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Fingringhoe
Essex, East of England · population 764 · Photo: Wikimedia Commons
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Fingringhoe
Fingringhoe is a village and civil parish in the City of Colchester district of Essex, England. 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.
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CouncilEaling Council to consider consultation on merging Viking and Downe Manor schools
A council report recommends consulting on the future of two local primary schools after a decade-long drop in pupil numbers, with a preferred plan to merge Viking into Downe Manor from 2027.
Downe3 hours ago
CouncilCity of London Police Authority Board chair calls for outcome-focused reform
At the Authority Board’s annual dinner, chair Tijs Broeke urged that police reform be judged on results, not structure, and stressed the force’s national economic importance.
London3 hours ago
CouncilCity of London Police Authority Chair urges outcome-focused reform
At the annual Police Authority Board dinner, chair Tijs Broeke called for reforms centred on results, warned against merging the force and highlighted its economic importance to the UK.
London3 hours ago
CouncilHavering council delays launch of weekly food-waste collection to spring 2027
A shortage of specialist vehicles means Havering’s new weekly food-waste service will not begin until spring 2027, later than the original target, and the council is urging the Government for additional funding.
Romford4 hours ago
Havering Council unveils ‘Havering Plan 2040’ with super-suburb vision
The borough’s leader presented a long-term strategy on 16 September, outlining ambitions to make Havering the best place in London to live, work and invest, and setting out new programmes on housing, jobs, green space and safety.
Havering5 hours ago
CouncilCity of London Corporation urges Budget to protect financial and professional services
In a submission dated 14 September, the City of London Corporation asked the Chancellor to keep sector-specific taxes at bay, retain the VAT exemption and adopt pro-growth planning to safeguard a sector that underpins £323 bn of output and 2.5 m jobs.
London6 hours ago
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Kevin Bloody Wilson - Fair Dinkum Funny
Fri 16 Oct, 19:30Princes Theatre Clacton, Clacton-on-Sea
Colchester - Charter Hall - Indiepalooza - "the UK's BEST Indie Festival"
Sat 17 Oct, 18:00Charter Hall, Colchester
Jonathan Pie: The End Of The World According To Jonathan Pie
Sun 25 Oct, 18:00Charter Hall, Colchester
Two MR P's In a Podcast Live - Let That Be a Lesson...
Thu 29 Oct, 19:30Charter Hall, Colchester
Simon Brodkin: Unleashed
Thu 12 Nov, 19:30Charter Hall, Colchester
Thomas Green - Brainstorm
Thu 19 Nov, 20:00Colchester Town Hall, Colchester
Days out around Fingringhoe
View allSaint Peter's Church
Alresford · 2.5 miles
Built circa 1320. Destroyed by fire 1971
Roman Circus Visitor Centre
New Town · 3.1 miles
Site of Colchester Roman Circus, the only known Roman chariot racing site found in Britain. Remains of starting gates and other features on display outside and inside of building. Base for the Colchester Archaeological Trust.
Memorial to Sir Charles Lucas and Sir George Lisle
Colchester · 3.7 miles
Execution spot of Sir Charles Lucas and Sir George Lyle following the 1648 siege of Colchester.
North Bridge
Colchester · 3.7 miles
North Bridge is first recorded in 1189. It is likely that the Romans crossed the river at this location a thousand years earlier. The current bridge was built in 1843 and later widened in 1903 by the Colchester Borough Engineer Herbert Goodyear.
Bergholt Rd Park
Myland · 4.3 miles
Publicly accessible greensward, bordering Bergholt Road allotments (west) and fringed with shallow woodland (south)
Dedham War Memorial
Dedham · 8.1 miles
Cross mounted on a shaft which in turn is mounted on a plinth with a three-stepped base the whole standing in a cobbled area.
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The Whalebone
Chapel Road, Fingringhoe
Fingringhoe Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Church Road, Fingringhoe
St Andrew, Fingringhoe
Fingringhoe
Fingringhoe Village Hall
Chapel Road, Fingringhoe
Fingringhoe Post Office
Chapel Road, Fingringhoe
Fingringhoe Methodist Chapel
Pig's Foot Green