Welsh Wood, Colchester

Name: Welsh Wood
Address: Colchester, United Kingdom

#35 among attractions in Colchester

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Welsh Wood is a 3.2 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Colchester in Essex. It is owned and managed by Colchester Borough Council. ()

Elevation: 102 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 51°53'54"N, 0°56'38"E

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Colchester United Kingdom

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Welsh Wood – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Colchester Castle, Hollytrees Museum, Temple of Claudius, Colchester Town Hall.

1.8 miW
Museum, Forts and castles, History museum
Colchester Castle, Colchester
47 min walk • Colchester Castle is a prominent historical fortress in the town of Colchester, England, and is an essential visit for anyone interested in Britain's rich past. Constructed on the foundations of a Roman temple, the castle dates back to the Norman Conquest of England...
1.8 miW
Museum, Specialty museum, History museum
Hollytrees Museum, Colchester
46 min walk • Hollytrees Museum is a free to visit, publicly owned museum in the centre of Colchester and close to Colchester Castle. It is situated in an eighteenth-century house, which was used as a private residence until 1929, when it became a museum.
1.8 miW
Temple
Temple of Claudius, Colchester
47 min walk • The Temple of Claudius or Temple of the Deified Claudius was a large octastyle temple built in Camulodunum, the modern Colchester in Essex. The main building was constructed between 49 and 60 CE, although additions were built throughout the Roman-era. Today it forms the base of the Norman Colchester Castle.
2 miW
City hall
Colchester Town Hall, Colchester
51 min walk • Colchester Town Hall is a municipal building in the High Street in Colchester, Essex, England. The town hall, which is the headquarters of Colchester Borough Council, is a Grade I listed building.
1.4 miS
Park, Lake
Wivenhoe Park, Colchester
37 min walk • Wivenhoe Park is a landscaped green space of more than 200 acres at the eastern edge of Colchester, England. It is the site of Wivenhoe House, a four-star hotel, based in an eighteenth-century Grade II listed house.
1.7 miW
Museum, Art gallery, Shopping
Firstsite, Colchester
45 min walk • Firstsite is a visual arts organisation based in Colchester, Essex, which opened in 2011. It was the national Art Fund's Museum of the Year in 2021.
2 miSW
Monastery
St. John's Abbey, Colchester
52 min walk • St John's Abbey, also called Colchester Abbey, was a Benedictine monastic institution in Colchester, Essex, founded in 1095. It was dissolved in 1539.
1.7 miW
Museum, Art gallery, Shopping
The Minories, Colchester
45 min walk • The Minories is a Grade II listed building and gardens situated at the east end of High Street in Colchester, Essex, England, near Hollytrees, Gate House and Colchester Castle. It currently houses The Minories Galleries which are run by Colchester School of Art, part of Colchester Institute.
1.7 miW
Church
St James the Great, Colchester
43 min walk • The Church of St James the Great is a Church of England parish church in Colchester, Essex. The church is a grade II* listed building.
1.5 miW
Park
Bull Meadow, Colchester
38 min walk • Bull Neadow is a 1.4 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Colchester in Essex, owned and managed by Colchester Borough Council. The meadow is unimproved damp grassland on the bank of the River Colne, with plants such as purple loosestrife and amphibious bistort.
2 miW
Museum, Church, Gothic architecture
St Martin's Church, Colchester
50 min walk • St Martin's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the town of 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. The church stands in the centre of the town, near the town hall.