is one of the largest and friendliest sailing clubs in the east of England offering an excellent sailing programme and active social scene. The clubs offers terrific sailing in sheltered waters for dinghies, catamarans and windsurfers, catering to novices and national champions. Brightlingsea Sailing Club boasts a number of Olympic winners and has its own integrated sailing and powerboat schools run by RYA qualified instructors, come for a trial session or one of their taster sessions or open days, and find out which boat is for you. There's an on-site galley staffed by great chefs, and a cheap bar, and they constantly host fabulous events, so come develop your sailing skills and enjoy all that this club has to offer. READ MORE

Brightlingsea Harbour in Brightlingsea, Essex is a small mixed leisure and commercial port with a rich heritage going back, located within a nature conservation area of international importance, just a day sail from most ports on the Thames estuary. Ideally situated in Brightlingsea Creek close to the mouth of the Colne Estuary where it meets the Blackwater and Thames Estuaries, the harbour has around 500 berths and moorings, and welcomes visiting boats. Facilities include diesel fuel from a floating barge berth and laundry facilities, dinghy storage in the boat park in either hard standing spaces or racks, fresh water, launching over the town hard, maintenance posts located on the Town Hard, sewerage pump out systems, showers and waste disposal. Brightlingsea Harbour offers water taxi services, a waterside marina and sailing clubs, it's all here.READ MORE

The North London Sailing Association or NLSA has a residential sailing base in Brightlingsea, Essex and is an RYA training centre offering RYA courses by their sister organisation the North London Youth Sailing Trust or NLYST. The can accommodate groups of up to 18 members at the Old Custom House with simple but comfortable dormitories or two person cabins, with central heating, showers and drying facilities, run on a self catering basis with everyone contributing to domestic activities. The North London Sailing Association also runs several dinghy cruising weekends a year for members usually sailing Wayfarers which are excellent sea boat with good stability and great sailing performance, and sailing is usually day cruising to one of the many destinations on the Colne or Blackwater estuaries.READ MORE

The Coach House Coffee Shop in Brightlingsea, Essex is located in a converted Coach House that was originally a Victorian watering hole right at the waters edge, on the edge of the Hard. Here they serve great coffee and excellent meals in casual and relaxed surrounds with art on the walls and well behaved pets welcome. The Coach House Coffee Shop has an outside courtyard and they are open from breakfast, come for brunch, great daily specials, lunch and more in an ideal location near the yacht harbour, the sailing club and ferry. The Coach House Coffee Shop also has an upstairs newly opened loft which sells divine scarves and handbags, come for a wonderful experience.READ MORE