Media Block

Media Block is a building in City of Colchester, Essex, England. Media Block is situated nearby to St Helena School, as well as near the sports venue UrbanXtreme Colchester.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St Helena School and Colchester Institute.

St Helena School

School

St Helena School is a coeducational secondary school with academy status, located in Colchester, Essex, England. The school is on Sheepen Road opposite Colchester Institute. Its headteacher is Fiona Pierson. St Helena School is situated 390 feet west of Media Block.

Colchester Institute

College

Photo: Brenda Howard, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Colchester Institute is a large provider of further and higher education based in the city of Colchester in Essex. Colchester Institute provides full-time and part-time courses for a wide variety of learners including 16- to 19-year-olds, apprentices, adults, businesses and employers. Colchester Institute is situated 950 feet south of Media Block.

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 3,400 feet southeast of Media Block.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Colchester and Lexden.

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.

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.

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 1½ miles southeast of Media Block.

Media Block

Type: Building
Location: City of Colchester, Essex, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.89537° or 51° 53′ 43″ north

Longitude

0.89011° or 0° 53′ 24″ east

Levels

Open location code

9F32VVWR+42

OpenStreetMap ID

way 224798074

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

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