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Harwich Foreshore

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Harwich Foreshore is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Essex, covering 0.1 km². It is one of 74 SSSIs in the county. Harwich Town Station is under a kilometre away. For more of the same, Stour Estuary and Orwell Estuary are close by.

More places to visit near Harwich Foreshore

Photo of Landguard Fort, a landmark near Harwich, Suffolk, eastern England.Highlight

Landguard Fort

Landmark near Harwich

A rambling artillery fort guarding the mouth of the Orwell at Felixstowe, with a nature reserve on the shingle point below.

2 km E

Photo of Suffolk Coast & Heaths, a National Landscape in eastern England.Highlight

Suffolk Coast & Heaths

National Landscape near Framlingham

Shingle beaches, reedy estuaries and gorse heaths along a soft, low-lying coast made for gentle walking

2.1 km N

Photo of Pin Mill, a landmark near Harwich, Suffolk, eastern England.Highlight

Pin Mill

Landmark near Harwich

A scenic Orwell-side hamlet of Thames barges and mud berths, immortalised by Arthur Ransome, with a waterside pub.

8.3 km NW

Photo of Bawdsey Radar, a visitor attraction near Harwich, Suffolk, eastern England.Highlight

Bawdsey Radar

Attraction near Harwich

The transmitter block at Bawdsey Manor where operational radar was born, now a museum above the Deben mouth.

9.9 km NE

Photo: The Naze, a viewpoint near Frinton-on-Sea, Essex, eastern England.Highlight

The Naze

Viewpoint near Frinton-on-Sea

A crumbling clay headland at Walton with fossil-stuffed cliffs, sweeping views over the backwaters and a landmark tower behind.

10.3 km S

Photo of Freston Tower, a folly near Ipswich, Suffolk, eastern England.Highlight

Freston Tower

Folly near Ipswich

A slender six-storey Tudor brick folly above the Orwell, arguably the oldest folly in England.

11.5 km NW