Travelling to and around North Essex

North Essex has excellent transport links and is ideally located for seeing all that Essex and East Anglia has to offer. 

The information on this page will help you plan your stay.

By Rail
There are frequent trains between Witham and London Liverpool Street (50mins), and Norwich (1hr 30mins)  There are also stations at Cressing, Freeport and Braintree, served by a branch line from Witham, as well as stations at Sudbury and Bures situated on the Essex/Suffolk borders, served by a branch line from Marks Tey.  Trains are hourly on both of these branch lines.
For more information visit www.nationalexpresseastanglia.com/ or www.nationalrail.co.uk/

By Road
There are excellent routes into North Essex from most of the country via the A12, A120, A14, M11 and M25, for more information on planning your journey here, please use the AA's route planner. 
For further information visit www.theaa.com/route-planner/index.jsp 

By Coach
The National Express coach network has daily coaches into Witham and to Stansted Airport, linking all major destinations in the UK.
For more information, please contact the Witham Visitor information Centre or visit http://www.nationalexpress.com/coach/index.cfm

By Bus
There is an extensive bus network across North Essex, making many of the towns and villages assessible. 
For further information please visit http://www.travelinesoutheast.org.uk/

By Air
London Stansted is just 20 minutes from North Essex with direct access via the A120, there are regular coach transfers between Stansted and Braintree. 
For more information please visit www.stanstedairport.com/ 

By Sea
North Essex is within easy reach of the ports of Tilbury and Harwich.
Harwich is only 50mins via train or 45 mins via road (A120, A133, A12), where as tilbury is 1hr by road.
For further information, please visit www.harwich.co.uk/passenger.htm or http://www.forthports.co.uk/ports/ports/tilbury/information_tilbury/

Further Travel Information
Up to date Travel Information can also be found at Essex Council's Traffic Control Centre.  The Essex bus and train map and town maps also details many of the transport routes across the county.