Layer de la Haye
Layer de la Haye, sometimes hyphenated as Layer-de-la-Haye, is a village and civil parish in the City of Colchester district of Essex, England. It is the largest and easternmost of the three neighbouring parishes called Layer, the others being Layer Breton and Layer Marney.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 1,660 residents
- Description: village in Essex, England, UK
- Also known as: “Layer de la Haye, Essex”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Donkey And Buskins Public House and Colchester Zoo.
Colchester Zoo
Zoo
Colchester Zoo is a zoological garden situated near Colchester, England. Open since June 1963, the zoo is home to many rare and endangered species, including big cats, primates and birds as well as many invertebrates and fish species. Colchester Zoo is situated 1½ miles northwest of Layer de la Haye.
Abberton Reservoir
Reservoir
Photo: Glyn Baker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Abberton Reservoir is a pumped storage freshwater reservoir in eastern England near the Essex coast, with an area of 700 hectares. Most of its water is pumped from the River Stour. Abberton Reservoir is situated 1½ miles south of Layer de la Haye.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Berechurch and Hardy’s Green.
Berechurch
Village
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Berechurch is a suburb of Colchester in Essex, England, lying to the south of the city centre. Berechurch is situated 2 miles northeast of Layer de la Haye.
Hardy’s Green
Hamlet
Hardy's Green is a hamlet in civil parish of Birch in the Colchester district, in the county of Essex, England. Nearby settlements include the city of Colchester. Hardy’s Green is situated 2½ miles west of Layer de la Haye.
Lexden
Suburb
Photo: Paul Shreeve, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lexden is a suburb of Colchester in Essex, England, lying approximately 1 mile west of the city centre. It has a public house called the Crown. The parish church of St Leonard's is dedicated to Leonard of Noblac, the patron saint of prisoners. Lexden is situated 3 miles north of Layer de la Haye.
Layer de la Haye
- Category: locality
- Location: Layer-de-la-Haye, City of Colchester, Essex, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.8468° or 51° 50′ 49″ northLongitude
0.86234° or 0° 51′ 44″ eastPopulation
1,660Elevation
131 feet (40 metres)Open location code
9F32RVW6+PWOpenStreetMap ID
node 774102573OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2644771Wikidata ID
Q2744886
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Layer de la Haye” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Layer de la Haye”
- Catalan: “Layer-de-la-Haye”
- Cebuano: “Layer de la Haye”
- Chinese: “Layer de la Haye”
- Dutch: “Layer de la Haye”
- French: “Layer de la Haye”
- Irish: “Layer de la Haye”
- Italian: “Layer de la Haye”
- Latin: “Legra de Haya”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Layer de la Haye”
- Persian: “لیر دو ل هی”
- Polish: “Layer de la Haye”
- Spanish: “Layer-de-la-Haye”
- Swedish: “Layer de la Haye”
- Swedish: “Layer-de-la-Haye”
- Welsh: “Layer de la Haye”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Charity Wood and Layer Village Hall.
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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 “Layer de la Haye”. Photo: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0.