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Braiswick, Colchester — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Braiswick, also called New Braiswick Park, is a village in Essex 2 km northwest of Colchester, built out between 2007 and 2011.
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Where to stay in Braiswick
The practical side of choosing where to sleep.
Colchester is where the rooms are. Braiswick was built out as housing between 2007 and 2011, so its streets carry no hotel frontage, and a visitor who wants a bed within reach of Lexden Mount and The Triple Dyke books in Colchester instead. The dykes lie on the town's northwestern approach.
Anyone here for the Royal Grammar School, Colchester or for St Mary's Hospital, Colchester finds the same answer, since Braiswick supplies addresses rather than accommodation.
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New Braiswick Park
The park was laid out as housing between 2007 and 2011, which is why Braiswick supplies the addresses and Colchester supplies the beds. Beds are limited here, so book early.Find hotels in New Braiswick Parkreaching the Camulodunum earthworks on footTowards Sheepen Farm
Sheepen Farm and the Lexden Dyke stand on this side of Braiswick, ground given over to ancient boundaries rather than to anything with a reception desk. Few places to stay nearby — book ahead.Find hotels in Towards Sheepen FarmHotel links are affiliate links: booking through them may earn us a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never affects how places are ranked. How this works
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Churches & Religious Sites
3- Church of St Leonard Heritage
- Colchester New Church
- Christ Church, Colchester
Castles & Historic Sites
6- Lexden Dyke Middle: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Romano-British town of Camulodunum Heritage
- Lexden Dyke at Spring Meadow: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Romano-British town of Camulodunum Heritage
- Moat Farm Dyke: a northern extension of Lexden Dyke; part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Romano-British town of Camulod Heritage
- Roman barrow known as Lexden Mount: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Roman town of Camulodunum Heritage
- Site of pre-Roman settlement Heritage
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- The Triple Dyke: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Romano-British town of Camulodunum Heritage
Landmarks & Notable Places
2- Glebe House Heritage
- Hill House Heritage
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About Braiswick
What are the main landmarks in Braiswick?
Earthworks dominate the register. Lexden Mount, Moat Farm Dyke, Lexden Dyke at Spring Meadow, Lexden Dyke Middle and The Triple Dyke all belong to the Iron Age oppidum and Romano-British town of Camulodunum, which puts most of Braiswick's listed heritage below ground rather than above it. A site of pre-Roman settlement is registered too.
Above ground the list runs to Christ Church, Colchester, Colchester New Church, the Church of St Leonard, Glebe House, Hill House, Sheepen Farm and the Royal Grammar School, Colchester with its playing field.
What is the history of Braiswick?
Camulodunum came long before the park. The Iron Age territorial oppidum and Romano-British town of Camulodunum reached across this ground, and the Lexden Dyke, Moat Farm Dyke and The Triple Dyke survive as its boundary earthworks on the Braiswick side of Colchester. Building came much later, between 2007 and 2011, when New Braiswick Park was laid out and finished.
Old ground, new houses.
Where is Braiswick?
Braiswick lies 2 km northwest of Colchester in Essex, England, on ground crossed by the Lexden Dyke earthworks.
Common questions
What is the best area to stay in Braiswick?
New Braiswick Park: a modern residential address beside the Lexden earthworks. Towards Sheepen Farm: reaching the Camulodunum earthworks on foot.
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Updated October 2026