Great and Little Wigborough
Great and Little Wigborough is a locality in City of Colchester, Essex, England. Great and Little Wigborough is situated nearby to the village Great Wigborough, as well as near the hamlet Virley.Places of Interest
Highlights include Abbotts Hall Farm and Church of St Nicholas.
Abbotts Hall Farm
Photo: Glyn Baker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Abbotts Hall Farm is a 282 hectare nature reserve in Great Wigborough in Essex. It is the head office of the Essex Wildlife Trust, which manages the site.
Abberton Reservoir
Reservoir
Photo: Glyn Baker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Abberton Reservoir is a pumped storage freshwater reservoir in eastern England near the Essex coast, with an area of 700 hectares. Most of its water is pumped from the River Stour. Abberton Reservoir is situated 2½ miles northeast of Great and Little Wigborough.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include West Mersea and Salcott.
West Mersea
Town
Photo: David Morrison, CC BY-SA 2.0.
West Mersea is a town and civil parish on Mersea Island in the City of Colchester district of Essex, England. It is one of two parishes on the island, the other being East Mersea. West Mersea is situated 3 miles east of Great and Little Wigborough.
Salcott
Village
Photo: Derek Voller, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Salcott is a village and civil parish in the City of Colchester district of Essex, England. Salcott closely adjoins the neighbouring village of Virley of the opposite side of Virley Brook; they are sometimes described as a single village of Salcott-cum-Virley.
Little Wigborough
Hamlet
Photo: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Little Wigborough is a village in the civil parish of Great and Little Wigborough, in the City of Colchester district of Essex, England. Little Wigborough is located between Peldon and Great Wigborough.
Great and Little Wigborough
- Type: Locality
- Location: City of Colchester, Essex, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.7948° or 51° 47′ 41″ northLongitude
0.8475° or 0° 50′ 51″ eastElevation
49 feet (15 metres)Open location code
9F32QRVX+W2GeoNames ID
7298526
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