Visit Attractions

Essex Days Out Guide

Essex tourist attractions - Top things to do in Essex, England

Home > East England & East Anglia > Essex things to do

Use our Essex days out guide to find things to do, places to visit and days out.

Select an attraction type :-

All Active Animals Children Couples & Adults Historical Indoor Activities Museums Other Theme Parks Transport Experience Vouchers‎ Short Breaks Special Offers

Offers & tickets for things to do in Essex :-

View more cheap deals in East England

Caddies Crazy Golf Southend - Southend-on-Sea
Caddies Crazy Golf Southend in Southend-on-Sea, SS1. Find the latest opening hours, map and contact details... read more
Active (sporting) things to do • Indoor

Rollerworld - Colchester
Rollerworld is an Olympic standard, maple wood floor roller skating rink plus a Quaser laser tag game arena and an amusement arcade... read more
Active (sporting) things to do • Indoor

Barleylands Farm Park - Billericay
Barleylands Farm Park is a children's activity farm and craft village between Basildon and Billericay in Essex... read more
Animals & Nature

Colchester Zoo - Stanway, Colchester
Colchester Zoo in Stanway, Colchester, Essex has some of the best cat and primate collections in Europe and has over 200 species of animals... read more
Animals & Nature

Cudmore Grove Country Park
County Hall, Market Road, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 1QH
Animals & Nature

Sea Life Adventure - Southend-on-Sea
Sea Life Adventure is an indoor aquatic life attraction with displays of lots of creatures that live under water from around the world... read more
Animals & Nature

Tropical Wings Zoo - Chelmsford
Tropical Wings Zoo houses a large collection of birds, mammals, insects and reptiles many of which are endangered... read more
Animals & Nature

Audley End House and Gardens - Saffron Walden
Audley End House and Gardens is a 17th century Jacobean stately home with gardens and parkland in Saffron Waldon in Essex... read more
Historical tourist attractions

Bourne Mill - Colchester
Bourne Mill is a Grade I listed building built in the late 1500's and converted to a watermill in the 19th Century... read more
Historical tourist attractions

Hedingham Castle - Castle Hedingham, Halstead
Hedingham Castle is a Norman keep dating from around 1140AD and 160 acres of gardens and woodland a few miles North West of Halstead in Essex... read more
Historical tourist attractions

Hill Hall - Epping
Hill Hall is an Elizabethan mansion dating from the 1500s with Renaissance architecture and two rare 16th century wall paintings near Epping... read more
Historical tourist attractions

Lexden Earthworks and Bluebottle Grove
Fitzwalter Road, Colchester, Essex, CO3 5EF
Historical

Mistley Towers
The Walls, Mistley, Essex, CO11 1HB
Historical

Paycocke’s House and Garden - Coggeshall
Paycocke’s House and Garden is a 16th century Gothic timber-framed house once owned by a Tudor merchant located in the village of Coggeshall... read more
Historical tourist attractions

Priors Hall Barn
2 Miles Se Of Newport Off B1383, Widdington, Essex, CB11
Historical

Tilbury Fort
The Fort, Tilbury, Essex, RM18 7NR
Historical

360 Play Basildon
Festival Leisure Park, Festival Way, Basildon, Essex, SS14 3WB
Kids • Indoor

Crazy Kids Adventure Play - Braintree
Crazy Kids Adventure Play is an indoor air-conditioned play centre for children up to the age of 12 in Braintree in Essex... read more
Kids days out • Indoor

Kids Kingdom - Southend-on-Sea
Kids Kingdom is a children's indoor soft play centre in Southend on Sea in Essex... read more
Kids days out • Indoor

East Anglian Railway Museum - Wakes Colne
East Anglian Railway Museum is a museum about the locomotive history of the region located at Chappel railway station 8 miles from Colchester... read more
Museums & Galleries

Hollytrees Museum - Colchester
Hollytrees Museum is a museum about domestic life and childhood during the last 300 years in the town of Colchester... read more
Museums & Galleries • Free entry • Indoor

Rayleigh Town Museum
1st Floor, 91 High Street, Rayleigh, Essex, SS6 7EJ
Museums & Galleries • Indoor

Southend Pier Museum - Southend-on-Sea
Southend Pier Museum is a museum about Southend pier located in Southend in Essex... read more
Museums & Galleries

Tiptree Jam Museum - Tiptree
Tiptree Jam Museum is a museum about the history of the jam-making business at Tiptree... read more
Museums & Galleries

Warner Textile Archive - Braintree
Warner Textile Archive is a textile and design museum 5 minute walk from Braintree town centre in Essex... read more
Museums & Galleries • Indoor

Adventure Island - Southend-on-Sea
Adventure Island in Western Esplanade, Southend-on-Sea is a free entry Fun Park. Buy a wristband to go on the rides... read more
Theme Parks

Audley End Miniature Railway - Saffron Walden
Audley End Miniature Railway in Saffron Walden. Find the latest opening hours, map and contact details... read more
Transport

Barnards Miniature Railway - West Horndon
Barnards Miniature Railway runs miniature train rides the grounds of Barnards farm near Basildon in Essex and 10 minutes from junction 29 and 30 of the M25... read more
Transport days out

Whether you are looking for a family day out, fun things to do with the kids, day trips for couples or a place to visit this weekend, we hope you find what you're looking for when using our Essex days out guide.

If you have a tourist attraction in Essex that isn't show above and you would like to add it to our guide then please click here to submit it.