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West Bergholt

West Bergholt, formerly known as Bergholt Sackville, is a village and civil parish in the City of Colchester district of Essex, England.

West Bergholt
West Bergholt · Wikimedia Commons
The place

West Bergholt, formerly known as Bergholt Sackville, is a village and civil parish in the City of Colchester district of Essex, England. It lies 3 miles (5 km) north-west of the centre of Colchester. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 3,310.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around West Bergholt

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
    Colchester Community Stadium

    Colchester Community Stadium, known as the JobServe Community Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium in Myland, England. It is the home of Colchester United Football Club.

    3.6 km · football stadium in Colchester, England · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Church of All Saints

    All Saints Church is a Church of England parish church in Fordham, Essex. The church is a Grade I listed building.

    3.5 km · church in Fordham, Essex, England, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    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.

    3.8 km · Victorian water tower in Colchester · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    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.

    4 km · cricket ground in Colchester, England · 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.

    3.3 km · college in Essex, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    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.

    3.8 km · theatre in Colchester, England · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Old St Mary's Church, West Bergholt

    Old St Mary's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of West Bergholt, Essex, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.

    1.1 km · Grade I listed church in West Bergholt, Colchester, Essex, England, UK · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Church of St Leonard

    The Church of Saint Leonard is a Church of England parish church in Lexden, a suburb of Colchester in Essex, England. Originating in the early 12th century, the medieval building became unsafe and was demolished in 1820.

    2.5 km · church building in Lexden, Colchester, Essex, England, UK · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Albert Hall

    The Albert Hall is a commercial building in the High Street, Colchester, Essex, England. The structure, which was commissioned as a corn exchange and is now used as a bank, is a Grade II listed building.

    3.9 km · building in Colchester, Essex, England, UK · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Spring Lane Meadows

    Spring Lane Meadows or Lexden Springs is a 2-hectare Local Nature Reserve in Lexden, a suburb of Colchester in Essex. It is owned and managed by Colchester Borough Council.

    2.3 km · park in United Kingdom · 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 West Bergholt

Airports
London Stansted (STN), 42 km · London Luton (LTN), 84 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 103 km
Stations
Colchester railway station, 3.1 km
  • London, Essex → West Bergholt
    81 km · quickest by road, 2h 12m · £8–11
  • London → West Bergholt
    81 km · quickest by road, 2h 12m · £8–11
  • Luton, Luton → West Bergholt
    87 km · quickest by road, 2h 17m · £12–16
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for West Bergholt

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 West Bergholt. 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

    202 km
  2. 02
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    317 km
  3. 03
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    390 km
  4. 04
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    566 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    601 km

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

Around it

Next door to West Bergholt

  • Fordhamvillage and civil parish in Essex, United Kingdom3.5 km
  • Great Horkesleyvillage in Essex, England, UK2.9 km
  • Eight Ash Greenvillage and civil parish in Essex, UK2.3 km
  • Stanwayvillage and civil parish in Essex, England, UK3.9 km
  • Mylandcivil parish in Essex3.2 km
  • Lexdensuburb in Colchester, Essex, England, UK3.2 km