Marks Tey is a large village and

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, England; it is located six miles west of

Colchester Colchester ( ) is a city in Essex, in the East of England. It had a population of 122,000 in 2011. The demonym is Colcestrian. Colchester occupies the site of Camulodunum, the first major city in Roman Britain and its first capital. Colch ...

Facilities

Marks Tey is one of a group of villages called the Teys, also including

Great Tey Great Tey is a village and civil parish near the villages of Marks Tey and Little Tey in the Colchester borough of Essex, England, located approximately six miles west of Colchester. __TOC__ Location Great Tey is situated near Marks Tey r ...

and

Little Tey Little Tey is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Marks Tey, in the Colchester district of Essex, England, located approximately six miles west of Colchester. In 1931 the parish had a population of 78. On 26 March 1949 the par ...

. Its main features include a village hall built in 1993 on the fields intersecting the A12 and A120, with an adjacent children's play park and a

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park. Next to that (between A12 & A120) is a suburban estate that was built in the mid-1970s. Near to the play park, there is a small parish hall, used for children's kindergarten and small exhibitions. The hall was almost doubled in size after the extension of the new

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hall. The village has a parish church, St Andrew's. The church hall is central to the community, and host
1st Marks Tey Scouts
Group with

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, Cubs and

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. Following the demolition of the Prince of Wales

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, the Red Lion was the only pub serving the village but recently closed down during the Covid-19 pandemic. In 200
The Food Company
erected their first outlet on the site of the former Prince of Wales, selling speciality foods and drink - however the business closed in 2017. The premises were refurbished in 2021 and are now the Commercial Hub for regional solicitors, Holmes and Hills LLP. Also located on London Road are a post office, convenience store, fish and chip shop, Indian & Chinese take-aways, a butchers, bakers, hairdressers, a cycle shop, a car supplies shop, a petrol garage an
Marks Tey Pharmacy

Marks Tey Football Club
was established in 1998. The home ground is Jubilee Playing Fields in Old London Road, alongside the skateboard park. They currently have one men's Saturday team, one men's Sunday team, one veterans' team, two youth teams, and two mini football teams.

Transport

Marks Tey railway station is on the

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between

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and

Ipswich Ipswich () is a port town and borough in Suffolk, England, of which it is the county town. The town is located in East Anglia about away from the mouth of the River Orwell and the North Sea. Ipswich is both on the Great Eastern Main Line ...

; it is also a junction and eastern terminus for the

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. Passenger trains are operated by Greater Anglia. Services run generally half-hourly in each way to Liverpool Street southbound and to

and Ipswich northbound, with hourly services on the branch line to

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. Bus services are provided by the 370/371 ''First Bus'' service between

Chelmsford Chelmsford () is a city in the City of Chelmsford district in the county of Essex, England. It is the county town of Essex and one of three cities in the county, along with Southend-on-Sea and Colchester. It is located north-east of Londo ...

and

. The village is located beside the A12 dual carriageway, which connects east London with

Lowestoft Lowestoft ( ) is a coastal town and civil parish in the East Suffolk (district), East Suffolk district of Suffolk, England.OS Explorer Map OL40: The Broads: (1:25 000) : . As the List of extreme points of the United Kingdom, most easterly UK se ...

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