City of Colchester

The City of Colchester is a local government district with city status in , England, named after its main settlement, . With an estimated population of 200,222 in mid-2024, it is the most populous district in Essex.
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  • Locality with about 193,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 120 feet (40 metres)
  • Description: non-metropolitan district with city and borough status in Essex, England
  • Also known as
    “Borough of Colchester”
    “Colchester”

Places of Interest

Discover Colchester Zoo and Colchester Castle.
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Zoo
is a zoological garden situated near , .
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Museum
is a Norman castle in …
2 miles northeast of City of Colchester
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Park
or Lexden Springs is a 2-hectare…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Colchester and Wivenhoe.
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is a city in , East Anglia.
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is a small town in , , near the city of and the .
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Village
is a suburb of in , England, lying to the south of the city centre.

City of Colchester

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Latitude
51.8709° or 51° 52′ 15″ north
Longitude
0.8648° or 0° 51′ 53″ east
Open location code
9F32VVC7+9W
Geo­Names ID
7290542
Wiki­data ID
Q589620

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Yue Chinese—“City of Colchester” goes by many names.
ColchesterCatalan
Colchester DistrictCebuano
科爾切斯特區Chinese
高車士打區Chinese
ColchesterDutch
ColchesterFrench
Borough of ColchesterGerman
City of ColchesterGerman
ColchesterIrish
Città di ColchesterItalian
ColchesterItalian
バラ・オブ・コルチェスターJapanese
콜체스터구Korean
KolčesteraLatvian
Borough of ColchesterLuxembourgish
ColchesterMin Nan Chinese
Colchester (koān)Min Nan Chinese
Borough of ColchesterNorthern Frisian
ColchesterNorwegian
ColchesterNorwegian Bokmål
ColchesterPolish
боро КолчестерRussian
КолчестерRussian
ColchesterSerbo-Croatian
Municipio de ColchesterSpanish
City of ColchesterSwedish
Colchester (distrikt)Swedish
Colchester DistrictSwedish
ColchesterTumbuka
КолчестерUkrainian
بورو کولچیسٹرUrdu
Bwrdeistref ColchesterWelsh
高車士打區Yue Chinese

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Essex: Highlights

Learn more about Colchester and Chelmsford.
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