Wakes Colne

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Wakes Colne
Essex
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All Saints church, Wakes Colne
Location
Location: 51°55’30"N, 0°45’22"E
Data
Population: 538  (2011[1])
Post town: Colchester
Postcode: CO6
Dialling code: 01206, 01787
Local Government
Council: Colchester
Parliamentary
constituency:
Harwich and North Essex

Wakes Colne is a village and parish in the Lexden hundred of Essex, which sits on the River Colne. It is situated next to the village of Chappel, with which it shares Chappel and Wakes Colne railway station.

Location

Wakes Colne is a scattered village on the north side of the river Colne, eight miles west-north-west of Colchester, and five miles east-south-east of Halstead.[2]

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