Birch Airfield
Birch Airfield is a power station in Layer Marney, City of Colchester, England. Birch Airfield is situated nearby to the forest Round Grove, as well as near Fan Wood.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Layer Marney Tower and Church of All Saints (messing).
Layer Marney Tower
Layer Marney Tower is an incomplete early Tudor country house, with gardens and parkland, dating from about 1523, in Layer Marney, Essex, England, between Colchester and Maldon. Layer Marney Tower is situated 1½ miles southeast of Birch Airfield.
Church of All Saints (messing)
Church
Photo: Peter Stack, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of All Saints (messing) is situated 1 mile southwest of Birch Airfield.
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Layer Marney
Church
Photo: Stuart Vickers, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of St Mary the Virgin is an Anglican church in the village of Layer Marney, in Essex, England, and in the Diocese of Chelmsford. The building dates from the early 16th century, and is Grade I listed. Church of St Mary the Virgin, Layer Marney is situated 1½ miles southeast of Birch Airfield.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Smythe’s Green and Messing.
Smythe’s Green
Hamlet
Smythe's Green is a hamlet on the B1022 road, in the civil parish of Layer Marney, in the Colchester district, in the county of Essex, England. It is located in between the villages of Tiptree and Birch.
Messing
Village
Photo: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Messing is a village in the civil parish of Messing-cum-Inworth in the City of Colchester district of Essex, England. It lies 14 miles north east of Chelmsford, The village has a population of around 300.
Easthorpe
Hamlet
Photo: Robert Cutts, CC BY 2.0.
Easthorpe is a small village in the civil parish of Copford, in the City of Colchester district of Essex, England. Easthorpe is on an old Roman road. Nearby settlements include Colchester and the villages of Marks Tey, Copford and Copford Green.
Birch Airfield
- Type: Power station
- Category: industry
- Location: Layer Marney, City of Colchester, Essex, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.84315° or 51° 50′ 35″ northLongitude
0.77586° or 0° 46′ 33″ eastOperator
Push Energy/ NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF)Open location code
9F32RQVG+78OpenStreetMap ID
way 730028111
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Round Grove and Fan Wood.
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