Plan your Essex Adventure

Your Essex Trip Starts Here

Close to London, full of character.

Essex is the perfect mix of beautiful countryside, historic market towns, seaside communities and wild coastal marshes.

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Capital to coast

Fly to Heathrow or Gatwick airports and connect to Essex from London Liverpool Street train station bringing you to countryside and the English coast in under an hour. London Stansted Airport offers easy connections to European destinations and Scotland

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Creative spirit of Essex

Essex has always made things. Artists, musicians, storytellers and makers have shaped our county and they’re still here, working out of studios in market towns, filling galleries, headlining festivals and reimagining creativity.

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A taste of Essex

Virginia Beach and Essex share more than history. We’ve been trading ingredients, recipes and flavors for centuries:

  • Saltmarshes that season our award-winning oysters
  • Little Scarlett Jam (preserves) which traces its origin to the wild Fragaria Viginiana strawberries
  • Sparkling wines created in vineyards once a luxury resort for retired Roman soldiers
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