Country: | England |
Official Name: | Barrow Hill |
Coordinates: | 51.7915°N 0.9299°W |
Os Grid Reference: | TM020143 |
Shire District: | Colchester |
Shire County: | Essex |
Region: | East of England |
Constituency Westminster: | Harwich and North Essex |
Post Town: | COLCHESTER |
Postcode District: | CO5 |
Postcode Area: | CO |
Dial Code: | 01206 |
Barrow Hill is a hamlet in Essex, England. It is located on Mersea Island, approximately 2km (01miles) north-northeast of West Mersea near to where the Strood causeway meets the island. The hamlet is 33km (21miles) east-northeast of the county town, Chelmsford. Barrow Hill is in the borough of Colchester and in the parliamentary constituency of Harwich and North Essex. The population of the hamlet is included in the civil parish of West Mersea.
It takes its name from a conspicuous Romano-British barrow.