Colchester

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civil parish settlement town

Colchester is a historic town in Essex, England, often cited as Britain’s oldest recorded town and known for its Roman heritage and medieval landmarks.

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Observed surface forms (9)

Surface form Occurrences
Borough of Colchester 1
City of Colchester 1
Colchester (UK Parliament constituency) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf civil parish ⓘ
settlement ⓘ
town ⓘ
administrativeCentreOf Colchester self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Borough of Colchester

Colchester self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: City of Colchester
ceremonialCounty Essex ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
describedAs Britain’s oldest recorded town ⓘ
dialingCode 01206 ⓘ
governingBody Colchester City Council ⓘ
hasFeature Roman circus remains ⓘ
Roman theatre remains ⓘ
medieval street pattern ⓘ
hasHeritage Roman heritage ⓘ
medieval heritage ⓘ
hasLandmark Balkerne Gate ⓘ
Colchester Arts Centre ⓘ
Colchester Castle ⓘ
Colchester Castle ⓘ
surface form: Colchester Castle Museum

Colchester Town Hall ⓘ
Colchester Zoo ⓘ
Firstsite Gallery ⓘ
Holy Trinity Church ⓘ
Jumbo Water Tower ⓘ
Roman Town Wall ⓘ
St Botolph’s Priory ⓘ
hasMuseum Colchester Castle ⓘ
surface form: Colchester Castle Museum

Hollytrees Museum ⓘ
Natural History Museum, Colchester ⓘ
hasPark Castle Park, Colchester ⓘ
hasStatus historic town ⓘ
hasTwinTown Avignon ⓘ
Imola ⓘ
Wetzlar ⓘ
hasUniversityCampus University of Essex ⓘ
surface form: University of Essex Colchester Campus
historicCounty Essex ⓘ
locatedIn East of England ⓘ
England ⓘ
Essex ⓘ
locatedOnRiver River Colne ⓘ
postalArea CO ⓘ
region South East England (Eurostat NUTS1 classification often groups Essex here) ⓘ
timeZone GMT ⓘ
timeZoneDST BST ⓘ
transport A12 road ⓘ
Colchester railway station ⓘ
surface form: Colchester Town railway station

Colchester railway station ⓘ

Referenced by (31)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Colchester → administrativeCentreOf → Colchester self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Borough of Colchester
Colchester → administrativeCentreOf → Colchester self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: City of Colchester
this entity surface form: Colchester, England
Colchester United F.C. → basedIn → Colchester ⓘ
Murray Sueter → birthPlace → Colchester ⓘ
East of England → contains → Colchester ⓘ
Essex → containsBorough → Colchester ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colchester (borough)
Essex → containsSettlement → Colchester ⓘ
The Paras → garrisonLocation → Colchester ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colchester, Essex
this entity surface form: Colchester (UK Parliament constituency)
CUFC → hasSupporterBase → Colchester ⓘ
subject surface form: Colchester United F.C.
CUFC → homeCity → Colchester ⓘ
subject surface form: Colchester United F.C.
this entity surface form: Colchester City Council
CUFC → locatedIn → Colchester ⓘ
subject surface form: Colchester United F.C.
this entity surface form: Colchester town centre
Clacton-on-Sea → nearestLargeTown → Colchester ⓘ
A12 road → passesThrough → Colchester ⓘ
Lord Wavell → placeOfBirth → Colchester ⓘ
Roger Penrose → placeOfBirth → Colchester ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colchester, Essex, England