Burnham-on-Crouch

Burnham-on-Crouch is a historic town situated on the banks of the River Crouch in the East Coast of . Best known as a yachting centre hosting the internationally famous 'Burnham Week' it also boasts many other attractions as diverse as Bronze Age burial mounds to a working steam railway museum.
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  • Type: Town with 7,760 residents
  • Description: town and civil parish in Essex, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Burnham”, “Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex”, and “Burnham, Essex”
Photo: greenacre8, CC BY 2.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Burnham-on-Crouch railway station and Wallasea Island.

Railway station
Photo: John Myers, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a stop on the Crouch Valley Line in the , serving the town of Burnham-on-Crouch, . It is 43 miles 24 chains down the line from and is situated between to the west and to the east.

Island
lies in , . It is bounded to the north by the , to the south east by the , and to the west by Pool and the narrow Paglesham Creek.

Museum
The Burnham-on-Crouch and District Museum, located in Burnham-on-Crouch, , is a registered charity run by members of the Burnham History Society, aiming to reflect the history and development of the town and the local people.

Burnham-on-Crouch

Latitude
51.6253° or 51° 37′ 31″ north
Longitude
0.8177° or 0° 49′ 4″ east
Population
7,760
Elevation
52 feet (16 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB BOC
Open location code
9F32JRG9+43
Open­Street­Map ID
node 27584889
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2654270
Wiki­data ID
Q2454022
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Burnham-on-Crouch” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Burnham-on-Crouch”
  • Asturian: “Burnham-on-Crouch”
  • Basque: “Burham-on-Crouch”
  • Bengali: “বার্নহ্যাম-অন-ক্রোচ”
  • Cebuano: “Burnham on Crouch”
  • Cebuano: “Burnham-on-Crouch”
  • Chinese: “Burnham-on-Crouch”
  • Chinese: “克劳奇般汉姆”
  • Chinese: “克勞奇般漢姆”
  • Dutch: “Burnham-on-Crouch”
  • Dutch: “Burnham”
  • French: “Burnham-on-Crouch”
  • German: “Burnham-on-Crouch”
  • Gujarati: “બર્નહામ-ઓન-ક્રાઉચ”
  • Irish: “Burnham-on-Crouch”
  • Italian: “Burnham-on-Crouch”
  • Japanese: “バーナム＝オン＝クラウチ”
  • Japanese: “バーンハム・オン・クラウチ”
  • Kannada: “ಬರ್ನ್ಹ್ಯಾಮ್-ಆನ್-ಕ್ರೌಚ್”
  • Korean: “번햄-온-크루치”
  • Ladin: “Burnham-on-Crouch”
  • Lithuanian: “Bernemas prie Kroučio”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Burnham-on-Crouch”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Burnham-on-Crouch”
  • Persian: “بورنهام-آن-کروچ”
  • Polish: “Burnham-on-Crouch”
  • Portuguese: “Burnham-on-Crouch”
  • Romanian: “Burnham-on-Crouch”
  • Russian: “Бернхэм-он-Крауч”
  • South Azerbaijani: “بورنهام-آن-کروچ”
  • Spanish: “Burnham-on-Crouch”
  • Swedish: “Burnham on Crouch (ort i Storbritannien)”
  • Swedish: “Burnham on Crouch”
  • Swedish: “Burnham-on-Crouch”
  • Tamil: “புர்ன்ஹம்-அன்-கிரௌச்”
  • Telugu: “బర్న్హం-ఆన్-క్రౌచ్”
  • Urdu: “برنہام-ون-کرووچ”
  • Volapük: “Burnham-on-Crouch”
  • Welsh: “Burnham-on-Crouch”
  • “Burnham-on-Crouch”

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