This is the next instalment of my monthly feature going
through the Counties of the UK in alphabetical order to check out things of
interest. I hope you enjoy it
Location –
One of the home counties (the others are
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire,
Hertfordshire, Kent, Surrey, and Sussex.)
Deep estuaries on the coast result in Essex having the longest coast of
any county.
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County
seat
– Chelmsford
Unusual
village name – Steeple Bumpstead
Flower –
Poppy
Signature
foods – Oysters, Essex Cockle Chowder
Colchester |
Famous
places to visit – Chelmsford Cathedral, Colchester (oldest
town in Britain), Waltham Abbey, Southend Pier, Saffron Walden
Famous
people from Essex – Jamie Oliver, Charlotte Rampling, Alison Moyet
I was born in Essex. It has a village called Ugley. Southend Pier is the longest pier, with its own train (and Jamie Oliver’s cafe at the end) Saffron Walden used to grow amazing crops of saffron in Tudor times. A beautiful county
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