Village in Essex, England

Great Maplestead

Great Maplestead is a village and civil parish in the Braintree district of Essex, England.

Plan a trip to Great Maplestead→From Luton, Luton

Every way there

Luton, Luton → Great Maplestead
72 km · quickest by road, 2h 9m · £9–12
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London → Great Maplestead
73 km · quickest by road, 2h 8m · £8–11
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Nottingham, Leicestershire → Great Maplestead
162 km · quickest by road, 3h 17m · £18–24
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The field note

What is in and around Great Maplestead, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move.

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What Great Maplestead has

YScheduled flightsLondon, Essex (STN), 29 km
NTrains and coachesno timetable feed known for this country
NFerriesno crossing within 25 km
YDriving and taxiOpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band
NBike and scooter shareno share feed known
NCruisesno open itinerary source anywhere

Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known. Nearest place with more: Braintree, 13 km.

51.981°, 0.631°

At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 385.

How locals move

Getting around Great Maplestead the local way

Get inThe complete route requires ferry crossings, and follows a mix of on- and off-road paths and terrains.

From Wikivoyage: Long Melford, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.