Osea Island | |
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Location within Essex | |
OS grid reference | TL913065 |
District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Maldon |
Postcode district | CM9 |
Dialling code | 01621 |
Police | Essex |
Fire | Essex |
Ambulance | East of England |
Osea Island (Old English: Ōsgȳþes īeg, "Osyth's island"), formerly also Osey,[1] is an inhabited island in the estuary of the River Blackwater, Essex, East England. It is approximately 380 acres (1.5 km2) in size and is connected to the north bank of the river by a causeway that is covered at high water. The island's population is included in the civil parish of Heybridge.
Northey Island lies about a mile to the west and Mersea Island is about five miles to the northeast. The entire island is owned by music producer Nigel Frieda.[2]