The Rosebud Pub is a traditional English pub in Brightlingsea, Essex located on the village green with glorious sea views across open farmland. This busy little pub offers freshly prepared, home cooked meals with great starter choices, and mains of home roasted ham, home made pie of the day, freshly battered calamari, wholetail scampi, King Prawns, filler of salmon, freshly buttered haddock and chips, surf and turf, steaks, lamb, pasta and much more. The Rosebud Pub also features a small conservatory leading into their beer garden, which is the perfect venue and ideal space for small functions including birthdays, anniversaries, parties, wakes and more, come for a wonderful dining and drinking experience or event.READ MORE

Lucas Estates established all the way back in 35 are Brightlingsea's original local estate agents and valuers, and today are located in a prominent central location. All agents and members of the team have extensive knowledge of the area both in property sales and the rental market. Lucas Estates also offers no obligation valuations and competitive commission rates and if they cannot sell or rent your property, then you don't pay, and they cover Brightlingsea, Thorrington and surrounding areas. They also have and independent financial mortgage advisor who would be happy to meet with you, contact them for all your property needs.READ MORE

The Raj Pavilion is an award winning Indian restaurant, and the finest Bangladeshi restaurant and take away in Brightlingsea, Essex. This top restaurant offers sublime Indian food and take aways and are open for a four course Sunday Buffet in the restaurant with papadom and pickle tray, choice of starter, main, pilau rice or plain nan. The Raj Pavilion also features banquet nights with set menus and their main menu includes delectable starter choices, tandoori special dishes marinated in yoghurt sauce and herbs and barbecued in a fired clay oven. They also serve biriani dishes and Raj specialties and Raj special Balti dishes, chicken dishes, lamb dishes, vegetarian options, seafood, king prawn dishes, fish dishes and English dishes, Indian breads, desserts and sides, come for an unbelievable dining experience.READ MORE

The Brewers Arms in Brightlingsea, Essex is a traditional pub, gaming room and bed and breakfast housed in a historical 17th century building for a wonderful exerience. This traditional British pub offers cosy bed and breakfast accommodation, has a large patio area at the front of the building, free parking, real ales and a gaming room and families and dogs are welcome. The Brewers Arms welcomes you to stop by and enjoy a drink or two or a memorable stay in one of their luxurious and cosy rooms with TV, tea and coffee facilities, WIFI access and more, plus a delicious selection of breakfast items in the morning, as they say, you might find it hard to leave.READ MORE

Brightlingsea Boat Park and Ride offers a park and ride facility for sports and fishing boats up to 26 feet with great security including 24 hour CCTV and an undercover storage area. All you need to do is turn up, and they'll hitch up one of their tractors to your trailer, take you to the water and launch you, so you can spend the day out on the water fishing, boating, swimming and playing, and when you're ready to come back, call them and they will have a tractor waiting for you without even having to get your feet wet. Brightlingsea Boat Park and Ride has male and female shower facilities and changing rooms, a comfortable reception area with snacks and drinks, and are open seven days a week. Their store has new and used boats for sale, watersports equipment, ribs and inflatables as well as outboards, as well as a service centre with full workshop facilities, a boating academy and classic dinghy sailing, it's all here.READ MORE

The Royal British Legion in Brightlingsea, Essex is one of the UK's largest membership organisations where everyone is welcome whether they have served in the armed forces or not. Here in Brightlingsea they offer entertainment twice a month with light refreshments available at the bar, and the opportunity of joining the darts and pool teams, plus they have Sky Sports and ESPN for live sports. The Royal British Legion also have a function room available which can be hired to host events with separate entrance and kitchen facilities, own toilets, a stairlift, bar, music and catering, which is suitable for birthdays, Christenings, anniversary parties, small weddings, meetings and wakes.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

Ye Olde Swan in Brightlingsea, Essex offers warm hospitality, a licensed bar and a wonderful stay in this traditional place, in one of the oldest buildings in town. The property dates back to the 13th century, and although extended in the 19th century, still features some of the original beams. Room choices at Ye Olde Swan include single, twin and doubles some with shared bathrooms and others with en-suites, and all come with television, tea and coffee and towels. Before heading out exploring, start your day with a delicious full English breakfast which is included in all rates.READ MORE

Brightlingsea One Design are beautiful boats that were first launched in 1928, and as they say, are by no means old fashioned. These true classics offer fantastic racing for crews and the main body of the fleet is based in Brightlingsea, Essex, some kept on swinging moorings in the harbour, and others dry sail from the Brightlingsea Boat Park and Ride. With a generous rig, the Brightlingsea One Design is great in light airs and makes for an exciting sail on breezy days, and can also sail and surf downwind in the right conditions. Most of the boats have a traditional wooden clinker construction, and with a major restoration programme in recent years, they are in excellent condition. In recent years, the introduction of glass fibre has ensured their characteristics and performance match the wooden boats. Owning your own is ideal for someone who enjoys doing their own maintenance and they are perfect for racing crews, family and friends.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