Marks Tey

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Marks Tey
Marks Tey shown within Essex
Population	3,599[1]
OS grid reference	TL908234
District	Colchester
Shire county	Essex
Region	East
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Colchester
Postcode district	CO6
Dialling code	01206
Police	Essex
Fire	Essex
Ambulance	East of England
European Parliament	East of England
UK Parliament	North Essex
List of places: UK • England • Essex

Coordinates: 51°52′34″N 0°46′19″E / 51.876, 0.772

Marks Tey is a village in Essex located six miles west of Colchester.

Marks Tey railway station is on the Great Eastern Main Line, and is a junction for the Sudbury Branch Line to Sudbury. It is in a collection of villages called the Teys consisting of Great Tey and Little Tey. Its main features include a village hall built in 1993 on the fields intersecting the A12 and A120, these fields have also in the past decade had a children's play park and a skateboard park built on them. The skate park project, started in 2001, mimicked that of the local Colchester council project, whereby council members worked in co-operation with local youths to design and erect a facility for them. After many meetings with the youths of the village, the parish council nominated Ciaran Sainty and Ryan Seymour to design the park using equipment manufactured by Playdale. A total of £47,000 was spent on the project, and the parish council held a sponsored 24 hour skate-a-thon in the summer of 2002 to help with costs.

Following the demolition of the Prince of Wales public house, the Red Lion is the only pub serving the village. In 2001 the Food Company erected their first outlet on the site of the former Prince of Wales, selling speciality foods and drink.

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