The Silk Road
The Silk Road is a bar in City of Colchester, Essex, England which is located on St Botolphs Street. The Silk Road is situated nearby to the health club The Gym, as well as near the art gallery The Lawrence Walker Gallery.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Colchester Castle and Colchester Town railway station.
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 1,100 feet north of The Silk Road.
Colchester Town railway station
Railway station
Photo: Monika, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Colchester Town railway station is on the Sunshine Coast Line in the East of England, and is the secondary station serving the city of Colchester, Essex. Colchester Town railway station is situated 680 feet southeast of The Silk Road.
St Botolph’s Priory
Ruins
Photo: Jerzy Kociatkiewicz, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Botolph's Priory was a medieval house of Augustinian canons in Colchester, Essex, founded c. 1093. The priory had the distinction of being the first and leading Augustinian convent in England until its dissolution in 1536. St Botolph’s Priory is situated 340 feet east of The Silk Road.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Colchester and The Hythe.
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.
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 The Silk Road.
The Silk Road
- Type: Bar
- Address: 4 St Botolphs Street, Colchester, CO2 7DU
- Category: building
- Location: City of Colchester, Essex, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.88762° or 51° 53′ 15″ northLongitude
0.90301° or 0° 54′ 11″ eastOpen location code
9F32VWQ3+26OpenStreetMap ID
way 331352225OpenStreetMap feature
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