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Berechurch

Berechurch is a suburb of Colchester in Essex, England, lying to the south of the city centre.

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The place

Berechurch is a suburb of Colchester in Essex, England, lying to the south of the city centre.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Berechurch

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    University of Essex

    The University of Essex is a public research university in Essex, England. Established by royal charter in 1965, it is one of the original plate glass universities.

    4 km · university in Essex, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Colchester Castle

    Colchester Castle is a Norman castle in Colchester, Essex, England, dating from the second half of the eleventh century. It is located in, and gives its name to, Castle Park.

    3.4 km · Norman castle in Colchester, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Temple of Claudius in Colchester

    The Temple of Claudius or Temple of the Deified Claudius (Lat.

    3.4 km · Roman temple dedicated to deified Claudius in Colchester, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    St. Botolph's Priory

    St Botolph's Priory was a medieval house of Augustinian canons in Colchester, Essex, founded c. 1093.

    3 km · medieval building in Colchester · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Colchester Institute

    Colchester Institute is a large provider of further and higher education based in the city of Colchester in Essex. Colchester Institute provides full-time and part-time courses for a wide variety of learners including 16- to 19-year-olds, apprentices, adults, businesses and employers.

    3.8 km · college in Essex, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Castle Park Cricket Ground

    Castle Park Cricket Ground is an English cricket ground in Castle Park, Colchester. The ground is in Lower Castle Park, part of the land surrounding Colchester Castle and within the area of the Historic England Grade II registered park and garden.

    3.9 km · cricket ground in Colchester, England · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Firstsite

    Firstsite is a visual arts organisation based in Colchester, Essex, which opened in 1993 as Colchester and District Visual Arts Trust, changing its name to Firstsite in 1995. Its current building was opened in 2011.

    3.3 km · contemporary art gallery in Colchester, Essex, England · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Jumbo Water Tower

    Jumbo Water Tower is a water tower at the Balkerne Gate in Colchester, Essex, and the largest water tower in the UK. Charles Clegg (c. 1855 – c.

    3.3 km · Victorian water tower in Colchester · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Mercury Theatre

    The Mercury Theatre is a theatre in Colchester, producing highly regarded original work under the title "Mercury Originals" and also receiving touring shows. The theatre has two auditoria, and is led by Steve Mannix.

    3.3 km · theatre in Colchester, England · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    St Martin's Church, Colchester

    St Martin's Church is an active Orthodox church, in the Antiochian Archdiocese of the British Isles and Ireland, in the city of Colchester, Essex, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.

    3.4 km · church in Colchester, Essex, England, UK · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

Getting to Berechurch

Airports
London Stansted (STN), 46 km · London Luton (LTN), 87 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 103 km
Stations
Colchester Town railway station, 3 km · Hythe railway station, 3.4 km · Wivenhoe railway station, 3.9 km
  • London, Essex → Berechurch
    81 km · quickest by road, 2h 22m · £9–12
  • London → Berechurch
    81 km · quickest by road, 2h 22m · £9–12
  • Luton, Luton → Berechurch
    90 km · quickest by road, 2h 26m · £12–16
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Berechurch

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Berechurch. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get aroundMany National Cycle Routes run off-road and are not suitable for certain bicycle types, e.g.

From Wikivoyage: Colchester, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    201 km
  2. 02
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    317 km
  3. 03
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    393 km
  4. 04
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    573 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    607 km

If you know how people move in Berechurch – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

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