Place:Stanway, Essex, England

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NameStanway
Alt namesStanewegasource: Domesday Book (1985) p 105
TypeVillage, Civil parish
Coordinates51.880885°N 0.818545°E
Located inEssex, England
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Stanway is a village and civil parish in Essex, England located near Colchester. 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 and the A1124 at Eight Ash Green. Colchester Zoo, Stanway School (Comprehensive), 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.

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

There is two schools in Stanway, Stanway Primary and The Stanway School, a primary and secondary school respectively. They are both on Winstree Road.

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