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Heybridge Basin
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Basin Road
Heybridge Basin, England
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Heybridge Basin is located at the end of the 13 mile Chelmer & Blackwater Navigation and contains the sea lock which joins the canal to the Blackwater estuary. You can walk from here, visit the Wilkins Lock Tearooms or even paddle directly from here along the navigation. There are also two good little pubs.
Lovely canal lock area with acouple of pubs and the Tiptree tearooms. Beautiful views across the estuary with plenty of boats to watch.
Heybridge, rather than the sea port of Maldon, is the point where the waterway enters the sea as local landowners and other port interests objected to the construction of the Navigation. They feared it would bring a loss of trade so the community around Heybridge Basin grew following the waterway construction work in the 1790s. Previously the area had been entirely rural farmland. There are a couple of pubs situated at the last lock and a quaint little tea shop if you prefer tea…
Heybridge, rather than the sea port of Maldon, is the point where the waterway enters the sea as local landowners and other port interests objected to the construction of the Navigation. They feared it would bring a loss of trade so the community around Heybridge Basin grew following the waterway c…