title: Colchester, South Africa
text: # 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.
  
  