Fingringhoe
Fingringhoe is a village and civil parish in the City of Colchester district of Essex, England.
Fingringhoe is a village and civil parish in the City of Colchester district of Essex, England. The centre of the village is classified as a conservation area, featuring a traditional village pond and red telephone box. The Roman River flows nearby before entering the River Colne. The name means "hill-spur of the Fingringas", a tribal name denoting the "people who dwell on the finger of land". It has frequently appeared on lists of unusual place-names. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 764.
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Worth seeing in and around Fingringhoe
4 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.
- 01University 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.
3.8 km · university in Essex, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 02Wivenhoe House
Wivenhoe House is a grade II-listed house located in Colchester, Essex. It is in use as a 4-star hotel.
3.9 km · building in Colchester, Essex, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Roman River SSSI
Roman River is a 275.6-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Colchester in Essex. Two areas, Friday Wood and Donyland Wood, were formerly separate SSSIs.
3.5 km · UK Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia - 04Upper Colne Marshes
Upper Colne Marshes is a 114.1-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south and west of Wivenhoe in Essex. It lies along stretches of the River Colne and Roman River.
2.2 km · UK Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia
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Getting to Fingringhoe
- Airports
- London Stansted (STN), 49 km · London Luton (LTN), 90 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 106 km
- Stations
- Wivenhoe railway station, 1.6 km · Alresford railway station, 3.6 km
- London, Essex → Fingringhoe83 km · quickest by road, 2h 25m · £9–12
- London → Fingringhoe83 km · quickest by road, 2h 25m · £9–12
- Luton, Luton → Fingringhoe94 km · quickest by road, 2h 29m · £13–17
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Fingringhoe
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 Fingringhoe. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundMany National Cycle Routes run off-road and are not suitable for certain bicycle types, e.g.
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Next door to Fingringhoe
- Wivenhoetown in north eastern Essex, England, United Kingdom2.7 km
- Alresfordvillage in Essex, UK3.8 km
- Abbertonvillage and civil parish in Essex, England, UK2.7 km
- Elmsteadvillage and civil parish in Essex, UK3.9 km
- Langenhoevillage in Essex, England, UK3 km
- East Donylandvillage and civil parish in Colchester, Essex, England800 m