Elmstead Market
Elmstead Market is a village in the civil parish of Elmstead, in the Tendring district of Essex, England.
Elmstead Market is a village in the civil parish of Elmstead, in the Tendring district of Essex, England. It lies 2+1⁄4 miles (3.6 km) north-east of Wivenhoe and 4+1⁄4 miles (6.8 km) east of Colchester. It is on the A133 road which runs to Clacton-on-Sea to the south-east and Colchester to the west. In 2018 it had an estimated population of 1,684.
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Worth seeing in and around Elmstead Market
5 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.
- 01University of Essex
The University of Essex is a public research university in Essex, England. Established by royal charter in 1965, it is one of the original plate glass universities.
3.1 km · university in Essex, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 02Wivenhoe House
Wivenhoe House is a grade II-listed house located in Colchester, Essex. It is in use as a 4-star hotel.
2.9 km · building in Colchester, Essex, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Salary Brook Local Nature Reserve
Salary Brook Local Nature Reserve is a 17.1 hectare Local Nature Reserve covering a stretch of Salary Brook and its banks on the south-east outskirts of Colchester in Essex. It is owned and managed by Colchester Borough Council.
3.5 km · park in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 04Ardleigh Gravel Pit
Ardleigh Gravel Pit is a 1.2-hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Ardleigh in Essex. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.
3.8 km · Site in Essex, UK · Wikipedia - 05Upper Colne Marshes
Upper Colne Marshes is a 114.1-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south and west of Wivenhoe in Essex. It lies along stretches of the River Colne and Roman River.
3.9 km · UK Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia
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Getting to Elmstead Market
- Airports
- London Stansted (STN), 52 km · London Luton (LTN), 94 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 110 km
- Stations
- Wivenhoe railway station, 3.7 km · Alresford railway station, 2.9 km
- London, Essex → Elmstead Market88 km · quickest by road, 2h 24m · £9–12
- London → Elmstead Market88 km · quickest by road, 2h 24m · £9–12
- Luton, Luton → Elmstead Market97 km · quickest by road, 2h 29m · £13–17
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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No local-transport research exists yet for Elmstead Market
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 Elmstead Market. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundMany National Cycle Routes run off-road and are not suitable for certain bicycle types, e.g.
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Next door to Elmstead Market
- Wivenhoetown in north eastern Essex, England, United Kingdom2.6 km
- Alresfordvillage in Essex, UK3.5 km
- Fratingvillage in Essex, England, UK2.9 km
- Great Bromleyvillage in Essex, England, UK2.8 km
- Elmsteadvillage and civil parish in Essex, UK1.5 km
- Hare Greenhamlet in Essex, England, United Kingdom3.1 km