IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Silcott Street, COLCHESTER, CO7 0DR
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Silcott Street, CO7 0DR by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Image Map
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Notes
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- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (95 Images Found)
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Image
Details
Distance
1
St James, Brightlingsea, Essex - Interior
Image: © John Salmon
Taken: 19 Aug 2010
0.03 miles
2
Brightlingsea: The former Royal Hotel
This is the former Royal Hotel in New Street.
The Brightlingsea Museum's Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/brightlingseamuseum/photos/a.262034257141009/2055158497828567/?type=1&theater has a photograph of the hotel dating from around 1910, and they also write:-
"The Royal Hotel is first listed in Directories in 1892, although we know it was open the year before as a ball was held to celebrate the 100th birthday of Thomas Summersun - although it's not thought he attended.
The tower on the top was probably to give guests a view of the boats and yachts, many of their guests would have been yacht owners.
In 1916 it was sold for £975, plus £344 for fixtures and fittings. Shortly after that it was used as an officers mess for the Australian Royal Engineers.
It closed in the mid 1950s when Astralux took the building over."
It is shown as an engineering works on the large scale Ordnance Survey maps of 1970 and 1980.
The 1911 Census shows the following residents:-
Kate Eliza Andrews, aged 45, manageress
Bertha Andrews, her daughter, aged 16, assistant manageress
Mabel Lily Barker, aged 22, barmaid
Florence Eunice Rowland Raison, aged 20, waitress
Grace Elizabeth Burnes, aged 22, kitchen maid
Percy Jack Long, aged 20, boots
Edward Ferraby Walsh, aged 47, a boarder and a straw hat manufacturer
A Mr Clarke of unknown age and occupation
Image: © Nigel Cox
Taken: 17 Mar 2019
0.05 miles
3
The former Royal Hotel on Francis Street
Image: © Helen Steed
Taken: 11 Sep 2022
0.05 miles
4
The Former Sun Public House Brightlingsea
Closed a few years ago
Image: © Phil Gaskin
Taken: 6 Jul 2011
0.10 miles
6
The Railway Tavern, Brightlingsea
Brightlingsea has a Railway Tavern on Station Road but sadly no longer has any trains. Nevertheless, the pub has a good reputation for the beer it sells including those brewed in a microbrewery on the premises. The local Campaign for Real Ale branch describes their Crab and Winkle mild as a 'legend'.
Image: © Stephen McKay
Taken: 18 Apr 2018
0.11 miles
9
Lower Park Road, Brightlingsea
The Railway Tavern opposite uses the National Rail logo on its sign but the station, which was across the road, closed in 1964 and there is no trace of it now.
Image: © Stephen McKay
Taken: 18 Apr 2018
0.12 miles
10
Brightlingsea Community Centre
The community centre is an undistinguished building dating from 1975 but it does incorporate the Liberty Hall which has a capacity for 250 people. Even so, the rather scruffy sign could do with a spruce up. This was the site of Brightlingsea station at the end of a branch from Wivenhoe. The railway was closed in 1964 and the building demolished in 1969. This amateur film from 1963 captures the atmosphere of the line in its dying days: https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-river-ride-1963-online
Image: © Stephen McKay
Taken: 18 Apr 2018
0.13 miles