Countess Cross

Countess Cross is a hamlet in the civil parish of Colne Engaine, near the town of Halstead in the Braintree district, in the county of Essex, England.

Places of Interest

Highlights: 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. Chappel & Wakes Colne railway station is situated 2½ miles southeast of Countess Cross.

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. East Anglian Railway Museum is situated 2½ miles southeast of Countess Cross.

The Lion Public House

Pub

Photo: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chappel and Rose Green.

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. Chappel is situated 2½ miles southeast of Countess Cross.

Rose Green

Hamlet

Rose Green is a hamlet in the civil parish of Chappel, in the Colchester district, in the county of Essex, England. It is located on the A1124 road and the River Colne, near the village of Wakes Colne. Rose Green is situated 2½ miles southeast of Countess Cross.

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 3 miles northeast of Countess Cross.

Countess Cross

Type: Locality
Description: hamlet in Essex, England, UK
Category: hamlet
Location: Colne Engaine, Braintree District, Essex, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.9457° or 51° 56′ 45″ north

Longitude

0.71622° or 0° 42′ 58″ east

Elevation

220 feet (67 metres)

Open location code

9F32WPW8+7F

OpenStreetMap ID

node 347681355

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

GeoNames ID

13277416

Wikidata ID

Q5177058

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Colne Engaine and White Colne.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Great Wheatley Wood and Saint Andrew, White Colne.

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Worth a closer look: Colchester and Chelmsford.

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