Birch
Birch is a village and civil parish in the City of Colchester district of Essex, England. It is located approximately 5 miles south-west of Colchester and 17 miles north-east of the county town of Chelmsford.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Angela Tuff, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 880 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Essex, England, UK
- Also known as: “Birch, Essex”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Colchester Zoo and Layer Marney Tower.
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.
Layer Marney Tower
Layer Marney Tower is an incomplete early Tudor country house, with gardens and parkland, dating from about 1523, in Layer Marney, Essex, England, between Colchester and Maldon. Layer Marney Tower is situated 2 miles southwest of Birch.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hardy’s Green and Smythe’s Green.
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.
Smythe’s Green
Hamlet
Smythe's Green is a hamlet on the B1022 road, in the civil parish of Layer Marney, in the Colchester district, in the county of Essex, England. It is located in between the villages of Tiptree and Birch. Smythe’s Green is situated 1½ miles southwest of Birch.
Layer de la Haye
Village
Photo: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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. Layer de la Haye is situated 2 miles east of Birch.
Birch
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Birch, City of Colchester, Essex, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.84496° or 51° 50′ 42″ northLongitude
0.82025° or 0° 49′ 13″ eastPopulation
880Elevation
167 feet (51 metres)Open location code
9F32RRVC+X4OpenStreetMap ID
node 288532260OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2655633Wikidata ID
Q2283023
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Birch” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Birch”
- Chinese: “Birch”
- Danish: “Birch”
- Dutch: “Birch”
- French: “Birch”
- Irish: “Birch”
- Italian: “Birch (Essex)”
- Italian: “Birch”
- Japanese: “バーチ”
- Ladin: “Birch”
- Latin: “Bricceia Magna”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Birch”
- Polish: “Birch”
- Swedish: “Birch”
- Urdu: “برچ، ایسیکس”
- Welsh: “Birch, Essex”
- Welsh: “Birch”
- “Birch”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Birch Green and Heckfordbridge.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include St Peters, Birch and Birch Memorial Hall.
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