West Mersea (formerly spelt Mersey) is a small town and electoral ward in the Colchester borough of Essex, England. It is the larger of two settlements on Mersea Island, located south of Colchester. The smaller settlement on the island is the village of East Mersea.
Population: 6,943
Latitude: 51° 46' 40.73" N
Longitude: 0° 55' 7.43" E
The Principality of Sealand is an unrecognised self-declared state (or micronation) that claims Roughs Tower, an offshore platform located in the North Sea approximately 12 kilometres off the coast of Suffolk, England, is its territory.
London Stansted Airport (IATA: STN, ICAO: EGSS) is an international airport located at Stansted Mountfitchet in the local government district of Uttlesford in Essex, 48 km (30 mi) northeast of Central London and 1.5 km (0.93 mi) from the Hertfordshi…
London Southend Airport (IATA: SEN, ICAO: EGMC) is an international airport in the district of Rochford within Essex, England, approximately 42 miles (68 km) from the centre of London.
The University of Essex is a British public research university whose original and largest campus is near the town of Colchester, England.
16 Air Assault Brigade (16 Air Asslt Bde) is a formation of the British Army based in Colchester in the county of Essex.
HM Fort Roughs was one of several World War II installations that were designed by Guy Maunsell and known collectively as His Majesty's Forts or as Maunsell Sea Forts; its purpose was to guard the port of Harwich, Essex, and more broadly, the Thames…
Clacton is a constituency created for the 2010 general election.
The CM postcode area, also known as the Chelmsford postcode area, is a group of 25 postcode districts in England, which are subdivisions of 16 post towns. These postcode districts cover central Essex (including Chelmsford, Harlow, Brentwood, Billeri…
The Battle of Maldon took place three weeks before Whitsun on 10 (possibly 11) August 991 CE near Maldon beside the River Blackwater in Essex, England, during the reign of Aethelred the Unready. Earl Byrhtnoth and his thegns led the English against …
The Port of Felixstowe, in Felixstowe, Suffolk is the United Kingdom's busiest container port, dealing with 42% of Britain's containerised trade. In 2011, it was ranked as the 35th busiest container port in the world and Europe's sixth busiest.
Brentwood and Ongar is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1992 by Eric Pickles, Communities and Local Government Secretary of State since May 2010.
Basildon and Billericay /ˈbæzɨldʉn ənd ˈbɨlərɪki/ is a constituency in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament, represented since 2010 by the Conservative Party MP John Baron.
Braintree is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by James Cleverly of the Conservative Party.
Witham is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
South Suffolk is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 1983 creation by Tim Yeo, a Conservative.
Maldon (/ˈmɔːldən/, locally /ˈmɒldən/) is a town on the Blackwater estuary in Essex, England. It is the seat of the Maldon district and starting point of the Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation.
Saffron Walden is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1977 by Alan Haselhurst, a Conservative.
Harwich and North Essex /hærɪdʒ ənd nɔrθ ɛsɨks/ is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its creation in 2010 by Bernard Jenkin of the Conservative Party.