Cobmarsh Island
Mersea Island is an island in Essex, England, in the Blackwater and Colne estuaries to the south-east of Colchester. Its name comes from the Old English word meresig, meaning "island of the pool" and thus is tautological.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mersea Island Museum and Great Cob Island.
Great Cob Island
Islet
Photo: Glyn Baker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Great Cob island is a small island in the estuary of the River Blackwater in Essex, England, the United Kingdom. The island is an area of low-lying salt marsh in the tidal channel known as Virley Channel that runs to the east of the village of Tollesbury.
Church of St Nicholas
Church
Photo: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Nicholas is situated 2 miles northwest of Cobmarsh Island.
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. Barrow Hill is situated 2 miles northeast of Cobmarsh 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. Little Wigborough is situated 2½ miles northwest of Cobmarsh Island.
Cobmarsh Island
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Essex, United Kingdom
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: West Mersea, City of Colchester, Essex, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.77188° or 51° 46′ 19″ northLongitude
0.89985° or 0° 53′ 60″ eastElevation
7 feet (2 metres)Open location code
9F32QVCX+QWOpenStreetMap ID
way 4002139OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
13284995Wikidata ID
Q5138937
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Cobmarsh Island” goes by many names.
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cobmarsh Island”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Quarters Spit and Feldy Marshes.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Duke’s Seafood outdoor seeting and Sunken Island.
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