Throughout the summer, Harwich boasts a number of events including a Festival of the Arts, Redoubt Fort Fete, regular Farmer´s Markets and the Tour de Tendring Cycle Ride. Harwich also has walking and cycling trails - The Essex Way footpath runs all the way from Harwich to Epping - a total of 81 miles. The Maritime Trail guided walk is an ideal way to spend a sunny afternoon taking in the area´s history and heritage.
There is a sports centre with swimming, squash, tennis, badminton and skate board park as well as a 9 hole golf course. The Ha´Penny Pier is a favourite spot for fisherman and for ship watching, and the quay provides a wonderful resting place. Gazing across the estuary, the vibrant green mound of Shotley contrasts vividly with the sharp steel horizon of Felixstowe Port.
Harwich Redoubt Fort - built to repel Bonaparte´s threateened invasion. The Redoubt Fort is just one of Harwich´s historic buildings and is the ideal place to spend and afternoon. Other historic buildings include Harwich Lifeboat Museum, Ha´Penny Pier Visitor Centre, Electric Palace Cinema, and the High and Low Lighthouses.
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Dovercourt Blue Flag Beach Just to the south of Harwich is the older town of Dovercourt with its sandy shores. It has Victorian charm and a line of majestic cliffs - and a Blue Flag beach. A particular feature of the beach is the iron lighthouses or ´Leading Lights´. Essex Sunshine Coast web-site Harwich web-site
