Roman Town House

Roman Town House is a ruins in City of Colchester, Essex, England. Roman Town House is situated nearby to Beacon, as well as near Sunken Garden.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Colchester Castle and Hollytrees Museum.

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 480 feet south of Roman Town House.

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 720 feet southeast of Roman Town House.

St Helen’s Chapel

Church

St Helen's Chapel is an Eastern Orthodox church in Colchester, Essex, under the jurisdiction of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of the British Isles and Ireland, headed by Metropolitan Silouan Oner. St Helen’s Chapel is situated 390 feet southwest of Roman Town House.

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 Roman Town House.

Roman Town House

Type: Ruins
Category: historic site
Location: City of Colchester, Essex, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.8919° or 51° 53′ 31″ north

Longitude

0.90299° or 0° 54′ 11″ east

Open location code

9F32VWR3+Q5

OpenStreetMap ID

node 6001118067

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=ruins

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