Burnham Ferry
Burnham Ferry is the sole authorised
ferry between Essex Marina, Wallasea Island and Burnham-on-Crouch
Town Quay (opposite the Anchor pub).
The Dial-a-Ferry runs 6 days a week, March
to end of September excluding Wednesdays providing an eco-friendly
and scenic method of transport.
The road trip from Burnham to Wallasea
Island by car takes approximately an hour; the ferry crosses the
river in around ten minutes.
The ferry allows for foot passengers and
cyclists alike to cross the River Crouch to visit the many
restaurants, bars, gift shops and cafés Burnham has to offer as well
as lovely riverside walks and miles of cycling across the marshes.
Birdwatchers, nature lovers, walkers and
cyclists will be drawn to Wallasea Island where the RSPB is
developing the Wallasea Wetland Project, the largest nature reserve
of its type in Europe.
The boat, a Searover 18 and equipment, is fully MCA (Maritime and Coastguard Agency) approved and is used by many other ferry and commercial operators.
