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ESCALA Gallery

ESCALA Gallery is a university museum in the East. Head into Colchester’s built-up area to find it. A short trip away is Colchester Castle, 3.4 km off, the first of 39 within 15 km.

Where

In Colchester

inside the built-up area

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 18–23°C

In brief

Art gallery in Colchester

Inside Colchester

ESCALA Gallery is inside Colchester’s built-up area, with 17 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

Seasons and weather

The warmest stretch in Colchester is May to September, at 18–23°C in the afternoon.

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

ESCALA Gallery

University Museum in the East of England.

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

Type: Art gallery
Town: in Colchester
Official site: escala.org.uk

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

The map

Getting your bearings

The numbers show what else is near ESCALA Gallery, in the order listed below.

Towns near it

Towns close to ESCALA Gallery

Among the 8, Colchester is the biggest, home to 130,259 people. The towns are in order of distance, its own town first.

1 · It’s in town

Colchester

130,259 people · 22 places to visit

2 · 1 km southeast of it

Wivenhoe

7,354 people · 20 places to visit

3 · 2 km south of it

Rowhedge

2,492 people · 19 places to visit

4 · 2.7 km east of it

Elmstead Market

1,767 people · 4 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where ESCALA Gallery is	People	Places to visit
Colchester	It’s in town	130,259	22
Wivenhoe	1 km southeast of it	7,354	20
Rowhedge	2 km south of it	2,492	19
Elmstead Market	2.7 km east of it	1,767	4
Berechurch	2.7 km southwest of it	7,702	18
High Park Corner	3 km south of it	247	5
Alresford	3.6 km southeast of it	2,462	5
Fingringhoe	3.8 km south of it	340	4

Make a day of it

Worth adding to a visit

Our list has 39 more within 15 km, among them 2 abbeys or priories, 2 art galleries and a castle.

CastleColchester Castle3.4 km away 2

Abbey or priory · English HeritageSt. Botolph's Priory3.2 km away 3

FortBalkerne Gate3.9 km away 4

ZooColchester Zoo8.1 km away 5

Abbey or priory · English HeritageSt. John's Abbey Gatehouse3.3 km away 6

GardenBeth Chatto Gardens3.9 km away 7

Art galleryFirstsite3.1 km away 8

Art galleryThe Minories3.2 km away

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

Good to know about ESCALA Gallery

Where is ESCALA Gallery?

ESCALA Gallery is in Colchester, Essex, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is ESCALA Gallery?

University Museum in the East of England.

When is the best time to visit ESCALA Gallery?

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 ESCALA Gallery?

Within 15 km: Colchester Castle (3.4 km), St. Botolph's Priory (3.2 km), Balkerne Gate (3.9 km) and Colchester Zoo (8.1 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
Colchester Zoo: Angela Tuff, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
St. John's Abbey Gatehouse: Saltmarsh, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Beth Chatto Gardens: Grahamec, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Firstsite: Alexis Ip, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
The Minories: David Hawgood, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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