Colchester Academy

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.

Type: School
Description: school in Essex, UK
Address: Hawthorn Avenue, Colchester, CO4 3JL

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Colchester Castle and Hythe 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 1½ miles west of Colchester Academy.

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 1 mile southwest of Colchester Academy.

Church of St Leonard at the Hythe, Colchester

Church

Photo: Mariatnt, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Church of St Leonard at the Hythe is a redundant Anglican church in Hythe, Colchester, Essex, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. Church of St Leonard at the Hythe, Colchester is situated 1 mile southwest of Colchester Academy.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Crockleford Heath and The Hythe.

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.

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.