Essex (including Basildon, Braintree, Brentwood, Castle Chelmsford, Colchester, Epping Forest, Harlow, Maldon, Rochford, Southend-on-Sea, Tendring, Thurrock and Uttlesford.) is in the East of England of England. It has a population of around 1,725,000 and covers approximately 367,000 hectares. Here is a list of nearby or neighbouring counties: Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Kent, London, Middlesex, Suffolk.
Dating back to the Anglo Saxon period, Essex is among the oldest counties in Britain and with little locally available stone, many of the counties older buildings were constructed using timber or bricks. The county town of Essex is Chelmsford, where visitors to the local museum can see exhibits reflecting the areas history and heritage, as well as pieces of pottery and glass work. Colchester is considered to be the oldest recorded town in the country, pre-dating the Roman conquest, when it had the Celtic name Camulodunon. In Colchester you can visit Hollytrees Museum, which is located in a Georgian house and runs arts and crafts workshops, events relating to local history and has exhibits including costumes, clocks and watches. Performing arts venues in Essex include the West Cliff Theatre in Clacton-on-Sea, the Queens Theatre in Hornchurch, Colchester Arts Centre, the Palace Theatre in Southend-on-Sea and the Kenneth More Theatre in Ilford.
Ingatestone Hall is a Tudor house built during the 16th century and decorated with furnishings reflecting its history, such as paintings, tapestries and wood panelled walls. Coggeshall Grange Barn dates back to the 13th century, making it one of the earliest remaining timber framed buildings in Europe and exhibited within it are a number of old farming machines and tools. Visitors to the popular coastal resort of Southend-on-Sea can walk along the longest pleasure pier in the world, which is 1.34 miles long and stretches out into the Thames Estuary. Eastbury Manor House is an Elizabethan merchants house in Barking built during the 16th century and extensively restored during the 20th century. The house is owned by the National Trust, though managed by the local borough council and is used as a community heritage resource. Other attractions in Essex include Chelmsford Cathedral, Dedham Art and Craft Centre, Mountfitchet Castle, The Saffron Walden Gallery, Castle Park in Colchester and Thorndon Country Park in Brentwood.
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Chelmsford, Essex
Pyrography is the process of burning a picture or pattern into wood or leather, possibly since man first discovered fire, by means of a ...
Sawbridgeworth, Essex
Hi there, my name is Fiona and I am the owner of One Jewellery, my online handmade crystal jewellery shop. I am based in Hertfordshire ...
Harlow, Essex
I have made soft toys from an early age as a hobby and then went on to making toys for my two grandchildren. A great deal of people have ...
Leigh on Sea, Essex
Welcome Crafters. I have 2 sides to my crafting, I have my Craft, Bows by Mums and I have my Craft Fair Organising, Ks Craft Fairs. ...
Braintree, Essex
Lewis Pendants is a business that makes Pendants from resin. The pendants are for every occasion and for everyone looking for a piece to ...
Loughton, Essex
My aim in life is to help as many abused and abandoned dogs and cats as I can. My handmade bows and bandanas for dogs and cats are created ...
Woodford Green, Essex
Our approach to work is to create tailored and timeless gifts, objects and peaces of art with a signature elegant and profound style with ...
Chigwell, Essex
We are Gofluidart. We are husband and wife, Robert and Mandy, fluid artists and crafters, who love creating unique, bespoke and beautiful ...
Romford, Essex
We bring you one step closer to the world of handmade, in an era driven by industry. We aim to source unique, high-quality products that ...
Waltham Abbey, Essex
The Eternal Landscape - a journey in paint and poetry... and more. The Landscape paintings morph across canvases through the seasons ...
Brightlingsea, Essex
Inspired by strolls along the prom and walks along the estuary, Mae Kandoos original range of gifts and home accessories have a Souvenir ...
Harwich, Essex
I have always had a love of wood, what you can see in it and what it could become, so I decided to put my ideas and feelings in to action. ...
Manningtree, Essex
I wanted to create occasion cards which were personalised to the giver and the recipient through my drawings. I initially started building ...
Chelmsford, Essex
Jason Keith designs bespoke jewellery and specialises in creating unique wedding rings and engagement rings. Harmoniously blending your ...
Colchester, Essex
Sewing and creating is something that we have done for many years. We have experience in making made to measure clothing and accessories ...
Holland on Sea, Essex
My aim is to create one-off pieces that are perfect gifts for all occasions. My boxes are not intended as toys, and are for light domestic ...
Colchester, Essex
I am a qualified graphic designer who enjoys doing pet portraits using watercolour/acrylic paint or pen. But I also paint many other things ...
Clacton on sea, Essex
Light by night are a luxury handcrafted candle company Bringing you the best quality Natural candle products. 100 percent natural soy, ...
Little Braxted, Essex
Artisan, ethically sources, vegan friendly candles made by The Soy Wax Candle Company are created to lift your senses into an enhanced ...
Frinton on Sea, Essex
I have been making jewellery for many years and designs have gradually evolved to incorporate my own, original handmade lamp work glass ...
Saffron Walden, Essex
Oil paintings for home and organisations decor. Small, big, dark, light - art that fills life with fillings. Texture of oil strokes, visible, ...
Hockley, Essex
The Artisans Realm draws on the imaginative world of fantasy art and film to reproduce scenes, characters and artifacts through mixed media ...
Colchester, Essex
HELLO ALL I AM VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE ORIGINAL ART AND CRAFT ON THIS SITE , IM AM A PET CREMATION BUSINESS , LOOKING FOR CRAFTS OF PERSONS ...
Saffron Walden, Essex
3D frames by Subuteo art Hi my name is Leigh and I’m have a passion for model making. As a small child I had a fascination with subuteo ...
Frinton on Sea, Essex
Small Family business specialising in Swarovski, Crystal and Czech Faceted Goddess Bracelets and Necklaces” Qryztal Crafts is a revamped ...
Brentwood, Essex
These are traditionally made medieval illuminations from manuscripts, created using medieval techniques. The image is drafted onto vellum ...
Clacton on Sea, Essex
We make unique one off heavily frosted, wire wrapped Sea Glass and Sea Pebble jewellery. Naturally produced genuine sea glass originates ...
Chelmsford, Essex
I save and up-cycle damaged and broken vintage books, artworks, comics and pretty vintage things. To make unusual, unique and nostalgic ...
Harwich, Essex
All my products are handmade to order. I have different plant hangers, boho jars with lights and candle holders. Various macrame hanging ...
Rainham, Essex
Essential By Nature Ltd was incorporated on 6th April 2016 as a UK Limited Company. The company prides itself in manufacturing and selling ...
Rainham, Essex
Hand made wooden quality products crafted from reclaimed solid wood using an ancient japanese method of wood preservation by burning and ...
Grays, Essex
Cleoscc is a family run creative business predominately we produced original artwork, prints of the artwork, crochet items, customised ...
Colchester, Essex
The unique fused glass items which I produce are designed for everyday. This means they are substantial enough to be used like normal tableware. ...
Harwich, Essex
I am Megan and run Petals by Poppy. I like to provide highly quality floral design, for a reasonable price. All the products I use are ...
Wickford, Essex
I create bespoke Keepsake Frames for all occasions such as Weddings, Anniversarys, Engagement, Christenings, Birthdays, New Baby, Mothers ...
South Ockendon, Essex
We are a small-batch local business based in Ockendon Essex. Our brand denotes a sophisticated blend of the natural and luxury, through ...
Brightlingsea, Essex
At the end of September I started an online training course for creative businesses with the Design Trust. It has been a rollercoaster ...
Braintree, Essex
LewisPendants is expanding by offering bespoke pendants. The other day someone asked me the question, Can you make a pendant that could ...
Little Braxted, Essex
Finding gifts for friends is made simple at The Soy Wax Candle Company. We will also post directly to anywhere in UK with a short personalised ...
Hockley, Essex
I include accessories with the fairy houses, most often a fairy figurine to lend scale. The most recent house is a 3 storey that is hinged ...
Hockley, Essex
I am continuing to make smaller items for sale that complement the larger pieces. The handmade Fimo characters sell particularly well, ...
Frinton on Sea, Essex
Hi, my name is Ruth and this is my first blog for UKcraftfairs. Now the nights have started getting a little darker I started to think ...
Colchester, Essex
Very new to all this craft business but loving every moment I get to work on my wood wonders. Working full time in stressful management ...
Chelmsford, Essex
I often get asked about Cleaning and Caring for Your Jewellery, whether its for a piece I’ve made or not. It really goes without saying ...
Romford, Essex
Vibrant and stunning, handwoven shawls have been a cultural identity for many communities of Kutch district in western part of India. The ...
Colchester, Essex
I am just starting to organise Craft Fairs to complement the Clock Fairs I already run. It became obvious that most of the people who ...
Leigh on Sea, Essex
So I have managed to secure and hire my venue of choice and I am hosting an Easter Weekend Craft Fair. I am currently booking out stalls ...
Frinton on Sea, Essex
We have a change to our organisation in that we have a range for teenagers. This is available on our Facebook page Havvanah. Did you also ...
Leigh on Sea, Essex
Ok so here it goes, my first blog. I apologize for any mistakes, (I can sew, create, design but spelling isn’t a strong point) I’m one ...
Hockley, Essex
i have been doing segemented woodturning for coming on five years now. i joined sandon woodturners club in chelmsford when i retired . ...
Colchester, Essex
Well Ive now got my first fair under my belt so thats another first done. Eveyone taking part was really helpful and gave me lots of advice, ...
Colchester, Essex
Hi everyone out there in the blogging world. Im a total newbie to this crafting site and also not used to blogging. My daughter and I have ...
Brightlingsea, Essex
Put some Yay! into your day...one of the tag lines used the Snape Maltings Vintage and Makers Market this Sunday. For Mae Kandoo it is ...
Stambourne, Essex
We do have a few spaces at some of our 2016 dates still available, please get intouch if you are interested in booking a stall with us. ...
Brightlingsea, Essex
This annual event has become increasingly popular with local shoppers and visitors to the town. Waterside Gallery is situated on the front ...
Chelmsford, Essex
After many months of searching Now Strike Archery Ltd are proud to announce that Heather Macdonald has started work with us as an apprentice ...
Brightlingsea, Essex
Crafty Mums is a joy of a shop! It provides a great opportunity to retail hand made products with shelf rental prices that are affordable ...
Brightlingsea, Essex
Having just posted the last of Mae Kandoos Christmas orders,beginning to reflect on 2014s makes, workshops and events. In light of one ...
Brightlingsea, Essex
Having recently visited Greenwich Market and the surrounding shops, I was delighted to see a branch of Things British has opened there. ...
Holland on Sea, Essex
I started making Wreaths as gifts for family and friends. Then it got to the stage where I couldnt walk past a fabric shop without buying. ...
(Born 1903 in Braintree in Essex), Illustration, Painting
A graphic artist, illustrator and painter. He was a war artist during the World War II.