Site of Colchester Free Grammar School

Site of Colchester Free Grammar School is a memorial in City of Colchester, Essex, England. Site of Colchester Free Grammar School is situated nearby to St Nicholas Square, as well as near the arts center Eyesaw Gallery.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Colchester Castle and Natural History Museum, Colchester.

Colchester Castle

Museum

Photo: George Gastin, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Colchester Castle is a Norman castle in Colchester, Essex, England, dating from the second half of the eleventh century. The keep of the castle is mostly intact and is the largest example of its kind anywhere in Europe, due to it being built on the foundations of the Roman Temple of Claudius. Colchester Castle is situated 530 feet north of Site of Colchester Free Grammar School.

Natural History Museum, Colchester

Museum

Photo: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Natural History Museum, Colchester is situated 330 feet east of Site of Colchester Free Grammar School.

Hollytrees Museum

Museum

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Hollytrees Museum is a publicly owned museum in the centre of Colchester and close to Colchester Castle. It is situated in an eighteenth-century house, which was used as a private residence until 1929, when it became a museum. Hollytrees Museum is situated 540 feet northeast of Site of Colchester Free Grammar School.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Colchester and The Hythe.

Colchester

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Colchester is a city in Essex, East Anglia. Home to the University of Essex, the Colchester Institute and an Army Garrison, and with its attractive old buildings, Roman wall, castle and proximity to Constable country, Colchester is an interesting place to visit.

The Hythe

Suburb

The Hythe is an area in the southeastern part of Colchester in Essex, England, on the River Colne. Historically it was a hamlet. The Hythe was home to the Paxmans Factory which manufactured automobile parts.

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. Lexden is situated 1½ miles west of Site of Colchester Free Grammar School.

Site of Colchester Free Grammar School

Type: Memorial
Inscription: “Here Stood The Colchester Free Grammar School 1585-1852”
Category: historic site
Location: City of Colchester, Essex, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.88919° or 51° 53′ 21″ north

Longitude

0.90251° or 0° 54′ 9″ east

Inception

1585

Open location code

9F32VWQ3+M2

OpenStreetMap ID

node 5020512713

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=memorial

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Notable Places Nearby

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