Harwich is not 'pretty' in the normal sense but it is picturesque. It used to be a bustling major port but most of the international commercial and passenger liner traffic has been moved around the corner to Parkeston Quay transforming Harwich into a quiet town with some quaint narrow backstreets of which this is one.

It has plenty of old buildings and a lot of maritime history.

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There are two old lighthouses in Harwich which are no longer used but these two, when in use, were used as a pair in a vertical alignment to act as a pair of leading lights. This lighthouse provided the higher of the two lights.

The red and white object in the foreground is an old marker buoy now taken out of service.

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This lighthouse provided the second, lower, of the two leading lights and now houses a Maritime Museum.

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This view across the River Stour to the commercial port of Felixstowe is from The Quay. The small wooden structure in the foreground is part of the Ha'penny Pier. The Mayflower was built here in Harwich and there is a small Mayflower exhibition on the Ha'penny Pier.

Just beyond the last lamppost on the pier is a red lightship.

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