Abberton

Worth seeing in and around Abberton

3 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Abberton Reservoir

   Abberton Reservoir is a pumped storage freshwater reservoir in eastern England near the Essex coast, with an area of 700 hectares. Most of its water is pumped from the River Stour.

   3.8 km · reservoir in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Roman River SSSI

   Roman River is a 275.6-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Colchester in Essex. Two areas, Friday Wood and Donyland Wood, were formerly separate SSSIs.

   1.8 km · UK Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia
3. 03
   St Michael's Church, Berechurch

   St Michael's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Berechurch, Essex, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.

   3.1 km · church in Colchester, Essex, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Abberton

Airports

London Stansted (STN), 47 km · London Luton (LTN), 88 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 103 km

Stations

Wivenhoe railway station, 4 km

• London, Essex → Abberton

  80 km · quickest by road, 2h 22m · £9–12
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• London → Abberton

  80 km · quickest by road, 2h 22m · £9–12
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• Luton, Luton → Abberton

  91 km · quickest by road, 2h 26m · £12–16
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No local-transport research exists yet for Abberton

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Abberton. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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