Highwoods
Highwoods is a suburb in Myland, City of Colchester, England. Highwoods is situated nearby to the suburb St John’s, as well as near the locality Parson’s Heath.Places of Interest
Highlights include Colchester Castle and Colchester Community Stadium.
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 1½ miles southwest of Highwoods.
Colchester Community Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Geographer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Colchester Community Stadium, known as the JobServe Community Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium in Myland, England. It is the home of Colchester United Football Club.
The Gilberd School
School
The Gilberd School is a coeducational secondary school with academy status, in Colchester, Essex, England.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Colchester and The Hythe.
Colchester
Photo: Lkcl it, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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. The Hythe is situated 2 miles south of Highwoods.
Crockleford Heath
Hamlet
Crockleford Heath is hamlet in the civil parish of Ardleigh in Essex. It is located 2+1⁄2 miles south-west of the village centre. Crockleford Heath once had its own school, built in about 1832 for the children of agricultural labourers; it later became a Church of England mission chapel. Crockleford Heath is situated 2 miles southeast of Highwoods.
Highwoods
- Type: Suburb
- Category: locality
- Location: Myland, City of Colchester, Essex, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.911° or 51° 54′ 40″ northLongitude
0.91996° or 0° 55′ 12″ eastOpen location code
9F32WW69+CXOpenStreetMap ID
node 5723864759OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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