Ray Island
Ray Island is an island in West Mersea, City of Colchester, England. Ray Island is situated nearby to the locality Feldy Marshes, as well as near the town West Mersea.Places of Interest
Highlights include Mersea Island Museum and Cobmarsh Island.
Cobmarsh Island
Islet
Mersea Island is an island in Essex, England, in the Blackwater and Colne estuaries to the south of Colchester. Its name comes from the Old English word meresig, meaning "island of the pool" and thus is tautological.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include West Mersea and Barrow Hill.
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.
Barrow Hill
Locality
Barrow Hill is a hamlet in Essex, England. It is located on Mersea Island, approximately 2 km north-northeast of West Mersea near to where the Strood causeway meets the island.
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.
Ray Island
- Type: Island
- Categories: locality and landform
- Location: West Mersea, City of Colchester, Essex, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.79055° or 51° 47′ 26″ northLongitude
0.90451° or 0° 54′ 16″ eastElevation
16 feet (5 metres)Open location code
9F32QWR3+6ROpenStreetMap ID
way 1493514803OpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
12541115
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