Sergeants Orchard
Sergeants Orchard is an essex Wildlife Trust Nature reserve. Look for it 1.8 km northwest of Fordham. The site is run by Essex Wildlife Trust.
Garden near Fordham
Just outside Fordham
Sergeants Orchard is 1.8 km northwest of Fordham. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Which month to go
The warmest afternoons in Fordham run May to September, at 18–23°C.
Sergeants Orchard
There are Wikipedia articles on it in 2 languages. Nearby, Colchester Castle (11 km) heads a list of 37 within 15 km.
- Type
- Garden
- Run by
- Essex Wildlife Trust
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 2 languages
- Town
- 1.8 km northwest of Fordham
- Official site
- essexwt.org.uk/reserves/sergeants-orchard
Map of Sergeants Orchard and nearby
The places near Sergeants Orchard are numbered on the map in the order below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
Which town is nearest
Earls Colne is the biggest of the 8 bases nearby (3,360 people). These are the towns that list it, beginning with its own.
Fordham
Chappel
Bures
White Colne
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Sergeants Orchard is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fordham | 1.8 km southeast of it | 841 | 5 |
| Chappel | 1.9 km south of it | 218 | 7 |
| Bures | 2.6 km north of it | 1,183 | 5 |
| White Colne | 3.7 km southwest of it | 370 | 7 |
| Great Tey | 4.5 km south of it | 608 | 7 |
| Earls Colne | 4.5 km west of it | 3,360 | 9 |
| Lamarsh | 4.7 km north of it | 189 | 2 |
| Eight Ash Green | 4.7 km southeast of it | 1,769 | 11 |
Other places close by
37 more lie within 15 km, 2 castles, 2 abbeys or priories and a zoo among them.
CastleColchester Castle11 km away2
CastleHedingham Castle13 km away3
ZooColchester Zoo9.8 km away4MuseumMuseumEast Anglian Railway Museum2.2 km away5
Abbey or priory · English HeritageSt. Botolph's Priory11 km away6
FortBalkerne Gate10 km away7
Abbey or priory · English HeritageSt. John's Abbey Gatehouse11 km away8
Historic houseLayer Marney Tower13 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Questions people have about Sergeants Orchard
Where is Sergeants Orchard?
Sergeants Orchard is 1.8 km northwest of Fordham, Essex.
What is Sergeants Orchard?
Essex Wildlife Trust Nature reserve.
Who runs Sergeants Orchard?
Essex Wildlife Trust.
When is the best time to visit Sergeants Orchard?
May to September are the warmest months in Fordham, with afternoon highs of 18–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Sergeants Orchard?
Within 15 km: Colchester Castle (11 km), Hedingham Castle (13 km), Colchester Zoo (9.8 km) and East Anglian Railway Museum (2.2 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)
- Sergeants Orchard: Dudley Miles, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Colchester Castle: George Gastin, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hedingham Castle: Agnete, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Colchester Zoo: Angela Tuff, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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
- Layer Marney Tower: Poliphilo, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
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