About us

Welcome to the online home of Brightlingsea and District Rotary Club.  Formed in 1960, we are a relatively small but very active club based in Brightlingsea in North Essex meeting fortnightly on Mondays, typically at 6.30pm. Our meeting venues vary and individual meeting details will be available from secretarybrightlingsearotary@gmail.com

We are also very much an equal opportunities club with almost equal numbers of male and female members and in recent years the addition of new members has brought our age demographic down considerably too.

We focus on organising and supporting a wide range of local community events and organisations as well as getting involved with both national and international Rotary initiatives. Amongst the local events which we organise are the annual Brightlingsea Jog Walk Run in aid of Essex Air Ambulance, our famous December Santa Sleigh Runs which raise much needed funds for local causes, and the infamous annual Welly Wanging Competition at the Brightlingsea Town Show.  Alongside these headline events we also run and support a wide range of other fundraising and community activites in Brightlingsea and the surrounding area.  You can find out more about some of these activities in our What We Do section of the website.

We are actively seeking new members for our club so do please make contact with us if you would like to find out more about what we do.

To find out more about our activities please contact our Secretary Fiona Brown on brightlingsearotary@gmail.com or 07711 718470

Happening soon...

Mon, Nov 10th 2025 7:00 pm

Remembrance Meeting

Join us as we remember and give thanks to all those who have given their lives to make our lives possible.

Mon, Nov 24th 2025 7:00 pm

Christmas Dinner

Join us to celebrate the start of the Festive Season as we look forward to the first of the 2025 Santa Sleigh runs which will get underway in earnest on 1 December

Fri, Nov 28th 2025 7:00 pm

Brightlingsea Rotary Autumn Quiz

Join us for an evening of fun and fundraising with an autumnal theme at the YMCA Hall, Brightlingsea. More information to follow soon.

Meetings & Venue

Where and when:

We meet on Mondays at 18.30

Brightlingsea British Legion
Sydney Street
Brightlingsea
Essex
CO7 0BG

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