Colchester, South Africa
# Colchester, South Africa

Colchester is a town in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It forms part of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality which governs Gqeberha and surrounding towns and suburbs.

## Geography

The small town of Colchester lies about 40 kilometres north-east of Port Elizabeth (since 2021 renamed Gqeberha). It also lies on the N2 about 20 minutes from Port Elizabeth and an 1 hour from Makhanda.

It lies on the banks of the Sundays River and the south-eastern border of the Sundays River Valley region.

