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Stanway
Stanway
	Stanway Village Hall
Population	7,600
OS grid reference	TL940241
District	Colchester;
Shire county	Essex;
Region	East;
Land	England
Sovereign state	Vereinigtes Königreich
Post town	Colchester
Postcode district	CO3
Dialling code	01206
Police	Essex
Fire	Essex
Ambulance	East of England
UK Parliament	Witham;
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Stanway is a village and civil parish in Essex, England located near Colchester and within Colchester Borough. It is now widely referred to as a suburb.

Stanway is approximately three miles west of Colchester town centre on the B1408 (former A12), near the junction of the A12 and the A1124 at Eight Ash Green. Colchester Zoo, The Stanway School, Tollgate shopping complex and the Co-operative retail development are among prominent local amenities. Graham Coxon and Damon Albarn, founder members of Blur, met at the local school.

Stanway was named in the Domesday Book.^[1]

The £4.3m A12 bypass opened in 1970. Local pubs include the Live and Let Live on Millers Lane and the Swan on London Road.

There are three schools in Stanway: two primary schools and The Stanway School. The Stanway School has academy status, and describes itself as a "Humanities and Maths & Computing College". All three of the schools are close together, on adjacent roads.

Druid of Colchester

In 1996, prior to the expansion of the Stanway Sand & Gravel quarry, an archaeological team was called in to investigate the outline of five ancient ditched enclosures identified by aerial photography. There, just off the A12 to Colchester, they discovered the grave of the "Druid of Colchester".^[2]

Sport and leisure

Stanway has a Non-League football club Stanway Rovers F.C. who play at New Farm Road.

References

^ 'Stanway: Introduction', A History of the County of Essex: Volume 10: Lexden Hundred (Part) including Dedham, Earls Colne and Wivenhoe (2001), pp. 259-63. Accessed through the online version.
^ Games Britannia - 1. Dicing with Destiny, BBC Four, 1:05am Tuesday 8 December 2009

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[1] 'Stanway: Introduction', A History of the County of Essex: Volume 10: Lexden Hundred (Part) including Dedham, Earls Colne and Wivenhoe (2001), pp. 259-63. Accessed through the online version.

[2] Games Britannia - 1. Dicing with Destiny, BBC Four, 1:05am Tuesday 8 December 2009

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 '''Stanway''' is a village and [[civil parish]] in [[Essex]], [[England]] located near [[Colchester]] and within Colchester Borough. It is now widely referred to as a [[suburb]].
-Stanway is located approximately three miles west of Colchester town centre on the B1408 (former A12), near the junction of the [[A12 road (Great Britain)|A12]] and the [[A1124 road|A1124]] at [[Eight Ash Green]]. [[Colchester Zoo]], [[The Stanway School]], Tollgate shopping complex and the Co-operative retail development are among prominent local amenities. [[Graham Coxon]] and [[Damon Albarn]], founder members of [[Blur (band)|Blur]], met at the local school.
+Stanway is approximately three miles west of Colchester town centre on the B1408 (former A12), near the junction of the [[A12 road (Great Britain)|A12]] and the [[A1124 road|A1124]] at [[Eight Ash Green]]. [[Colchester Zoo]], [[The Stanway School]], Tollgate shopping complex and the Co-operative retail development are among prominent local amenities. [[Graham Coxon]] and [[Damon Albarn]], founder members of [[Blur (band)|Blur]], met at the local school.
 Stanway was named in the [[Domesday Book]].<ref>'Stanway: Introduction', A History of the County of Essex: Volume 10: Lexden Hundred (Part) including Dedham, Earls Colne and Wivenhoe (2001), pp. 259-63. Accessed through the [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=15273 online version].</ref>
-The £4.3m [[A12 road (Great Britain)|A12]] bypass opened in 1970. Local pubs include the ''Live and Let Live'' on Millers Lane and the ''Swan'' on London Road.
+The £4.3m [[A12 road (Great Britain)|A12]] bypass opened in 1970. Local pubs include the Live and Let Live on Millers Lane and the Swan on London Road.
-There are three schools in Stanway: Two primary schools and [[The Stanway School]]. The Stanway School has academy status, and describes itself as a "Humanities and Maths & Computing College". All three of the schools are located very closely, on adjacent roads.
+There are three schools in Stanway: two primary schools and [[The Stanway School]]. The Stanway School has academy status, and describes itself as a "Humanities and Maths & Computing College". All three of the schools are close together, on adjacent roads.
 ==Druid of Colchester==