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Essex Life Food and Drink Awards 2024

2024 Essex Life Food & Drink Awards: the winners revealed
With 11 categories and dozens of shortlisted eateries, Essex Life readers voted for the very best of the best.

Homes and Gardens

See inside a Grade II listed Georgian manor house on the market at £4.25m
Grand but cosy living in Ickleton in this £4.25m estate on the Essex/Cambridgeshire border

Saffron Walden is a charming town

Saffron Walden is a charming town

The pretty medieval town where you can reach London in just over an hour

Time to change your front door?

Time to change your front door?

Time to change your front door?

Mount Crescent was praised for its

Mount Crescent was praised for its

'A very desirable place to live' - Essex street named among best in the UK

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Things to do

Fair rides, bowling and escape rooms await on Walton-on-the-Naze's pier.

Fair rides, bowling and escape rooms await on Walton-on-the-Naze's pier.

The best places in Essex to explore according to our readers

The main hangar at the aerodrome- taken by me (EP) so no credit needed

The main hangar at the aerodrome- taken by me (EP) so no credit needed

The fight to save one of Essex’s most important heritage sites

The Acension by John Constable is in St Mary's Church, Dedham

The Acension by John Constable is in St Mary's Church, Dedham

The extraordinary art you can see on display in Essex

A peaceful walk in the countryside

A peaceful walk in the countryside

A walk from Foxearth Meadows Nature Reserve

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Travel

Aerial photo of the Southend Pier which is the longest pleasure pier in the world

Discover 15 fascinating facts about our own Southend Pier
It’s one of Essex’s top attractions – and the world’s longest pleasure pier – but it also has quite a storied past

Estuary views from the balcony

Estuary views from the balcony

A short break at The Pier at Harwich on the Essex coast

Stunning artworks in The Gibberd Garden

Stunning artworks in The Gibberd Garden

The show stopping features at The Gibberd Garden near Harlow

The D'Arcy Suite at Staycations Maldon

The D'Arcy Suite at Staycations Maldon

A Maldon weekend away in the incredibly opulent D’arcy Suite

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Food and Drink

Luscious lobster at The Pie

Luscious lobster at The Pie

9 great seafood eateries across Essex

Beef Wellington with hispi cabbage and red wine jus

Beef Wellington with hispi cabbage and red wine jus

Try this classic recipe from the Pig and Whistle

Louisa's award-winning Chestnut Honey

Louisa's award-winning Chestnut Honey

5 of the best preserves and spreads made in Essex

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People

Paul in the Bootleg Beatles as John Lennon

Paul in the Bootleg Beatles as John Lennon

Meet Brentwood born Paul Canning - John Lennon in the Bootleg Beatles

Careers Convention Southend High School for Girls in 1961- newsquest image

Careers Convention Southend High School for Girls in 1961- newsquest image

Essex school photos from the past

Actress and presenter Jemma Bolt (left) and TOWIE narrator Denise Van Outen (right).

Actress and presenter Jemma Bolt (left) and TOWIE narrator Denise Van Outen (right).

Denise Van Outen and Jemma Bolt on painting the town red and mixing the decks

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Lifestyle

What should be in your summer wardrobe?

What should be in your summer wardrobe?

Tips on how to look cool when it’s hot

The bathroom in the Shakespeare suite

The bathroom in the Shakespeare suite

A delicious country escape near Colchester

Parkrun chief executive officer Russ Jefferys with the limited edition Brooks Ghost 16 trainers which have been launched to mark the event's 20th anniversary and to raise money for the parkrun charity

Parkrun chief executive officer Russ Jefferys with the limited edition Brooks Ghost 16 trainers which have been launched to mark the event's 20th anniversary and to raise money for the parkrun charity

Great British Life - National

Parkrun celebrates 20 years of making people healthier and happier

The housing market is reviving and the more positive outlook will continue into 2025, some finance experts have suggested

The housing market is reviving and the more positive outlook will continue into 2025, some finance experts have suggested

Great British Life - National

Housing market ‘is reviving’ amid growth in house prices and mortgage approvals

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