Heckfordbridge
Heckfordbridge or Heckford is a hamlet in the civil parish of Birch, in the Colchester district, in the county of Essex, England.
Heckfordbridge or Heckford is a hamlet in the civil parish of Birch, in the Colchester district, in the county of Essex, England.
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Worth seeing in and around Heckfordbridge
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.
- 01Colchester Zoo
Colchester Zoo is a zoological garden situated near Colchester, England. Open since June 1963, the zoo is home to many rare and endangered species, including big cats, primates and birds as well as many invertebrates and fish species.
700 m · zoological garden situated in Colchester, England · Wikipedia - 02Church of St Michael and All Angels
The Church of St Michael and All Angels, Copford is a 12th-century parish church located near the small village of Copford, Essex. It most likely served as a chapel to nearby Copford Hall, once owned by the bishops of London.
1.5 km · historic church in Copford,, Essex, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 03Copford Hall
Copford Hall is a manorial seat and Grade II listed country house, with gardens by Capability Brown, in the village of Copford, Essex, England, 46 miles from London. The building was at one time owned by the bishops of London, and its grounds are described in Pevsner as "almost the beau idéal of what to the foreigner is an English landscape scene".
1.5 km · English country house in Copford Green, Essex, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Heckfordbridge
- Airports
- London Stansted (STN), 41 km · London Luton (LTN), 82 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 99 km
- Stations
- Marks Tey railway station, 3.7 km
- London, Essex → Heckfordbridge76 km · quickest by road, 2h 10m · £8–11
- London → Heckfordbridge76 km · quickest by road, 2h 10m · £8–11
- Luton, Luton → Heckfordbridge85 km · quickest by road, 2h 14m · £12–15
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Heckfordbridge
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 Heckfordbridge. 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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If you know how people move in Heckfordbridge – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Heckfordbridge
- Copfordvillage and civil parish in Essex, England, UK2.7 km
- Marks Teyvillage in Essex, England, UK4 km
- Layer de la Hayevillage in Essex, England, UK3 km
- Stanwayvillage and civil parish in Essex, England, UK2.5 km
- Layer Bretonvillage in Essex, England, UK3.3 km
- Birchvillage and civil parish in Essex, England, UK1.6 km