The Hythe is an area in the southeastern part of
Colchester
Colchester ( ) is a city in northeastern Essex, England. It is the second-largest settlement in the county, with a population of 130,245 at the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 Census. The demonym is ''Colcestrian''.
Colchester occupies the ...
in
Essex
Essex ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East of England, and one of the home counties. It is bordered by Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, the North Sea to the east, Kent across the Thames Estuary to the ...
, England, on the
River Colne.
Historically it was a hamlet. The Hythe is home to the Paxmans Factory which manufactures automobile parts.
Hythe railway station is on the
Sunshine Coast Line
The Sunshine Coast Line is the current marketing name of what originally was the Tendring Hundred Railway, a branch off the Great Eastern Main Line in the East of England. It links to the seaside resorts of and, via a branch, . The line is par ...
. Services run towards Clacton-on-sea, Walton-on-the-Naze, Colchester and London.
The
Church of St Leonard is located in the Hythe.
References
Populated places in Essex
Colchester
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