East of England
Essex
City of Colchester

Colchester Castle

Colchester Castle is a Norman castle in , , , dating from the second half of the eleventh century. The keep of the castle is mostly intact and is the largest example of its kind anywhere in Europe, due to it being built on the foundations of the Roman Temple of Claudius.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: Norman castle in Colchester, United Kingdom
  • Address: Colchester, CO1 1TJ
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hollytrees Museum and Natural History Museum, Colchester.

Museum
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is a publicly owned museum in the centre of and close to Colchester Castle. It is situated in an eighteenth-century house, which was used as a private residence until 1929, when it became a museum. is situated 340 feet southeast of Colchester Castle.

Museum
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is situated 430 feet southeast of Colchester Castle.

Arts center
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is a Grade II listed building and gardens situated at the east end of High Street in , , England, near , Gate House and Colchester Castle. It currently houses Galleries. is situated 570 feet southeast 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. Home to the University of Essex, the Institute and an Army Garrison, and with its attractive old buildings, Roman wall, castle and proximity to Constable country, is an interesting place to visit.

Suburb
is an area in the southeastern part of in , England, on the River Colne. Historically it was a hamlet. was home to the Paxmans Factory which manufactured automobile parts.

Suburb
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is a suburb of in , England, lying approximately 1 mile west of the city centre. It has a public house called the Crown. The parish church of is dedicated to Leonard of Noblac, the patron saint of prisoners. 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)
Open location code
9F32VWR3+66
Open­Street­Map ID
way 28621900
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
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 Museum”
  • 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”
  • Polish: “Zamek Colchester”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo de Colchester”
  • Russian: “Колчестерский замок”
  • Swedish: “Colchester Castle”
  • Uzbek: “Kolchester qalʼasi”
  • Welsh: “Castell Colchester”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as New Town and Saint George’s.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as Memorial to Sir Charles Lucas and Sir George Lisle and Castle Park.

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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 “Colchester Castle”. Photo: George Gastin, CC BY-SA 3.0.