Here are a few photographs of my undergraduate university, the University of Essex. It's situated in the small, historic borough of Colchester, near the Essex/ Suffolk border. Colchester is a beautiful town, first recorded in the Roman times as Camulodunun, and is the oldest recorded town in Britain. The town is located by the River Colne, with the town centre on one hill, and the university on the other side. The nearest town, however is called Wivenhoe, and is also an old settlement. Here is a history of Wivenhoe Manors and associated estates, which included Wivenhoe Park, where the University is now sited.
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| Campus; Squares 1 to 5 stretch from left to right across the centre of the picture. In the upper section are North Towers, and the Houses (Accommodation), and on the lower right side are the South Towers and the South Courts accommodation. South Courts are now much extended and covers most of the are from the road in the bottom right to the trees in the bottom left. |
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| Wivenhoe House; the original Wivenhoe Park estate's main house, situated to the east of the upper lake. It is now a hotel and conference centre. |
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| Upper lake; looking away from campus. | Lower lake; looking across towards square 5, with the library on the opposite bank and South Towers just visible on the top left. |  |
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| Upper lake; also looking away from campus, in the opposite direction to the photo above. | Upper lake; from a similar point, showing the swans which live there over the summer months. |
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| Upper lake; looking across at the vice-chancellor's house, over the top end of the lake. | |
To know more about the University use this link to go to the University of Essex Home Page.