East of England
Essex
City of Colchester

Lexden

Lexden is a suburb of in , England, lying approximately 1 mile west of the city centre. It has a public house called the Crown. The parish church of is dedicated to Leonard of Noblac, the patron saint of prisoners.
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  • Type: Suburb with 5,550 residents
  • Description: suburb in Colchester, Essex, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Lexden, Essex”

Places of Interest

Highlights include St Leonard’s Church, Lexden and Spring Lane Meadows.

Church
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The Church of Saint Leonard is a Church of England parish church in Lexden, a suburb of in , England. Originating in the early 12th century, the medieval building became unsafe and was demolished in 1820.

Protected area
Photo: Dudley Miles, CC BY-SA 4.0.
or Lexden Springs is a 2-hectare Local Nature Reserve in Lexden, a suburb of in . It is owned and managed by Colchester Borough Council.

School
is a secondary school and sixth form with academy status located within the Prettygate suburb of , . The school is named after Philip Morant, a local 18th-century historian and archaeologist who was chosen as the school's eponym a few months after its achieving technology college status in 1994.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Colchester and Berechurch.

Photo: Lkcl it, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a city in , East Anglia. Home to the University of Essex, the Institute and an Army Garrison, and with its attractive old buildings, Roman wall, castle and proximity to Constable country, is an interesting place to visit.

Village
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a suburb of in , England, lying to the south of the city centre. is situated 2½ miles southeast of Lexden.

Suburb
is an area in the southeastern part of in , England, on the River Colne. Historically it was a hamlet. was home to the Paxmans Factory which manufactured automobile parts. is situated 2½ miles east of Lexden.

Lexden

Latitude
51.88868° or 51° 53′ 19″ north
Longitude
0.86312° or 0° 51′ 47″ east
Population
5,550
Elevation
138 feet (42 metres)
Open location code
9F32VVQ7+F6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 369643063
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
2644549
Wiki­data ID
Q2696635
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In Other Languages

From Czech to Welsh—“Lexden” goes by many names.
  • Czech: “Lexden”
  • Dutch: “Lexden”
  • French: “Lexden”
  • German: “Lexden”
  • Irish: “Lexden”
  • Latin: “Lessendena”
  • Latin: “Lex Sedena”
  • Polish: “Lexden”
  • Slovak: “Lexden”
  • Swedish: “Lexden”
  • Welsh: “Lexden”
  • “Lexden”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Lexden”. Photo: Paul Shreeve, CC BY-SA 2.0.