Abberton
Abberton is a village and civil parish in the City of Colchester district of Essex, England. It is located approximately 0.62 mi east of Abberton Reservoir and is 4.2 mi south of Colchester.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 831 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Essex, England, UK
- Also known as: “Abberton, Essex”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Abberton Reservoir and Church of St Mary the Virgin.
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 west of Abberton.
Church of St Mary the Virgin
Church
Photo: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Mary the Virgin is situated 1½ miles southwest of Abberton.
The Plough Public House
Pub
Photo: Glyn Baker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Plough Public House is situated 2 miles southwest of Abberton.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fingringhoe and Berechurch.
Fingringhoe
Village
Photo: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fingringhoe is a village and civil parish in the City of Colchester district of Essex, England. The centre of the village is classified as a conservation area, featuring a traditional village pond and red telephone box. Fingringhoe is situated 2 miles northeast of Abberton.
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 north of Abberton.
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 northwest of Abberton.
Abberton
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Langenhoe, City of Colchester, Essex, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.83303° or 51° 49′ 59″ northLongitude
0.90704° or 0° 54′ 25″ eastPopulation
831Elevation
144 feet (44 metres)Open location code
9F32RWM4+6ROpenStreetMap ID
node 288532427OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2657880Wikidata ID
Q2318824
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Welsh—“Abberton” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Abberton”
- Cebuano: “Abberton (parokya sa Hiniusang Gingharian, Essex)”
- Cebuano: “Abberton”
- Central Kurdish: “ئابێرتۆن، ئێسێکس”
- Chinese: “Abberton”
- Dutch: “Abberton”
- French: “Abberton”
- Irish: “Abberton”
- Italian: “Abberton (Essex)”
- Italian: “Abberton”
- Ladin: “Abberton”
- Latin: “Adburtuna”
- Malay: “Abberton, Essex”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Abberton (Essex)”
- Persian: “ابرتون، اسکس”
- Polish: “Abberton”
- Spanish: “Abberton”
- Swedish: “Abberton, Essex”
- Swedish: “Abberton”
- Welsh: “Abberton, Essex”
- Welsh: “Abberton”
- “Abberton”
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Notable Places Nearby
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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 “Abberton”. Photo: Glyn Baker, CC BY-SA 2.0.