Mersea Island Circumnavigation

SOUTH EAST

WALK

Mersea Island Circumnavigation

Sunday 12 July 2020

We needed to get out in the Bongo but didn’t want to travel too far with all of the lockdown restrictions. Quite by chance, I saw a post on a Facebook group one evening, and after a brief exchange of messages on Facebook, I had managed to book us on to a campsite that I had never heard of before located in a part of Essex I had never heard of before.

I had better check the map!

Tolleshunt D’arcy Equestrian turned out to be a fantastic, small campsite at an Equestrian Centre near the Blackwater Estuary. Using Google Maps, I was able to see that Tolleshunt D’arcy was not far Mersea Island which was a topic of conversation on a previous walk on the Dengie Penisula.

I sent a few more messages via Facebook, and within an hour, the weekend was planned and what a great weekend it was!

The campsite was peaceful, the walking was flat, the weather was perfect, and for the walk, we met up with some lovely friends who were the ideal company.

Detached house, great views, shared garden, no parking!

Heading out to the remote north side of the Island

A common ringed plover enjoying the sea air.

Opps! Damaged sea wall! Time for a detour!

The Route

Distance : 13.5 Miles

We started our walk from Yorick Street in West Mersea where we could park on the street for free. There are various carp parks on the island but they all seemed to charge around £5 for over four hours parking.

Click HERE for a GPX file of the route.

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