Visit St Osyth Places

Welcome to Visit St Osyth Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in St Osyth

  

St Osyth Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about St Osyth

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St Osyth history

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Before being renamed St Osgyth, the village was called Chich (also spelt Chiche or Chick), from an Old English word meaning “bend”, a reference to St Osyth Creek. Later, the manor of Chich in Essex was assumed as part of the royal demesne by the Danish King Canute, who granted it to Earl Godwin. At the Conquest it was transferred to the See of London.

Legend of Saint Osyth

Legend has it that Saint Osyth, Osgyth or Ositha was a young lady involved in various fantastic events in her lifetime. The peninsula was cordoned off and used by the Navy and Army in both world wars. Between 1942 and 1944 it was a large, minor landing-craft training base called HMS Helder.

St Osyth geography / climate

St Osyth is claimed to be the driest recorded place in the United Kingdom, with an average annual rainfall of just 507 mm (20 inches) The parish extends south from the village to the coast and includes the smaller villages of Point Clear and Lee-over-Sands.

Landmarks

St Osyth’s Priory once held a herd of polled White Park cattle, until an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in 1951 led to their slaughter. The Abbey became home to the Earls of Rochford, after King William III created the title for William Nassau de Zuylestein in 1695.

St Osyth Beach

St Osyth Beach and Jaywick were the scene of fatalities during “The Great Flood” of 1953. The beach is the site of the Great Flood of ‘The Great Depression’ in 1953.

You can visit St Osyth places with Walkfo St Osyth to hear history at St Osyth’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo St Osyth has 19 places to visit in our interactive St Osyth map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout St Osyth, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at St Osyth places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to St Osyth & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 19 audio facts unique to St Osyth places in an interactive St Osyth map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit St Osyth Places Map
19 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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St Osyth historic spots	St Osyth tourist destinations	St Osyth plaques	St Osyth geographic features
Walkfo St Osyth tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in St Osyth

  

Best St Osyth places to visit

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St Osyth has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied St Osyth’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo St Osyth’s information audio spots:

Point Clear Point Clear is a village in the civil parish of St Osyth in the Tendring district, in the county of Essex. In 2018 it had an estimated population of 1674.

Jaywick Martello Tower Jaywick Martello Tower is a renovated Martello tower at Jaywick, 2.7 miles (4.3 km) south-west of Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. It functions as an arts, heritage and community venue.

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