Mersea Island (formerly Mersey Island) is the most easterly inhabited island in the United Kingdom, located marginally off the coast of Essex, England, 9 miles (14 km) to the southeast of Colchester. It is situated in the estuary area of the Blackwater and Colne rivers and has an area of around 7 square miles (18 km2). The name 'Mersea' is derived from the Old English meresig meaning 'island of the pool'.
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“The island dreams under the dawn
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—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)