Essex By The Sea

068: Mersea's Oyster Packing Shed

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Located off the coast of West Mersea and long black timber building with small windows hoovers above the water line. The Packing Shed is actually resting on Packing Marsh Island, where a for decades Mersea Island's oysters were procressed and packed before being sent to London for sale.

Now fully restored, the Packing Shed is an education centre, which is open to the public on certain days, telling the story of Mersea's oyster industry.

Alan and Bry Mogridge took Owen out on a small boat to vist the small island and to show him around the Packing Shed.

The Packing Shed Trust is a charitable organisation with more information on their website: www.packing-shed.org.uk

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