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Fingringhoe
Village in Essex, England

Fingringhoe

Fingringhoe is a village and civil parish in the City of Colchester district of Essex, England.

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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.

How locals move

Getting around Fingringhoe the local way

  • 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. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Bob1960evens (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.