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Battlesbridge

Battlesbridge is a village in Essex, England.

Battlesbridge
Battlesbridge · Wikimedia Commons
The place

Battlesbridge is a village in Essex, England. It straddles the River Crouch which is tidal and navigable up to this point. It is approximately 14 miles (23 km) south-southeast of Chelmsford and 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Rayleigh. The north bank of the river is in the civil parish of Rettendon, while the south bank is in Rawreth. It is a suburb of the town of Wickford and falls under the postal codes used in Wickford.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Battlesbridge

Airports
London Stansted (STN), 37 km · London Luton (LTN), 70 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 73 km
  • London → Battlesbridge
    50 km · quickest by road, 1h 34m · £5–7
  • Luton, Luton → Battlesbridge
    73 km · quickest by road, 1h 47m · £9–12
  • Birmingham, West Midlands → Battlesbridge
    194 km · quickest by road, 3h 26m · £22–29
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Battlesbridge

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 Battlesbridge. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inIt is served by Stena Line ferries from Hook of Holland (), near The Hague and Rotterdam.
  • Get inAt Harwich, Harwich International railway station is attached to the ferry terminal.
  • Get inis served by the Harwich Harbour Ferry during summer months, direct from Shotley and Felixstowe, both in Suffolk.

From Wikivoyage: Essex (England), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-05.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    167 km
  2. 02
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    351 km
  3. 03
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    367 km
  4. 04
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    579 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    613 km

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Next door to Battlesbridge

Battlesbridge is 48 km from Islington, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.