Fordham
Fordham is a village and civil parish in the Colchester district of Essex, England, six miles north-west of Colchester. As well as Fordham village, the parish also includes the hamlet of Hemp's Green. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 841.- Type: Hamlet with 841 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Essex, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Fordham (parish i Storbritannien, Essex)” and “Fordham, Essex”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Chappel & Wakes Colne railway station and The Three Horseshoes Public House.
Chappel & Wakes Colne railway station
Railway station
Chappel & Wakes Colne railway station is on the… Chappel & Wakes Colne railway station is situated 2 miles west of Fordham.
East Anglian Railway Museum
Museum
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fordstreet and Rose Green.
Fordstreet
Village
Fordstreet or Ford Street is a village on the A1124… Fordstreet is situated 1½ miles southwest of Fordham.
Rose Green
Hamlet
Rose Green is a hamlet in the civil parish of Chappel… Rose Green is situated 2 miles west of Fordham.
Chappel
Village
Chappel is a village and civil parish in the City of Colchester district of Essex, England. Chappel is situated 2 miles west of Fordham.
Fordham
- Categories: village, civil parish, and locality
- Location: Fordham, City of Colchester, Essex, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.9303° or 51° 55′ 49″ north
Longitude
0.80678° or 0° 48′ 24″ east
Population
841
Elevation
144 feet (44 metres)
Open location code
9F32WRJ4+4P
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Fordham” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Fordham”
- Dutch: “Fordham”
- French: “Fordham”
- Irish: “Fordham”
- Italian: “Fordham (Essex)”
- Italian: “Fordham”
- Ladin: “Fordham”
- Latin: “Fordham Magna”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Fordham (Essex)”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Fordham”
- Polish: “Fordham”
- Spanish: “Fordham”
- Swedish: “Fordham, Essex”
- Swedish: “Fordham”
- Turkish: “Fordham, Essex”
- Urdu: “فورڈہام، ایسکس”
- Welsh: “Fordham, Essex”
- “Fordham”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Wren Wood and Wormingford.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Quilters Green and Fordham Village Hall.
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Worth a closer look: Colchester and Chelmsford.
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