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Barrow Hill, Essex

Coordinates: 51°47′29″N 0°55′48″E / 51.7915°N 0.9299°E / 51.7915; 0.9299
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Barrow Hill
Barrow Hill is located in Essex
Barrow Hill
Barrow Hill
Location within Essex
OS grid referenceTM020143
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCOLCHESTER
Postcode districtCO5
Dialling code01206
PoliceEssex
FireEssex
AmbulanceEast of England
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51°47′29″N 0°55′48″E / 51.7915°N 0.9299°E / 51.7915; 0.9299

Barrow Hill is a hamlet in Essex, England. It is located on Mersea Island, approximately 2 km (1.2 mi) north-northeast of West Mersea near to where the Strood causeway meets the island. The hamlet is 33 km (21 mi) 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.

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