Mount Pleasant Cottages

Mount Pleasant Cottages is a residential area in Ardleigh, Tendring District, England. Mount Pleasant Cottages is situated nearby to Allen’s Farmhouse, as well as near the hamlet Crockleford Heath.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hythe railway station and Ardleigh Gravel Pit.

Hythe railway station

Railway station

Photo: Monika, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hythe railway station in Essex is on the Sunshine Coast Line, a branch of the Great Eastern Main Line in the East of England, serving Hythe and other eastern areas of Colchester. Hythe railway station is situated 2 miles west of Mount Pleasant Cottages.

Ardleigh Gravel Pit

Park

Photo: Dudley Miles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Ardleigh Gravel Pit is a 1.2-hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Ardleigh in Essex. It is a Geological Conservation Review site. Ardleigh Gravel Pit is situated 2½ miles north of Mount Pleasant Cottages.

Colchester Academy

School

Colchester Academy, formerly Sir Charles Lucas Arts College, is a secondary school in Colchester, Essex specialising in English and Health Sciences. It opened on 6 September 2010. Colchester Academy is situated 1½ miles west of Mount Pleasant Cottages.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Crockleford Heath and Elmstead Market.

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.

Elmstead Market

Village

Photo: Roger W Haworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Elmstead Market is a village in the civil parish of Elmstead, in the Tendring district of Essex, England. It lies 2+1⁄4 miles north-east of Wivenhoe and 4+1⁄4 miles east of Colchester.