Virley
Virley is a small village and civil parish in the City of Colchester district of Essex, England.
Virley is a small village and civil parish in the City of Colchester district of Essex, England. It lies 7 miles (11 km) south of Colchester. Virley closely adjoins the neighbouring village of Salcott, from which it is separated by Virley Brook, also known as Salcott Creek. The two settlements are sometimes described as one village called Salcott-cum-Virley; they have formed a single ecclesiastical parish called Salcott Virley since 1879. At the 2021 census the civil parish of Virley had a population of 64. Virley shares a grouped parish council with the neighbouring parishes of Great and Little Wigborough, Peldon, and Salcott, called the Winstred Hundred Parish Council.
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Getting to Virley
- Airports
- London Stansted (STN), 42 km · London Luton (LTN), 83 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 96 km
- Stations
- Tollesbury railway station, 3.1 km
- London, Essex → Virley73 km · quickest by road, 2h 13m · £8–11
- London → Virley73 km · quickest by road, 2h 13m · £8–11
- Luton, Luton → Virley86 km · quickest by road, 2h 17m · £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 Virley
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 Virley. 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 Virley
- Tollesburyvillage and civil parish in Essex, England, UK3.4 km
- Tolleshunt D'Arcyvillage in Essex, England, UK2.9 km
- Layer Marneyvillage in Essex, England, UK3.6 km
- Great and Little Wigboroughcivil parish in Colchester, Essex, England1.6 km
- Great Wigboroughvillage in Essex, United Kingdom2.1 km
- Little Wigboroughvillage in Essex, United Kingdom3.1 km