Links to other interesting sites

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	www.mersearegatta.org.uk West Mersea Town Regatta West Mersea Town Regatta has been running for over 150 years and takes place annualy in August. The website contains the programme of sailing and watersports, attractions, results and pictures.
	www.packing-shed.org.uk The Packing Shed - Mersea Island The Packing Shed is a dominant feature of Mersea Island's shoreline and one of its best-known landmarks. It was first built around 1890 for the Tollesbury & Mersea Native Oyster Fishing Company. By 1990 it was no longer in use and in dangerous condition. It was restored by the Packing Shed Trust for the benefit of the community.
	www.merseaislandsociety.org.uk Mersea Island Society The Society was formed over 40 years ago “To preserve, safeguard and promote the characteristics of Mersea Island for the benefit of all, to arrange open discussion whenever it appears necessary to obtain a consensus of public opinion, to provide opportunities to gain factual knowledge from lectures, visits and discussion.”
	merseawildlife.blogspot.com Mersea Wildlife Excellent topical photographs of wildlife on Mersea, by Doug Urguhart, the ranger at Cudmore Grove Country Park in East Mersea.
	www.westmersea.org West Mersea Town Council - Events - Local clubs and organisations - What to do in your spare time - Services on the island - Where to stay, eat and play - Map
	www.dabchicks.org/weather/WeatherReport.php West Mersea weather from Dabchicks Sailing Club Details of the current Mersea weather from the Dabchicks Sailing Club weather station.
	www.merseaislanders.co.uk Mersea Islanders Ron and Wendy Green's web site aims to reach islanders who have moved away and keep them up to date with local activities, as well as those who enjoy living on the Island. The site contains much information about the island and an interesting collection of historic photographs.
	www.mersea-island.com Mersea Island A directory of Mersea life.
	www.hlf.org.uk Heritage Lottery Fund Mersea Museum is supported by the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund. Visit their website to read about their activities and to see how to apply for funding.
	www.essexcc.gov.uk/ero Essex Record Office The Essex Record Office collects and preserves the written, oral and visual heritage of the county of Essex, ensuring that it remains available to both present and future generations. SEAX contains all the Essex Record Office catalogues online.
	unlockingessex.essexcc.gov.uk Unlocking Essex's Past Use Freetext search and Mersea to find over 200 individual monument records relating to Mersea. Mersea Barrow, Red Hills, Second World War ruins, churches, fish weirs and more...
	eesopessex.essex.gov.uk East of England Sense of Place - Essex Contains over 60,000 records from museums, galleries and archives to help you uncover the past.
	www.colchestermuseums.org.uk Colchester Museums Colchester Castle Museum, Hollytrees Museum, Natural History Museum, Tymperleys Clock Museum. What's on, collections
	www.culture24.org.uk Culture24 (formerly 24 Hour Museum) UK's official guide to over 3000 museums, galleries, exhibitions and heritage attractions.
	www.essextouristguide.com Essex Tourist Guide Where to go and what to do in Essex
	www.essex-family-history.co.uk Essex Family History Web site covering the Dengie peninsula between the River Blackwater and the River Crouch. Delve into the site to find a lot of interesting information about the area.
	www.oystersmack.org.uk BOADICEA CK213 BOADICEA is 200 years old in 2008. She is an East Coast Oyster Smack, built in Maldon in 1808 and is probably the oldest sailing vessel in Europe that is still in regular use. Her normal mooring is in the Buzz'n Creek at Mersea.
	www.pioneersailingtrust.org.uk Pioneer Sailing Trust Of the scores of deep sea smacks built along the banks of the Colne and Blackwater, only one remains. Until just five years ago, this remnant lay broken and abandoned in the mud at West Mersea. Her name was Pioneer. When built in 1864, she represented the pinnacle of Essex working sail. Following 6 years of restoration, 2005 saw the Pioneer sailing again.
	www.bargetrust.org Thames Sailing Barge Trust A century ago over two thousand Thames sailing barges were used to transport goods around Britain and to Europe. They were at home in the shallow Essex creeks or sailing in the North Sea and English Channel. Now, around 30 remain in sailing condition. The trust owns two of these magnificent barges, Centaur and Pudge, with the objective of preserving the barges in sailing condition for the public benefit.
	www.sailingbargeresearch.org.uk The Society for Sailing Barge Research S.S.B.R. is a group interested in the history of the Thames Sailing Barges of the East Coast of England. The Society includes research into the history of barge building, ownership, the ports from which they sailed, the craft themselves and the men who sailed them.
	www.victorymoorings.co.uk A short description of Mersea Island...

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