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About the Mersea Outdoors

(Mersea Island Youth Camp) Site and Facilities

Mersea Outdoors is one of the 6 outdoor education and field study centres that are part of Essex Outdoors.

With approximately 62 acres of well-maintained grass fields on Mersea Island, they are able to provide camping for us for about 1500 people (usually 350 people when they are providing the tents).  There are a number of cabins on site, which are available for hire, directly through the committee.  The cabins have bunks, heaters and electricity.

The site's facilities include toilets, shower rooms, laundry room, dining rooms, a main hall equipped with music and a big screen video.

About Mersea Island

Mersea Island is approximately 5 miles long, 2 miles wide and rising only about 70 feet above sea level. The southern part of the island contains beaches, with saltings forming an important feature of the landscape all around. London clay overlain by patches of glacial gravel produces heavy and loamy soils and at low tide wide expanses of alluvial mud are exposed around the shoreline.

The island is located in the estuary of the rivers Blackwater and Colne, approximately nine miles south-east of Colchester. It has a resident population of 6500. Its area of five square miles includes the town of West Mersea and the village of East Mersea.

The only connection to the mainland is by a causeway known as the Strood, which carries the main B1025 road to Colchester. The Strood is liable to flood at Spring tides, when the island is temporarily cut off. Please check the tide times below before your visit.

Mersea Island Strood Timetables
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About Mersea Village

The town of West Mersea, 4 miles from Mersea Outdoors, is centred around the Parish Church where the High Street meets Coast Road. Close by is the Museum, Community Centre and many shops, including butchers, Post Office, bookshop and grocers.