Culture

With a vibrant arts and culture scene, great theatres, cinemas and pantomimes on the pier, Essex has something whatever your cultural passion.

Music and dance events also occur regularly as do countryside and craft days - there's something to bring out the creative cultural side of everyone.

Fancy something more peaceful? Then visit the beautiful landscape of Constable Country in North Essex which captivates thousands of visitors each year - it is easy to see why John Constable was inspired to paint some of England’s best loved pictures. Ramble along the River Stour in the heart of Constable Country, where he worked his rustic idylls beneath the vast East Anglian skies. It’s easy to see why generations of artists since have been inspired in much the same way.

Whatever your passion, the county's arts and culture scene will inspire, educate and inform you.