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Rowhedge

Rowhedge is a village in the Colchester borough of Essex, England.

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The place

Rowhedge is a village in the Colchester borough of Essex, England. It is located just over 3 miles (4.8 km) south-east of Colchester town centre and is part of the civil parish of East Donyland.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Rowhedge

7 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.

    2.4 km · university in Essex, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Wivenhoe House

    Wivenhoe House is a grade II-listed house located in Colchester, Essex. It is in use as a 4-star hotel.

    2.4 km · building in Colchester, Essex, England, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Upper 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.

    800 m · UK Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Salary Brook Local Nature Reserve

    Salary Brook Local Nature Reserve is a 17.1 hectare Local Nature Reserve covering a stretch of Salary Brook and its banks on the south-east outskirts of Colchester in Essex. It is owned and managed by Colchester Borough Council.

    3.2 km · park in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Roman 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.

    3.7 km · UK Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Church of St Leonard at the Hythe, Colchester

    The Church of St Leonard at the Hythe is a redundant Anglican church in Hythe, Colchester, Essex, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.

    3.5 km · church in Colchester, Essex, England, UK · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    St Michael's Church, Berechurch

    St Michael's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Berechurch, Essex, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.

    3.8 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.

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Getting to Rowhedge

Airports
London Stansted (STN), 49 km · London Luton (LTN), 90 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 106 km
Stations
Wivenhoe railway station, 600 m · Hythe railway station, 3.5 km · Alresford railway station, 3.4 km
  • London, Essex → Rowhedge
    83 km · quickest by road, 2h 24m · £9–12
  • London → Rowhedge
    83 km · quickest by road, 2h 24m · £9–12
  • Luton, Luton → Rowhedge
    94 km · quickest by road, 2h 29m · £12–17
  • From anywhere
    The planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Rowhedge

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 Rowhedge. 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

    204 km
  2. 02
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    315 km
  3. 03
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    396 km
  4. 04
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    575 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    610 km

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

Around it

Next door to Rowhedge

  • Wivenhoetown in north eastern Essex, England, United Kingdom1.5 km
  • Alresfordvillage in Essex, UK3.9 km
  • Abbertonvillage and civil parish in Essex, England, UK3.6 km
  • Fingringhoevillage in Essex, England, UK1.4 km
  • Elmsteadvillage and civil parish in Essex, UK2.7 km
  • East Donylandvillage and civil parish in Colchester, Essex, England600 m