What is recorded here
A named place photographed at this map point in Colchester.
A lake formed from a former gravel extraction site, it reflects post-industrial landscape transformation in Colchester. Such sites are significant for their ecological regeneration and recreational use in urban areas.
Places near here
Primary SchoolListed building · 1189 yd
St. Peter's ChurchChurch, cross or graveyard · 1241 yd
Radar SpinneyForest · 1244 yd
Layer WoodWood · 1.5 mi
LemursHeritage attraction · 1.9 mi.jpg?width=1280)
Messing War MemorialMemorial · 2.2 mi
Gryme's Dyke at Stanway Green: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Romano-British town of CamulodunumScheduled monument · 2.9 mi
Cheshunt FieldHeritage attraction · 2.9 mi
Gryme's DykeVisitor information · 3.2 mi
Mill Mound: a bowl barrow 380m east of Payne's FarmScheduled monument · 3.3 mi
Lexden MountVisitor information · 4.0 mi
Site of South GateMemorial · 5.3 miOther information
Photo: Angela Tuff · CC BY-SA 2.0