Mersea Island

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Template:GBthumb Mersea Island is the most easterly inhabited island in the UK, located on the Essex, England, coast south east of Colchester. The name "Mersea" is derived from the Old English "meresig" meaning "island of the pool", with the island hosting a population of approximately 6500. It is joined to the mainland by a causeway, first constructed in Roman times and crosses the waterway known as The Strood. This carries the Mersea - Colchester road (B1025) which is covered at high spring tides.

The main industries on Mersea are farming, fishing including oyster gathering and raising and servicing the leisure boating industry. There are two settlements, the town of West Mersea and the village of East Mersea. The island has its own newspaper, the Mersea Courier.Template:Essex-geo-stub