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.

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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

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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 railway museum at Chappel and Wakes Colne railway station in Essex, England. The station is on the Sudbury Branch Line, the former Great Eastern Railway route between Marks Tey and Sudbury.

The Shoulder Of Mutton Public House

Café

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The Shoulder Of Mutton Public House is a café.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fordham and Bures.

Fordham

Hamlet

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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 hamlet of Hemp's Green. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 841.

Bures

Village

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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.

Chappel

Village

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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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Latitude

51.9329° or 51° 55′ 58″ north

Longitude

0.7607° or 0° 45′ 39″ east

Population

506

Elevation

177 feet (54 metres)

United Nations Location Code

GB WAK

Open location code

9F32WQM6+57

GeoNames ID

7298002

Wikidata ID

Q1866421

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Satellite Map

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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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