Museums and Archives
Essex
Basildon
Braintree
Brentwood
Brightlingsea
Burnham on Crouch
Chelmsford
Clacton St Osyth
Colchester
Grays
Great Dunmow
Pitsea (see Basildon)
Purfleet
Saffron Walden
Southend
St Osyth (see Clacton)
Thurrock (see Grays)
Waltham Abbey
Basildon Borough Museum & Heritage Group Essex
Wat Tyler Country Park
The Visitors Centre
Pitsea
SS16 4UH
01268 550088
Local History exhibits
(This group are hoping to move into the above premises. The Visitors Centre already houses a collection relating to BES who had an explosives factory on the site for many years)
Braintree Museum Essex
Manor Street
Braintree
CM7 3HW
01371 878979
www.braintree.gov.uk
Fire Marks
Local History exhibits
Brentwood Museum Essex
Cemetery Lodge
Lorne Road
Brentwood
CM1 5HH
01277 210333
www.brentwoodmuseum.org.uk
Local History exhibits
Brightlingsea Museum Essex
1 Duke Street
Brightlingsea
CO7 0EA
01206 303185
www.brightlingseamuseum.co.uk
Local History exhibits
Burnham on Crouch Museum Essex
The Quay
Burnham on Crouch
CM0 8AS
01621 783444
www.burnham.org.uk/museum
Local History exhibits
Chelmsford Museum Essex
Moulsham Street
Chelmsford
CM2 9AQ
01245 650700
www.chelmsford.gov.uk
Fire Marks
Local History exhibits
Colchester Museums Service Essex
Large range of items including Fire Marks, Fire Grenades, local history exhibits, in store, please contact them on 01206 282939
or www.colchestermuseums.org.uk to arrange viewing.
East Essex Aviation Museum Essex
St Osyth
Clacton
CO16 8NG
01255 434141
www.stosyth.gov.uk
Local History exhibits from WW2
Essex Fire Museum Essex
Grays Fire Station
Hogg Lane
Grays
RM17 5QS
01375 379167
www.essex.fire.gov.uk
Range of Appliances
Fire Marks
Small Gear
Uniforms
Local History Archives including photographs
Thurrock Museum Essex
Orsett Road
Grays
RM17 5DX
01375 413965
www.thurrock.gov.uk/heritage/museum
Local History exhibits
Great Dunmow Museum Essex
Mill Lane
Great Dunmow
CM6 1BG
01371 878979
www.greatdunmowmuseum.org.uk
3 Manuals (including one from Stebbing)
Fire Marks & Local History exhibits
Purfleet Heritage & Military Centre Essex
Centurion Way
Purfleet
RM19 1ZY
01709 890874
www.purfleetheritage.com
Local History exhibits
Saffron Walden Museum Essex
Museum Street
Saffron Walden
CM10 1JL
01799 510333
www.uttlesford.gov.uk
Local History archives & exhibits
Southend Central Museum Essex
Victoria Avenue
Southend on Sea
SS2 6EW
01702 434449
www.southendmuseums.co.uk
Local History exhibits
Royal Gun Powder Mills Museum Essex
Beaulieu Drive
Waltham Abbey
EN9 1JY
01992 707370
www.royalgunpowdermills.com
Collection includes small gear, hose carts, early Siemens fire alarm system, uniforms, photographs, etc