Burnham-on-Crouch
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Burnham-on-Crouch is a town and civil parish in the Maldon District of Essex, in the East of England; it lies on the north bank of the River Crouch. It is one of Britain's leading places for yachting.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.static_image_name
- Spinnakers on the River Crouch.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Yacht racing under spinnakers on the River Crouch, Burnham-on-Crouch
- UK place.official_name
- Burnham-on-Crouch
- UK place.label_position
- top
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TQ948959
- UK place.population
- 8,852
- UK place.population_ref
- (Parish, 2021)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Burnham-on-Crouch
- UK place.shire_district
- Maldon
- UK place.shire_county
- Essex
- UK place.region
- East of England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Maldon
- UK place.post_town
- Burnham-on-Crouch
- UK place.postcode_area
- CM
- UK place.postcode_district
- CM0
- UK place.dial_code
- 01621
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- Sport
- Yachting
- Other sporting activities
- Notable people
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Burnham-on-Crouch is a town and civil parish in the Maldon District of Essex, in the East of England; it lies on the north bank of the River Crouch. It is one of Britain's leading places for yachting.
The civil parish extends east of the town to the mouth of the River Crouch. It includes the hamlets of Creeksea and Ostend west of the town; Stoneyhills to the north; and Dammer Wick, West Wick and East Wick east of the town. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 8,852 and the Burnham-on-Crouch built up area had a population of 7,805.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Burnham-on-Crouch” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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