The University Community Sailing Club in Brightlingsea, Essex serves to promote and facilitate the sport of amateur sailing and water-sports as they say, and are an affiliate of the Royal Yachting Association or RYA. They are also a supporter of the Royal National Lifeboat Institute or RNLI and membership at the University Community Sailing Club includes full voting rights and eligibility for boat storage, they also welcome visitors who may use the club facilities for one day after being signed in by a club member. The club is open Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and regularly hosts events and social programmes for the whole family, so come for some fun and celebrate with them.READ MORE

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

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

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

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

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

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

Colne Yacht Club in Brightlingsea, Essex is one of the finest yacht clubs on the East Coast with stunning views over the Brightlingsea Creek, the River Colne and the Blackwater Estuary. Facilities include a restaurant with great meals for everyone and an extensive wine list as well as balcony dining, and the open Sunday Carvery welcomes all and is not to be missed. This is the perfect venue for weddings, conferences and birthdays with panoramic views over the Brightlingsea Creek. Colne Yacht Club has a boatyard for secure winter storage, power and water as well as a private floating pontoon jetty with launching trollies, plus there's an oar store and water taxi service as well as WIFI. Bateman's Tower, built in 1883 is used exclusively by Colne Yacht Club for race officer duties for races on the River Colne and its estuary, and is located at the entrance to Brightlingsea Creek. Members enjoy everything this fine yacht club has to offer, and visitors are welcome.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