51 & 53 / DIVERSION / Military Road / 12th of January 2026

Due to an unplanned closure on Military Road, our 51 and 53 service will have to divert via the following:

We will be unable to serve any stops on the 51 service between St Botolphs Roundabout and Old Heath Post office. 

Towards Town:

Recreational Ground, Wimpole, Brooke street, East Hill , Queen Street & Osbourne Street. 

Wivenhoe / Rowhedge: 

Mersea Road, Abbots Road & Old Heath until further notice.

There are delays at Stick War Memorial in both directions.

This will impact the 300, 561 school services and the 13B partially .

The 300 will be terminating at The Market towards Chelmsford and starting service toward Basildon from The Cathedral at Duke street.

This means that temporarily the 300s will  not go into the Bus Station.

Customers should walk toward The High Street to get the 300. This is short term until the delays clear.

 Service 104 departing Wix Cross at 07:09 towards Colchester City Centre has broken down.

A replacement bus has been dispatched, and the service will operate, but with delays.

This issue will also affect the 09:00 departure from Wix Cross, which is expected to run late as well. 

We apologise for any inconvenience caused.