Colchester Castle

Colchester Castle is a Norman castle in , , , dating from the second half of the eleventh century. It is located in, and gives its name to, Castle Park.
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Photo: George Gastin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: Norman castle in Colchester, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Colchester Castle Museum”
  • Address: Colchester, CO1 1TJ

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Hollytrees Museum and Natural History Museum, Colchester.

Museum
Photo: Jarry1250, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a publicly owned museum in Castle… is situated 340 feet southeast of Colchester Castle.

Museum
Photo: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is situated 420 feet southeast of Colchester Castle.

Church
St Helen's Chapel is an Eastern Orthodox church… is situated 410 feet northwest of Colchester Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Colchester and The Hythe.

Photo: Lkcl it, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a city in , East Anglia.

Suburb
is an area in the southeastern part of in , England, on the River Colne.

Suburb
Photo: Paul Shreeve, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a suburb of in , England… is situated 1½ miles west of Colchester Castle.

Colchester Castle

Latitude
51.89059° or 51° 53′ 26″ north
Longitude
0.90311° or 0° 54′ 11″ east
Elevation
95 feet (29 metres)
Height
77 feet (24 metres)
Wheelchair access
yes
Open location code
9F32VWR3+66
Open­Street­Map ID
way 28621900
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Geo­Names ID
6286842
Wiki­data ID
Q198287
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Colchester Castle” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Colchester Castle”
  • Chinese: “科爾切斯特城堡”
  • Danish: “Colchester Castle”
  • Dutch: “Colchester Castle”
  • French: “château de Colchester”
  • French: “Château de Colchester”
  • German: “Colchester Castle”
  • Hungarian: “Colchesteri vár”
  • Irish: “Caisleán Colchester”
  • Italian: “castello di Colchester”
  • Italian: “Castello di Colchester”
  • Japanese: “コルチェスター城”
  • Malay: “Istana kota Colchester”
  • Persian: “قلعه کولچستر”
  • Polish: “Zamek Colchester”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo de Colchester”
  • Russian: “Колчестерский замок”
  • Swedish: “Colchester Castle”
  • Turkish: “Colchester Kalesi”
  • Uzbek: “Kolchester qalʼasi”
  • Welsh: “Castell Colchester”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: New Town and Saint George’s.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Memorial to Sir Charles Lucas and Sir George Lisle and Castle Park.

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Worth a closer look: Colchester and Chelmsford.

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