Runwell
Runwell is a village and civil parish in the Chelmsford district of Essex, England.
Runwell is a village and civil parish in the Chelmsford district of Essex, England. The village immediately adjoins the northern edge of the town of Wickford. The parish also includes rural areas, particularly to the north and east of the village, and includes the St Luke's Park development at the former Runwell Hospital site. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 4,450.
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Getting to Runwell
- Airports
- London Stansted (STN), 36 km · London Luton (LTN), 68 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 71 km
- Stations
- Battlesbridge railway station, 1.8 km · Wickford railway station, 1.8 km
- London → Runwell47 km · quickest by road, 1h 39m · £5–7
- Luton, Luton → Runwell71 km · quickest by road, 1h 47m · £9–11
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Runwell191 km · quickest by road, 3h 25m · £21–28
- 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 Runwell
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 Runwell. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- 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.
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Next door to Runwell
Runwell is 45 km from Islington, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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