Colchester Area Fact Sheet
- 198 parishes.
- 226 churches.
- 104 stipendary (full-time) and 17 non-stipendiary clergy with 91 Licensed Readers.
- Nine Deaneries (Witham, Hinckford, Braintree, Colchester, Dedham & Tey, Dunmow & Stansted, Harwich, Saffron Walden & Newport, and St Osyth).
- Area population: 495,460 (2001 Census) taking in part or all of the Braintree, Colchester, Maldon, Tendring and Uttlesford local authorities.
- Electoral roll: 14,987 church members (2004 figure)
- 62 schools with church links (23 Church schools, 35 Controlled and 4 Foundation)
- Major locations in the Episcopal area include London Stansted Airport, Harwich International Port, The University of Essex, and Colchester, England's oldest recorded town
- The Colchester Episcopal area stretches for 70 miles from West to East - from Great Chishill in Cambridgeshire (near the Duxford air museum on the M11 motorway) to Harwich and Clacton on the Essex coast.
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