Wellhouse Reservoirs

Wellhouse Reservoirs is a reservoir in West Mersea, City of Colchester, England. Wellhouse Reservoirs is situated nearby to the locality Barrow Hill, as well as near Maydays Marsh.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mersea Island Museum and Cobmarsh Island.

Mersea Island Museum

Museum

Photo: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Mersea Island is a tidal island in Essex, England, in the Blackwater and Colne estuaries to the south of Colchester. Its name comes from the Old English word meresig, meaning "island of the pool" and thus is tautological.

Church of St Mary the Virgin

Church

Photo: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include West Mersea and Little Wigborough.

West Mersea

Town

Photo: David Morrison, CC BY-SA 2.0.

West Mersea is a town and civil parish on Mersea Island in the City of Colchester district of Essex, England. It is one of two parishes on the island, the other being East Mersea.

Little Wigborough

Hamlet

Photo: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Little Wigborough is a village in the civil parish of Great and Little Wigborough, in the City of Colchester district of Essex, England. Little Wigborough is located between Peldon and Great Wigborough.

Great Wigborough

Village

Photo: Glyn Baker, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Great Wigborough is a village in the civil parish of Great and Little Wigborough in the City of Colchester district of Essex, England. The place-name 'Wigborough' first appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as Wicgebergha and Wighebergha.

Wellhouse Reservoirs

Type: Reservoir
Category: body of water
Location: West Mersea, City of Colchester, Essex, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.7931° or 51° 47′ 35″ north

Longitude

0.9221° or 0° 55′ 20″ east

Open location code

9F32QWVC+6V

OpenStreetMap ID

way 34562711

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=reservoir

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Satellite Map

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Barrow Hill and Maydays Marsh.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Wellhouse Reservoirs and Mersea Mount.

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