Parson’s Heath
Parson’s Heath is a locality in City of Colchester, Essex, England. Parson’s Heath is situated nearby to the suburb St John’s, as well as near the hamlet Fox Street.Places of Interest
Highlights include Colchester Castle and Hythe railway station.
Colchester Castle
Museum
Photo: George Gastin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Colchester Castle is a Norman castle in Colchester, Essex, England, dating from the second half of the eleventh century. The keep of the castle is mostly intact and is the largest example of its kind anywhere in Europe, due to it being built on the foundations of the Roman Temple of Claudius. Colchester Castle is situated 1½ miles southwest of Parson’s Heath.
Hythe railway station
Railway station
Photo: Monika, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hythe railway station in Essex is on the Sunshine Coast Line, a branch of the Great Eastern Main Line in the East of England, serving Hythe and other eastern areas of Colchester.
Colchester Academy
School
Colchester Academy, formerly Sir Charles Lucas Arts College, is a secondary school in Colchester, Essex specialising in English and Health Sciences. It opened on 6 September 2010.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fox Street and Crockleford Heath.
Crockleford Heath
Hamlet
Crockleford Heath is hamlet in the civil parish of Ardleigh in Essex. It is located 2+1⁄2 miles south-west of the village centre. Crockleford Heath once had its own school, built in about 1832 for the children of agricultural labourers; it later became a Church of England mission chapel.
The Hythe
Suburb
The Hythe is an area in the southeastern part of Colchester in Essex, England, on the River Colne. Historically it was a hamlet. The Hythe was home to the Paxmans Factory which manufactured automobile parts.
Parson’s Heath
- Type: Locality
- Location: City of Colchester, Essex, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.90223° or 51° 54′ 8″ northLongitude
0.9357° or 0° 56′ 9″ eastElevation
115 feet (35 metres)Open location code
9F32WW2P+V7OpenStreetMap ID
node 529448264OpenStreetMap feature
place=localityGeoNames ID
13265046
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