Brightlingsea - Shopping around Elmstead

This was my first visit and Lauren did a great job cutting and colouring my hair today. Very friendly ladies and a lovely hair salon. Would definitely return!

Really great experience. Hair is perfect. Colour is the best it’s been in a long time. Thanks ladies. Will be returning after my holiday 😘

Marvellous independent bookshop. They run philosophy classes in the shed at the back of the shop, show local artists work and run book launches. It is the intellectual lifeblood of the village and well worth avoiding Amazon to enjoy a proper bookish ambience.

The best bookshop i know! The cultural centre of wivenhoe. The shed at the back is a universal support center for the body and soul! Long my it continue

Great atmosphere and community!

It's a bookshop

Just had our VW Transporter converted to a camper, great job no......Excellent job! Very friendly and helpful staff, Really pleased we found this company for our bespoke conversion.

Brilliant team, absolutely love the vans x

Have been shopping around for a reliable, honest and reasonably priced garage in the area and was recommended this place by friends, must say it ticks all the boxes👌

Serviced my mgf did a great job was very happy

Alresford garage is our garage of choice. The staff are all very friendly and helpful. Our current car was purchased from here and has been back for every MOT and service with a great experience each time. Highly recommended!

I have used this garage since 2000 and always had excellent service from the workshop, even on a troublesome Disco. I recently experienced similarly top class service from the sales department. I would recommend this dealer to anyone looking for a used car. Still going strong after 40 years.

Great little petrol station. This village is very lucky. Wivenhoe doesn't have a petrol station!

Well could say prices could be cheaper don't know why petrol stations have to rip off people but yes visit it regular

From what I noticed it is the first gas station from Harwich. I bought fuel there, everything ok, small parking is not suitable for a longer rest.

Great station

Great little petrol station. This village is very lucky. Wivenhoe doesn't have a petrol station!

Well could say prices could be cheaper don't know why petrol stations have to rip off people but yes visit it regular

I personally don't have a motorcycle, but having known Gary for some years I was pleased to be able to recommended him to my best pal. Andy finally achieved his life goal of owning a fully restored 1971 Vespa 180SS, and was looking for an insurance company that understood and appreciated the cover he would need. He was so happy with Gary's service, he took me out for a pint to say thanks after. Highly recommended.

Really friendly staff and comforting to see they really did care where the cats went x also nice and clean too, cats well looked after during their stay x we love our new addition x

Excellent place. I have had three cats from Colchester Cat Rescue. Yes they do ask pertinent questions on their form but only because they care about their cats and want the best for them. It also helps them to profile which cats on site would be best suited. I would recommend getting a copy of their form via email in advance and taking it with you. Like-wise to print off a couple of pictures of your location from google maps.

Excellent prompt service. I would highly recommend them.

Nice farm shop gravel parking with small trolleys. Fresh and frozen foods. Lots of speciality meals. Some home accessories. Not the cheapest but good quality.

Lovely little farm shop , nice fresh produce as well as frozen meals , fish , meat . Worth a visit .

It's a lovely shop the energy in there is amazing and Jan ( my Gran) is amazing she has an amazing knowledge on crystals and is a great place.

Lovely shop for crystals, and spiritual books, gifts, the shop is just full of lovely things and Jan the owner is lovely, wonderful atmosphere and energy in the shop.

A nice friendly neighbourhood cafe. Popular with home workers, mum's and dads with kids, good coffee and snacks, a good place.

We had delicious take away sandwiches and coffee made fresh to order.

Hi went to get work boots for our son staff were really helpful will be going back

Good place to buy tools

Ordered some flowers over the phone for same day delivery, the flowers were delivered within just a couple hours of placing the order. Flowers were an amazing quality and really good value for money. I would highly recommend this florist.

Great

Everything about my order was excellent. The Ivory flowers my wife received were beautiful and the delivery as per my instructions. I would highly recommend and thank you Myrtle and Mint.

Amazing quality and really good prices. Staff are very friendly and helpful. Definitely recommend!

Popped in for two take out hot drinks yesterday. Service is a bit slow in here. Seems to be a case of That's your job not my job! The Ferry season has now started with visitors going from Rowhedge to Wivenhoe and Fingeringhoe and visa versa. Its a golden opportunity to make more money and service is of paramount importance! There's some very nice pastries and pies here to take out and eating in the Tea Room is a good option!

Lots of lovely cheese served by knowledgeable and friendly staff

Super fab little place. Lovely food cooked just right. Historic and characterful building. Great professional service. Very reasonable prices. Also adjacent to the deli, so handy for a bit of shopping after a meal (or after a tea, or coffee!)

Excellent food and service. Reasonably priced.

The prescriptions are usually in stock and if they don't have they order them very quickly. The costumer service is great too.

Popped in for two take out hot drinks yesterday. Service is a bit slow in here. Seems to be a case of That's your job not my job! The Ferry season has now started with visitors going from Rowhedge to Wivenhoe and Fingeringhoe and visa versa. Its a golden opportunity to make more money and service is of paramount importance! There's some very nice pastries and pies here to take out and eating in the Tea Room is a good option!

Lots of lovely cheese served by knowledgeable and friendly staff

Good value, knowledgeable friendly staff and great selection of bedding plants.

After researching prices etc of topsoil, Deans had most competitive prices .Ordered Sunday afternoon and topsoil delivered promptly 12.45 next day. Excellent mix of topsoil, great service and friemdly staff. Would recommend highly.

How clean and tidy this nursery is. Flower baskets bursting with colour everywhere. A wonderful place to visit. Good prices. Only suggestion is..... can we have a cafe here. It is a perfect location.

Lovely little place, staff really friendly and helpful. Definitely recommend.

I visited with a coach party on June 29th. It was a beautiful sunny day. The grounds are so well laid out and meticulously planned. The reservoir area is so relaxing and calming. The staff are very knowledgeable and helpful and passionate about their work, which shines through in the outstanding plants they have on sale, all well looked after and watered. The price of the plants offer great value for money, with a wide selection to suit every pocket. They are able to offer such great value for money as everything is propagated on site and you are able to watch the staff at work. The cafe area is also outstanding, great food, great prices. The seating area is lovely, am outside area as well as an undercover area. The prices are excellent too. Neither the cafe nor the gift shop are overpriced, which is a rarity these days. I highly recommend anyone with even the most basic rudimentary grasp of gardening, to pay this amazing place a visit and come away truly inspired. Well done to you all.

We visited in June and the Dry Garden is free with lots of wonderful plants and flowers that will grow in dry soil and do not need to be watered. There is a small fee to go around Beth's beautiful garden with its ponds and a courtyard garden near the house. I would love to visit it again as, last time we went, they were extending and replanting a large plot away from the house. The Tea Room is great and so is the nursery with a huge choice of plants.

Excellent prompt service. I would highly recommend them.

Good store with a great selection, unexpectedly wide and varied for such a small village. Well run with great staff. Their emphasis on local produce and produced foods is wonderful.

Quite a large coop local stocking all the usual supermarket items. Good wide isles and disabled access at the front. Cash machine outside and on the main bus route. My only dislike is the car park only holds about eight cars and is down a slope from the building.

Great staff, friendly service and good quality produce. The shop is clean and well stocked with everything you might want. They have a large selection of fresh flowers and gifts. I went in for something small and the smell of the freshly baked bread was wonderful.

Great us of an old pub. Ample parking, good variety of fresh, including local, produce. Hot baked items, fresh cream cakes and l slush puppy drinks all tucked away . A good selection of greetings cards, cut flowers and plants and boxed chocolates. Household products, buckets and spades for the beach, Open til 11