Wakes Colne
Wakes Colne is a village and civil parish in the City of Colchester district of Essex, England. It lies on the River Colne, near the village of Chappel, with which it shares Chappel and Wakes Colne railway station.Photo: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Locality with 506 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Essex, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Wakes Colne, Essex”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Chappel & Wakes Colne railway station and East Anglian Railway Museum.
Chappel & Wakes Colne railway station
Railway station
Photo: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chappel & Wakes Colne railway station is on the Gainsborough Line, a branch to Sudbury off the Great Eastern Main Line, in the East of England, serving the village of Wakes Colne and the neighbouring Chappel.
East Anglian Railway Museum
Museum
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The East Anglian Railway Museum is a museum located at Chappel and Wakes Colne railway station in Essex, England, which is situated on the former Great Eastern Railway branch line from Marks Tey to Sudbury.
Church of St Barnabas
Church
Photo: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Barnabas is situated 2½ miles south of Wakes Colne.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bures and Fordham.
Bures
Village
Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bures is a village in eastern England that straddles the Essex/Suffolk border, made up of two civil parishes: Bures Hamlet in Essex and Bures St Mary in Suffolk. In 2011 it had a population of 1433. Bures is situated 2½ miles north of Wakes Colne.
Fordham
Hamlet
Photo: Andrew Hill, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fordham is a village and civil parish in the Colchester district of Essex, England, six miles north-west of Colchester. As well as Fordham village, the parish also includes the hamlets of Fordham Heath and Hemp's Green.
Chappel
Village
Photo: Rbelcham, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chappel is a village and civil parish in the City of Colchester district of Essex, England. The River Colne flows through the village. It is significant for its Victorian viaduct, which crosses the Colne valley.
Wakes Colne
- Categories: village and civil parish
- Location: City of Colchester, Essex, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Wakes Colne” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Wakes Colne”
- Chinese: “Wakes Colne”
- Dutch: “Wakes Colne”
- French: “Wakes Colne”
- Irish: “Wakes Colne”
- Italian: “Wakes Colne”
- Ladin: “Wakes Colne”
- Latin: “Colum de Wake”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Wakes Colne”
- Persian: “ویکز کولن”
- Polish: “Wakes Colne”
- Swedish: “Wakes Colne”
- Welsh: “Wakes Colne”
- “Wakes Colne”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mount Bures and Bures railway station.
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