Village in Essex, England

Little Maplestead

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

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Every way there

London → Little Maplestead
75 km · quickest by road, 2h 10m · £9–12
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Luton, Luton → Little Maplestead
74 km · quickest by road, 2h 12m · £9–12
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Nottingham, Leicestershire → Little Maplestead
164 km · quickest by road, 3h 20m · £18–24
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The field note

What is in and around Little 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 Little Maplestead has

YScheduled flightsLondon, Essex (STN), 30 km
NTrains and coachesno timetable feed known for this country
YFerriesWivenhoe Fingringhoe Rowhedge Ferry, 24 km; sailings estimated
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.

51.975°, 0.655°

At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 257.

How locals move

Getting around Little 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.