Layer Breton
Layer Breton is a village and civil parish in the Colchester district of Essex, England.
Layer Breton is a village and civil parish in the Colchester district of Essex, England. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 285. It is one of three neighbouring parishes called Layer, the others being Layer de la Haye to the west, and Layer Marney to the east. The other neighbouring parishes to Layer Breton are Birch and Great and Little Wigborough. The village has a church dedicated to St Mary the Virgin, rebuilt in brick in 1923 on a new site nearly a mile to the north of the old one. The village was among those which suffered damage from the 1884 Colchester earthquake.
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Worth seeing in and around Layer Breton
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.
- 01Colchester Zoo
Colchester Zoo is a zoological garden situated near Colchester, England. Open since June 1963, the zoo is home to many rare and endangered species, including big cats, primates and birds as well as many invertebrates and fish species.
3.7 km · zoological garden situated in Colchester, England · Wikipedia - 02Abberton Reservoir
Abberton Reservoir is a pumped storage freshwater reservoir in eastern England near the Essex coast, with an area of 700 hectares. Most of its water is pumped from the River Stour.
2.9 km · reservoir in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 03Layer Marney Tower
Layer Marney Tower is an incomplete early Tudor country house, with gardens and parkland, dating from about 1523, in Layer Marney, Essex, England, between Colchester and Maldon. The building was designated Grade I listed in 1952.
1.8 km · Grade I listed country house in Layer Marney, Essex, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Church of St Mary the Virgin, Layer Marney
The Church of St Mary the Virgin is an Anglican church in the village of Layer Marney, in Essex, England, and in the Diocese of Chelmsford. The building dates from the early 16th century, and is Grade I listed.
1.9 km · church in Layer Marney, Essex, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Layer Breton
- Airports
- London Stansted (STN), 41 km · London Luton (LTN), 82 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 97 km
- London, Essex → Layer Breton74 km · quickest by road, 2h 11m · £8–11
- London → Layer Breton74 km · quickest by road, 2h 11m · £8–11
- Luton, Luton → Layer Breton85 km · quickest by road, 2h 15m · £11–15
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No local-transport research exists yet for Layer Breton
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 Layer Breton. 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 Layer Breton
- Layer de la Hayevillage in Essex, England, UK2.9 km
- Birchvillage and civil parish in Essex, England, UK1.8 km
- Layer Marneyvillage in Essex, England, UK2.1 km
- Great Wigboroughvillage in Essex, United Kingdom3.9 km
- Heckfordbridgehamlet in Essex, England, UK3.3 km
- Hardy's Greenhamlet in Essex, England, UK2.6 km