Friday Woods Training Area
Friday Woods Training Area is a military installation in Layer-de-la-Haye, City of Colchester, England. Friday Woods Training Area is situated nearby to the golf course Birch Grove Golf Club, as well as near the forest Mill Grove.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Donkey And Buskins Public House and Colchester Zoo.
Donkey And Buskins Public House
Pub
Photo: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Donkey And Buskins Public House is situated 2,400 feet west of Friday Woods Training Area.
Colchester Zoo
Zoo
Photo: Angela Tuff, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Colchester Zoological Society is a zoological garden situated near Colchester, England. Open since June 1963, the zoo is home to many rare and endangered species, including big cats, primates and birds as well as many invertebrates and fish species. Colchester Zoo is situated 2 miles west of Friday Woods Training Area.
Abberton Reservoir
Reservoir
Photo: Glyn Baker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Abberton Reservoir is a pumped storage freshwater reservoir in eastern England near the Essex coast, with an area of 700 hectares. Most of its water is pumped from the River Stour. Abberton Reservoir is situated 2 miles south of Friday Woods Training Area.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Layer de la Haye and Berechurch.
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.
Berechurch
Village
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Berechurch is a suburb of Colchester in Essex, England, lying to the south of the city centre.
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 2½ miles north of Friday Woods Training Area.
Friday Woods Training Area
Latitude
51.85319° or 51° 51′ 12″ northLongitude
0.875° or 0° 52′ 30″ eastOpen location code
9F32VV3F+7XOpenStreetMap ID
way 1526338781OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=militaryOpenStreetMap feature
military=danger_area
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