Great Horkesley
Great Horkesley is a village and civil parish in the City of Colchester district of Essex, England, approximately 3 miles north of Colchester. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 2,697.Photo: Glyn Baker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 2,480 residents
- Description: village in Essex, England, UK
- Also known as: “Great Horkesley, Essex” and “Horkesley”
Places of Interest
Highlights include The Rose And Crown Public House and Colchester Community Stadium.
Colchester Community Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Geographer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Colchester Community Stadium, known as the JobServe Community Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium in Myland, England. It is the home of Colchester United Football Club. Colchester Community Stadium is situated 2 miles southeast of Great Horkesley.
Church of St James
Church
Photo: Pfrenchm, Public domain.
Church of St James is situated 2 miles north of Great Horkesley.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nayland and Boxted Cross.
Nayland
Village
Photo: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Nayland is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Nayland-with-Wissington, in the Babergh district, in the county of Suffolk, England. Nayland is situated 2 miles north of Great Horkesley.
Boxted Cross
Hamlet
Photo: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Boxted is a village and civil parish in the City of Colchester district of Essex, England. It is located approximately 5 miles north of Colchester and 24 miles northeast of the county city of Chelmsford. Boxted Cross is situated 2 miles east of Great Horkesley.
Honey Tye
Hamlet
Photo: Glyn Baker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Leavenheath is a village and civil parish in Suffolk, England, close to the Essex border. Located on the A134 between Sudbury and Colchester, it is part of Babergh district. Honey Tye is situated 3 miles northwest of Great Horkesley.
Great Horkesley
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Great Horkesley, City of Colchester, Essex, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.94588° or 51° 56′ 45″ northLongitude
0.87476° or 0° 52′ 29″ eastPopulation
2,480Elevation
174 feet (53 metres)Open location code
9F32WVWF+9WOpenStreetMap ID
node 339986797OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2648079Wikidata ID
Q2744855
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Welsh—“Great Horkesley” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “গ্রেট হক্সলে”
- Cebuano: “Great Horkesley”
- Chinese: “Great Horkesley”
- Chinese: “大霍尔克斯雷”
- Chinese: “大霍爾克斯雷”
- Dutch: “Great Horkesley”
- French: “Great Horkesley”
- German: “Great Horkesley”
- Gujarati: “ગ્રેટ હોર્કેસ્લી”
- Irish: “Great Horkesley”
- Italian: “Great Horkesley”
- Japanese: “グレート・ホークスリー”
- Kannada: “ಗ್ರೇಟ್ ಹಾರ್ಕಸ್ಲೆ”
- Korean: “그레이트 호크슬리”
- Ladin: “Great Horkesley”
- Latin: “Horchesleia Magna”
- Lithuanian: “Didysis Horkslis”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Great Horkesley”
- Persian: “گریت هورکسلی”
- Polish: “Great Horkesley”
- Portuguese: “Great Horkesley”
- Russian: “Грейт-Хорксли”
- Spanish: “Great Horkesley”
- Swedish: “Great Horkesley”
- Tamil: “கிரேட் ஹோர்கேசுலே”
- Telugu: “గ్రేట్ హార్క్స్లే”
- Urdu: “گریٹ ہورکاسلے”
- Welsh: “Great Horkesley”
- “Great Horkesley”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Great Horkesley Post Office and All Saints, Great Horkesley.
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