Things to do in Essex

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Bridge End Gardens featuring a garden
Layer Marney Tower featuring heritage architecture
Bridge End Gardens showing fall colors and a garden
Colchester featuring heritage architecture, chateau or palace and a cemetery
Colchester showing interior views, heritage architecture and heritage elements

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Tours & day trips

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London Hop-On Hop-Off Open-Top Bus Tour & Thames River Cruise

London Hop-On Hop-Off Open-Top Bus Tour & Thames River Cruise

Activity duration is 1 day
7.8 out of 10 with 1591 reviews
Free cancellation available
Price is ￥7,738 per adult
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Private & custom tours

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London Borough Market Tea and Doughnuts Tour

London Borough Market Tea and Doughnuts Tour

Activity duration is 2 hours
Free cancellation available
Price is ￥6,534 per adult
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Food, drink & nightlife

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City Cruises Lunch Cruise on the River Thames

City Cruises Lunch Cruise on the River Thames

Activity duration is 1 hour and 45 minutes
9.0 out of 10 with 16 reviews
Free cancellation available
Price is ￥7,292 per adult*
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Attractions

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Warner Bros. Studio Tour – The Making of Harry Potter with Return Transfer

Warner Bros. Studio Tour – The Making of Harry Potter with Return Transfer

Activity duration is 8 hours
9.2 out of 10 with 2191 reviews
Free cancellation available
Price is ￥16,071 per adult
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Water activities

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London: Canal Boat Ride on Camden Lock

London: Canal Boat Ride on Camden Lock

Activity duration is 1 hour and 30 minutes
10.0 out of 10 with 2 reviews
Free cancellation available
Price is ￥3,968 per adult
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What to do in Essex

Popular day trips from Essex

Cambridge featuring heritage architecture, a river or creek and heritage elements

Cambridge

Piccadilly Circus featuring a city, city views and street scenes

London

Photo "Basildon" by Julieanne Savage (CC BY-SA) / Cropped from original
Photo by Julieanne Savage (CC BY-SA)

Basildon

Bishop\'s Stortford featuring chateau or palace and heritage architecture

Bishop's Stortford

Photo by Christopher Mann

Brentwood

Colchester showing signage and markets as well as a large group of people

Colchester

Photo by Sarah Collett

Epping

Photo by Mike Campbell

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