Bradwell

There is also Bradwell-on-Sea, which isn't technically on sea at all but a few miles inland. Nevertheless if you put them all together you have an absolutely fascinating area and well worth exploring on foot.

After a long and arduous sail there's no better place to relax in than the Green Man pub. Good beer, good food and a roaring log fire in winter. Don 't be put off by the pub's name. It was called the Green Man long before the nuclear power station was built.

Although now being decommissioned, possibly to be replaced by a more modern building, the power station was the source for some interesting stories, particularly how it was supposed to glow green in the dark and how the hot water from the cooling outlet attracted some of the biggest fish for miles.

The power station was built on a section of the old RAF Bradwell wartime airbase and there are some amazing stories about the squadrons based there. At the far end of the old main runway stands a much older relic of the past - the fascinating St Peter-on-the-Wall chapel, built by St Cedd in 654 on a surviving wall of a former Roman fort.

South of Bradwell Waterside, and linked by some pleasant footpaths and narrow lanes, is the village of Bradwell-on-Sea with a fascinating church with a lock-up (mini prison) just beside the churchyard wall. There is also a pleasant village pub, The King's Head which well worth a visit, but take a torch if returning to the marina after dark because it is easy to get lost on the footpaths.

For the keen yachtsman/walker, Bradwell is a perfect stop-off point. From the marina you can walk south along the lanes to Bradwell-on-Sea for lunch at the pub , then set off along lanes and footpaths to St Peter's then stroll along the sea wall back to the marina in time for dinner at the Green Man. The round trip is about six miles.

Pictured below from top to bottom left to right

Power station and the approach to Bradwell Marina

The Green Man and dinghies on Bradwell Creek

Bradwell-on-Sea church and main street

Bradwell-on-Sea lock-up and St Peter's-on-the-Wall

Views of St Peter's and the sea wall looking towards the power station