Charity Wood

Charity Wood is a forest in Layer-de-la-Haye, City of Colchester, England. Charity Wood is situated nearby to the village Layer de la Haye, as well as near the suburb St Michael’s.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Colchester Zoo and Abberton Reservoir.

Colchester Zoo

Zoo

Photo: Angela Tuff, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Colchester Zoo 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.

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.

Thomas Lord Audley School

School

Thomas Lord Audley School is a mixed 11–16 secondary school with academy status for 800 pupils, to the south of Colchester, Essex. It serves a wide catchment area, taking students from the edge of Colchester, small villages and the community of Mersea Island.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Colchester and Berechurch.

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.

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.

Charity Wood

Type: Forest
Location: Layer-de-la-Haye, City of Colchester, Essex, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.851° or 51° 51′ 4″ north

Longitude

0.8598° or 0° 51′ 35″ east

Open location code

9F32VV25+9W

OpenStreetMap ID

way 239869224

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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