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 hamlets of Fordham Heath and Hemp's Green.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hamlet with 841 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Essex, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Fordham, Essex”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Chappel & Wakes Colne railway station and The Three Horseshoes Public House.
Chappel & Wakes Colne railway station
Railway station
Photo: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chappel & Wakes Colne railway station is on the Gainsborough Line, a branch to Sudbury off the Great Eastern Main Line, in the East of England, serving the village of Wakes Colne and the neighbouring Chappel. Chappel & Wakes Colne railway station is situated 2 miles west of Fordham.
East Anglian Railway Museum
Museum
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The East Anglian Railway Museum is a museum located at Chappel and Wakes Colne railway station in Essex, England, which is situated on the former Great Eastern Railway branch line from Marks Tey to Sudbury. East Anglian Railway Museum is situated 2 miles west of Fordham.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fordstreet and Rose Green.
Fordstreet
Village
Photo: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fordstreet or Ford Street is a village on the A1124 road, in the civil parish of Aldham in the Colchester district in Essex, England. It is located on the River Colne and is near the city of Colchester. Artist Damon Albarn lived there as a child. Fordstreet is situated 1½ miles southwest of Fordham.
Rose Green
Hamlet
Rose Green is a hamlet on the A1124 road and the River Colne, near the village of Wakes Colne in the Colchester district, in the English county of Essex. Rose Green is situated 2 miles west of Fordham.
Chappel
Village
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Chappel is a village and civil parish in the City of Colchester district of Essex, England. The River Colne flows through the village. It is significant for its Victorian viaduct, which crosses the Colne valley. 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″ northLongitude
0.80678° or 0° 48′ 24″ eastPopulation
841Elevation
144 feet (44 metres)Open location code
9F32WRJ4+4POpenStreetMap ID
node 898766674OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
2649230Wikidata ID
Q3041063
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Fordham” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Fordham”
- Chinese: “Fordham”
- Dutch: “Fordham”
- French: “Fordham”
- Irish: “Fordham”
- Italian: “Fordham (Essex)”
- Italian: “Fordham”
- Ladin: “Fordham”
- Latin: “Fordham Magna”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Fordham (Essex)”
- Polish: “Fordham”
- Spanish: “Fordham”
- Swedish: “Fordham (parish i Storbritannien, Essex)”
- Swedish: “Fordham, Essex”
- Swedish: “Fordham”
- Turkish: “Fordham, Essex”
- Welsh: “Fordham, Essex”
- “Fordham”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Wren Wood and Wormingford.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Quilters Green and Fordham 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 “Fordham”. Photo: Andrew Hill, CC BY-SA 2.0.