River Colne, Essex
| Colne | |
| River | |
 The River Colne near Colchester
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| Country | England |
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| Region | Essex |
| City | Colchester |
| Source | |
| - location | near Cornish Hall End |
| - elevation | 104 m (341 ft) |
| - coordinates | 52°00′52″N 0°26′19″E / 52.0144°N 0.4387°E |
| Secondary source | |
| - location | near Steeple Bumpstead |
| - elevation | 89 m (292 ft) |
| - coordinates | 52°01′59″N 0°27′54″E / 52.0330°N 0.4651°E |
| Mouth | North Sea |
| - location | Brightlingsea |
| - elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| - coordinates | 51°48′03″N 1°00′37″E / 51.8007°N 1.0102°ECoordinates: 51°48′03″N 1°00′37″E / 51.8007°N 1.0102°E |
| Length | 62 km (39 mi) |
The River Colne (pronunciation: /koʊn/ or /koʊln/) is a river that runs through Essex, England and passes through Colchester. It is not a tributary of any other river, instead having an estuary that joins the sea near Brightlingsea.
Two of the Colne's tributaries start near the villages of Stambourne Green and Birdbrook in Essex, before converging in Great Yeldham. A longer tributary, however, starts to the north-west of Cornish Hall End, flowing into the other sources just south of Great Yeldham. The river then flows south-east through Sible Hedingham, Halstead, Earls Colne, Colne Engaine, White Colne, Chappel and Ford Street before reaching Colchester.
Between Great Yeldham and Wakes Colne, the river follows the route of the former Colne Valley and Halstead Railway which ran from Haverhill before closing to passenger traffic in 1961. A mile of the route around Castle Hedingham is preserved as the Colne Valley Railway.
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