Stanway, Essex

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Stanway






Statistics
Population:	7,600
Ordnance Survey
OS grid reference:	TL940241
Administration
District:	Colchester
Shire county:	Essex
Region:	East of England
Constituent country:	England
Sovereign state:	United Kingdom
Other
Ceremonial county:	Essex
Historic county:	Essex
Services
Police force:	Essex Police
Fire and rescue:	{{{Fire}}}
Ambulance:	East of England
Post office and telephone
Post town:	COLCHESTER
Postal district:	CO3
Dialling code:	01206
Politics
UK Parliament:	Colchester
European Parliament:	East of England

Stanway is a village near (now suburb of) Colchester.

Stanway is located approximately 3 miles west of Colchester town centre. Colchester Zoo, Stanway (Comprehensive) School, Tollgate shopping complex and the Co-operative retail development are among prominent local amenities. The local football team is Stanway Rovers, based at New Farm Road. Stanway was named in the Domesday Book which was commissioned by William the Conqueror in December 1085. For a comprehensive history of Stanway, see http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=15273 Click on link at botton right of this and subsequent pages for more information. Reference: 'Stanway: Introduction', A History of the County of Essex: Volume 10: Lexden Hundred (Part) including Dedham, Earls Colne and Wivenhoe (2001), pp. 259-63.