Bradwell Chapel, the landing place of Cedd, who, in 653, sailed down the east coast of England from Lindisfarne. He built a small wooden church but as there was so much stone from the remains of a Roman fort he built a more permanent building, the chapel still standing today. Cedd's monastery included a church, a community of both men and women, a hospital, a library, a school, an arts centre, a farm, a guest house and a mission base. From there he established other Christian centres at Mersea, Tilbury, Prittlewell and Upminster. It's a great place. Some would say a thin place.