Zip Wire

Zip Wire is a playground in City of Colchester, Essex, England. Zip Wire is situated nearby to Westlands Country Park, as well as near the church All Saints, Shrub End.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include The Stanway School and Philip Morant School and College.

The Stanway School

School

The Stanway School is a mixed secondary school in Stanway in Essex, England. It was converted to academy status in May 2013, and used to be a community school under the direct control of Essex County Council. The Stanway School is situated 1 mile northwest of Zip Wire.

Philip Morant School and College

School

Philip Morant School and College is a secondary school and sixth form with academy status located within the Prettygate suburb of Colchester, Essex. The school is named after Philip Morant, a local 18th-century historian and archaeologist who was chosen as the school's eponym a few months after its achieving technology college status in 1994. Philip Morant School and College is situated 1 mile northeast of Zip Wire.

St Benedict’s Catholic College

School

St Benedict's Catholic College is a coeducational secondary school in Colchester, Essex, England. As the only remaining Catholic secondary school in Colchester, it is one of the top performing non-selective state schools in Colchester. St Benedict’s Catholic College is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Zip Wire.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lexden and Layer de la Haye.

Lexden

Suburb

Photo: Paul Shreeve, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Lexden is a suburb of Colchester in Essex, England, lying approximately 1 mile west of the city centre. It has a public house called the Crown. The parish church of St Leonard's is dedicated to Leonard of Noblac, the patron saint of prisoners.

Layer de la Haye

Village

Photo: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Layer de la Haye, sometimes hyphenated as Layer-de-la-Haye, is a village and civil parish in the City of Colchester district of Essex, England. It is the largest and easternmost of the three neighbouring parishes called Layer, the others being Layer Breton and Layer Marney. Layer de la Haye is situated 2 miles south of Zip Wire.