Retirement Properties Spotlight in Wakes Colne

Wakes Colne is a about two and a half miles further downstream from the larger centre of Earls Colne. It shares a local station with the neighbouring village of Chappel and connects with the Great Eastern Line at Sudbury taking about 15 minutes. 

Earls Colne together with Wakes Colne and White Colne has a large entry in Domesday. A Benedictine priory was founded by the de Veres family in the early 12th century and the Earls Colne Heritage Museum records The Earls of Oxford who held the manor for over 700 years. Also the successful Atlas Works firm which made agricultural machinery and gained a national reputation. Ralph Josselin, the famous diarist and local vicar, lived in the village in the17th century. The village has a good range of local shops and an active local community.