Barrow Hill
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.- Type: Locality
- Description: hamlet in Essex, England
- Also known as: “Barrow Hill, Essex”
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. Cobmarsh Island is situated 2 miles southwest of Barrow Hill.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include West Mersea and Little Wigborough.
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.
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 3 miles west of Barrow Hill.
Great Wigborough
Village
Photo: Glyn Baker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Great Wigborough is a village in the civil parish of Great and Little Wigborough in the City of Colchester district of Essex, England. The place-name 'Wigborough' first appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as Wicgebergha and Wighebergha. Great Wigborough is situated 3½ miles west of Barrow Hill.
Barrow Hill
- Category: hamlet
- Location: West Mersea, City of Colchester, Essex, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.79198° or 51° 47′ 31″ northLongitude
0.93021° or 0° 55′ 49″ eastOpen location code
9F32QWRJ+Q3OpenStreetMap ID
node 3015753719OpenStreetMap feature
place=localityWikidata ID
Q4863881
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