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Areas of Colchester
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This section provides some brief information on the different areas in Colchester, useful if you are thinking of moving to Colchester or just want to find out more about the Borough. Colchester Town Colchester’s Bustling Town Centre is an energetic combination of shops, restaurants and bars. The main High Street forms the back bone of the town and features a number of bars, shops and a nightclub. But if you explore the network of smaller streets, lanes and shopping precincts, you will find and exciting mix of big names as well as smaller independent boutiques, coffee shops and restaurants. During the day, the town is a shoppers paradise with Culver Square and Lion Walk Shopping Centres offering over 60 stores and 9 café’s and restaurants, with many more outlets located in the nearby streets of Eld Lane, Sir Isaacs Walk, Head Street, Culver Street, Trinity Street, Long Wyre Street and St Johns Street. There are also a number of residential areas situated within easy access of the town. Many of these properties tend to be Victorian terraced “two up, two down” style houses with some historic buildings and new builds in between. Residential areas near the town are Newtown, Old Heath, St Mary’s and North Station Road area. North Colchester North Colchester is made up of the communities of Highwoods, Mile End and Braiswick and St John‘s. Being approximately 1 mile from the town centre, there are good leisure and recreational facilities in this area including Highwoods Country Park, Colchester Golf Centre as well as a number of sports and fitness centres located on Severalls Business Park. North Colchester is popular with Commuters due to it’s proximity to Colchester’s mainline railway station. It is also convenient for the General Hospital, and access to the A12, A120 and A133. There are also good employment opportunities at Severalls Business Park and the General Hospital. South Colchester To the South of Colchester, there are the residential areas of Shrub End, Blackheath, Monkwick and Barnhall. These are mainly housing estates consisting of average size dwellings with good bus routes into town. Beyond the residential areas, is a quieter, more rural part of Colchester, made up of small villages such as Abberton, Langenhoe, Layer De La Haye, Birch, Rowhedge and Fingringhoe. These are more remote locations with less major road and no rail links, but are popular and pretty locations. Mersea Road also leads to Mersea Island about 10 miles away. East Colchester East Colchester is made up of the residential areas of St Annes, Parson’s Heath and Greenstead. There is also a lot of modernisation and redevelopment taking place in east Colchester, particularly in the Hythe area. This area provides some important industrial space at the The Hythe and Whitehall Industrial Estate and is also close to the University of Essex. Further out to the east of Colchester you will find the towns and villages of Wivenhoe, Brightlingsea, Alresford and Elmstead Market. Wivehoe and Alresford both benefit from having good rail links to London. West Colchester The West of Colchester is made up of the areas of Stanway and Lexden. House Prices in this area tend to be more expensive and it is popular with families looking for good schools. This areas offers the best road links into London via the A12 and the A120 to Stansted. You will also find the Tollgate Retail park to the West of Colchester. Just to the West of Colchester are the villages of Fordham, Eight Ash Green, Copford and Marks Tey. Again, these are quieter areas, being slightly further out of town and are popular quiet locations. Marks Tey has good road and rail links to London, so is popular with commuters wanting this facility, whilst being out of town. |
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