Attraction · Colchester · Essex

Bourne Mill

You can find Bourne Mill, an attraction, in Colchester. Close by, within 5 km, are 16 more places to see. Around it, Colchester Castle (1.6 km) comes first on our list.

Where

In Colchester

inside the built-up area

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 18–23°C

In brief

Attraction in Colchester

Inside Colchester

Bourne Mill is inside Colchester’s built-up area, with 16 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

The weather, month by month

Afternoons in Colchester peak at 18–23°C, May to September.

Jan8° / 2°51 mm

Feb8° / 2°42 mm

Mar11° / 3°37 mm

Apr14° / 5°37 mm

May18° / 8°47 mm

Jun21° / 11°52 mm

Jul23° / 13°47 mm

Aug23° / 13°55 mm

Sep20° / 10°47 mm

Oct15° / 8°65 mm

Nov11° / 4°61 mm

Dec8° / 2°58 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Colchester, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Colchester. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Colchester’s full climate →

About

Bourne Mill

Attraction.

In Colchester, inside the town’s built-up area.

Type: Attraction
Town: in Colchester
Official site: nationaltrust.org.uk/bourne-mill

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Bourne Mill and what surrounds it

Bourne Mill sits at the orange dot; the numbered ones are listed below.

Towns near it

The towns around Bourne Mill

With 130,259 people, Colchester is the largest of the 8. Its home town tops the list; the rest follow by distance.

1 · It’s in town

Colchester

130,259 people · 22 places to visit

2 · 1.1 km south of it

Berechurch

7,702 people · 18 places to visit

3 · 2.6 km southeast of it

Rowhedge

2,492 people · 19 places to visit

4 · 2.8 km southeast of it

Wivenhoe

7,354 people · 20 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Bourne Mill is	People	Places to visit
Colchester	It’s in town	130,259	22
Berechurch	1.1 km south of it	7,702	18
Rowhedge	2.6 km southeast of it	2,492	19
Wivenhoe	2.8 km southeast of it	7,354	20
Layer-de-la-Haye	3.4 km southwest of it	1,338	19
Fingringhoe	4.1 km south of it	340	4
High Park Corner	4.2 km southeast of it	247	5
Langenhoe and Abberton	4.4 km south of it	1,010	4

Make a day of it

Other places close by

40 more lie within 15 km, 2 abbeys or priories, 2 art galleries and a castle among them.

CastleColchester Castle1.6 km away 2

Abbey or priory · English HeritageSt. Botolph's Priory1.2 km away 3

FortBalkerne Gate1.9 km away 4

Abbey or priory · English HeritageSt. John's Abbey Gatehouse1.2 km away 5

ZooColchester Zoo5.7 km away 6

Art galleryFirstsite1.4 km away 7

Art galleryThe Minories1.5 km away 8

MuseumHollytrees Museum1.5 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Good to know about Bourne Mill

Where is Bourne Mill?

Bourne Mill is in Colchester, Essex, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Bourne Mill?

Attraction.

When is the best time to visit Bourne Mill?

May to September are the warmest months in Colchester, with afternoon highs of 18–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Bourne Mill?

Within 15 km: Colchester Castle (1.6 km), St. Botolph's Priory (1.2 km), Balkerne Gate (1.9 km) and St. John's Abbey Gatehouse (1.2 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (8)

Colchester Castle: George Gastin, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
St. Botolph's Priory: Maria, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Balkerne Gate: Tanya2501, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
St. John's Abbey Gatehouse: Saltmarsh, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Colchester Zoo: Angela Tuff, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Firstsite: Alexis Ip, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
The Minories: David Hawgood, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Hollytrees Museum: Jarry1250, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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