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Wivenhoe

Wivenhoe is a small town in , , near the city of and the . Independent shops and pubs line small, narrow streets and a compact quayside on the tidal River Colne.
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  • Type: Town with 9,570 residents
  • Description: town in north eastern Essex, England, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Winehoe”, “Wivenhoe, Essex”, and “Wyvenhoe”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Wivenhoe railway station and Fingringhoe Wick.

Railway station
Photo: RHaworth, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is on the Sunshine Coast Line, a branch of the Great Eastern Main Line, in the , serving the small town of Wivenhoe, Essex.

Nature reserve
Photo: John Rostron, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a 48.6-hectare nature reserve in in . It is managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust, which runs a visitor centre on the site.

Forest
Photo: Dudley Miles, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a 20.2-hectare nature reserve between Wivenhoe and in , . It is managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust and the Trust.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Colchester and Berechurch.

Photo: Lkcl it, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a city in , East Anglia. Home to the University of Essex, the Institute and an Army Garrison, and with its attractive old buildings, Roman wall, castle and proximity to Constable country, is an interesting place to visit.

Village
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a suburb of in , England, lying to the south of the city centre. is situated 2½ miles west of Wivenhoe.

Village
Photo: Roger W Haworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in the civil parish of , in the Tendring district of , England. It lies 2+1⁄4 miles north-east of Wivenhoe and 4+1⁄4 miles east of . is situated 2½ miles northeast of Wivenhoe.

Wivenhoe

Latitude
51.8555° or 51° 51′ 20″ north
Longitude
0.9592° or 0° 57′ 33″ east
Population
9,570
Elevation
33 feet (10 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB WIV
Open location code
9F32VX45+6M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 26557905
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2633717
Wiki­data ID
Q1757774
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Wivenhoe” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Wivenhoe”
  • Asturian: “Wivenhoe”
  • Basque: “Wivenhoe”
  • Bengali: “উইভেনহো”
  • Cebuano: “Wivenhoe”
  • Chinese: “Wivenhoe”
  • Chinese: “威文霍”
  • Chinese: “韋文豪”
  • Chinese: “韦文活尔”
  • Dutch: “Wivenhoe”
  • French: “Wivenhoe”
  • German: “Wivenhoe”
  • Gujarati: “વિવેન્હો”
  • Hebrew: “ויוונהו”
  • Irish: “Wivenhoe”
  • Italian: “Wivenhoe”
  • Japanese: “ワイブンホー”
  • Kannada: “ವಿವೆನ್ಹೋ”
  • Korean: “위벤호”
  • Ladin: “Wivenhoe”
  • Lithuanian: “Vivenhas”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Wivenhoe”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Wivenhoe”
  • Persian: “ویونهوئه”
  • Polish: “Wivenhoe”
  • Portuguese: “Wivenhoe”
  • Romanian: “Wivenhoe”
  • Russian: “Вивенхо”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ویونهوئه”
  • Spanish: “Wivenhoe”
  • Swedish: “Wivenhoe”
  • Tamil: “விவேன்ஹோயே”
  • Telugu: “వివన్యు”
  • Turkish: “Wivenhoe”
  • Urdu: “ویوینہوی”
  • Volapük: “Wivenhoe”
  • Welsh: “Wivenhoe”
  • “Wivenhoe”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Wivenhoe”. Photo: Rwendland, CC BY-SA 3.0.