West Mersea

West Mersea is a town and civil parish on in the district of , England. It is one of two parishes on the island, the other being .
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  • Type: Town with 7,390 residents
  • Description: town and civil parish in the Colchester borough of Essex, England, UK
  • Also known as: West Mersea, Essex

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mersea Island Museum and Cobmarsh Island.

Museum

Islet
Mersea Island is an island in , England, in the Blackwater and Colne estuaries to the south-east of . Its name comes from the Old English word meresig, meaning "island of the pool" and thus is tautological.

Islet
is a small island in the estuary of the River Blackwater in , , the . The island is an area of low-lying salt marsh in the tidal channel known as Virley Channel that runs to the east of the village of . is situated 2 miles southwest of West Mersea.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Barrow Hill and Little Wigborough.

Locality
is a hamlet in , England. It is located on , approximately 2 km north-northeast of West Mersea near to where the Strood causeway meets the island.

Hamlet
is a village in the civil parish of Great and , in the district of , England. is located between and . is situated 2½ miles northwest of West Mersea.

Village
is a village in the civil parish of Great and Little Wigborough in the district of , England. The place-name 'Wigborough' first appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as Wicgebergha and Wighebergha. is situated 3 miles northwest of West Mersea.

West Mersea

Latitude
51.77698° or 51° 46′ 37″ north
Longitude
0.91736° or 0° 55′ 3″ east
Population
7,390
Elevation
49 feet (15 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB WMS
Open location code
9F32QWG8+QW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 260364987
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2634345
Wiki­data ID
Q2343199
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“West Mersea” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: West Mersea
  • Basque: West Mersea
  • Bengali: ওয়েস্ট মার্সি
  • Bulgarian: Уест Мърси
  • Cebuano: West Mersea
  • Chinese: West Mersea
  • Chinese: 西梅尔希
  • Chinese: 西梅爾希
  • Dutch: West Mersea
  • French: West Mersea
  • German: West Mersea
  • Gujarati: પશ્ચિમ મર્સિયા
  • Irish: Mersea Thiar
  • Italian: West Mersea
  • Japanese: 西メーシー
  • Kannada: ವೆಸ್ಟ್ ಮೆರ್ಸೀ
  • Korean: 웨스트 메르세아
  • Ladin: West Mersea
  • Latin: Mereseia Occidentalis
  • Lithuanian: Vest Mersėja
  • Min Nan Chinese: West Mersea
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: West Mersea
  • Persian: وست مرسی
  • Polish: West Mersea
  • Portuguese: West Mersea
  • Romanian: West Mersea
  • Russian: Уэст-Мерси
  • Silesian: West Mersea
  • South Azerbaijani: وست مرسی
  • Spanish: West Mersea
  • Swedish: West Mersea
  • Tamil: மேற்கு மேற்ஸீ
  • Telugu: పశ్చిమ మెర్సీ
  • Turkish: Batı Mersea
  • Ukrainian: Вест-Мерсея
  • Urdu: مغربی مرسیا
  • Urdu: ویسٹ میرسیا
  • Welsh: West Mersea
  • West Mersea

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