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Dovercourt to Harwich stations – walk through history

10 September 2024 | 11.19

From Dovercourt to Harwich Town, a walk through the history of both towns, along with a talk at the Electric Palace Cinema.

We will meet at Dovercourt station at 11:19am

From here we will walk up through the faded old Victorian town of Dovercourt towards the beach where the famous Lighthouses have stood for over a century. We will walk North along the beach walk towards the historic town of Harwich past the redoubt fort and on into the town where we will stop at Halfpenny Pier for a brief talk about the lightship before moving on to the Electric Palace cinema, dating from 1911 is one of the worlds oldest and least altered purpose built cinemas, for a personal talk from the staff and volunteers, before returning to the station to catch the 14.26 train back to Colchester, arriving at 14.59.

This is a FREE event

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