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Stanway, Essex
| Stanway | |
|---|---|
| Suburb & Civil Parish | |
 Stanway Business & Shopping District | |
  Stanway Location within Essex | |
| Population | 9,600 (2011)[1] |
| OS grid reference | TL940241 |
| Civil parish |
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| Metropolitan borough | |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Colchester |
| Postcode district | CO3 |
| Dialling code | 01206 |
| Police | Essex |
| Fire | Essex |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| UK Parliament | |
Stanway is a suburb, civil parish & village in the Colchester district, in Essex, England near Colchester. 'Stanway' is an Anglo-Saxon name for the 'stone way' of the Roman road, now the A12. In 2021 the parish had a population of 9,600.
Stanway is about 3 miles (5 km) west of Colchester city centre on the B1408 (former A12), near the junction of the A12 and the A1124 at Eight Ash Green. Colchester Zoo, The Stanway School.
Graham Coxon and Damon Albarn, founder members of Blur, met at the local school, The Stanway School.
The TV mini-series Swiped: The School That Banned Smartphones was filmed in Stanway.
Stanway is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086.[2]
The £4.3m A12 bypass opened in 1970. Local pubs include the Princess Charlotte (the first pub in the UK to be named after Princess Charlotte of Wales) and the Swan on London Road, and Live and Let Live on Millers Lane.
There are five schools – three primary schools, Lexden Springs School and The Stanway School which has academy status, and describes itself as a "Humanities and Maths & Computing College". Four of the five schools are close together, on adjacent roads with the third primary behind the Tollgate shopping centre.
A shopping district comprising The Tollgate Centre and Stane Park occupies an area close to the A12, these centres are home to national retailers such as B&Q, Sainsbury's, Homebase, Next and Marks and Spencer (having closed its city centre store in 2022). Further shops and businesses such as the Co-op, Halfords and Hatfields occupy the Peartree road area.
The biggest B&Q and Sainsbury's stores in the world are located in the shopping district of Stanway.
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 29 September 2015.
- ^ '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.
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