The Green Flag Award winning Crescent Gardens in Frinton-on-sea are triangular shaped and cover approximately half a hectare, consisting of ornamental grass, paths, shrub beds, hedges and colourful annual beds. The gardens are secluded by mature perimeter planting that offer tranquillity and a sense of enclosure. The trees and the perimeter hedges provide an important street feature and they are a key element to the backdrop of the Esplanade and the Greensward.

The flower beds are planted twice annually with a total of approximately 10,000 seasonal bedding plants and the summer display features regularly in the Frinton in Bloom portfolios for the Anglia and Britain in Bloom competitions. Most recent awards for Frinton in Bloom in The Small Town Category include 2010 Winner and Gold Award, 2009 Winner and Silver Gilt, 2007 Silver, 2006 Silver, 2005 Silver and Britain in Bloom Silver in 2005.

In May 2011 a new wildflower was prepared and planted by the children from Frinton Primary School Gardening Club. In addition there has also been a hard landscape centre piece created , depicting the Frinton In Bloom entry to the RHS Tatton Park Flower Show.

There is no historical information regarding the construction of the Crescent Gardens, however the outline of the Crescent Gardens actually appears on an 1899 plan of Frinton on Sea. It is known that in 1911 a plot in The Crescent was bought by the Council for a public garden and photographic evidence shows they were well established in 1935. The name is derived from The Crescent which divides around the gardens at its junction with the Esplanade.