56 / 57 | Layer Road, Colchester | DAILY ROAD CLOSURE | 13/06 - 15/06

North Essex

  • Location
    Layer Road, Colchester
  • Cause
    Highway Improvement Works
  • Responsibility
    Essex County Council
  • Effective
    13/06/2026 - 15/06/2026

Layer Road, Colchester is closed for daily roadworks from 13/06/2026 to 15/06/2026.

*This is a timed road closure: the road will be closed daily between 08:00hrs and 17:00hrs*

Due to the location of the road closure - the 56 and 57 services will be placed on diversion:

56

The 56 will divert in both directions via Drury Road, Shrub End Road, Gosbecks Road and Paxmans Avenue.

The following bus stop(s) will not be served in both directions:

  • Drury Arms
  • Turnstile Square
  • Rainsborowe Road
  • Boadicea Way South
  • Layer Road
  • Catherine Hunt Way
  • John Kent Avenue
  • Iceni Way
  • Alderman Blaxhill School
  • Paxman Avenue

57

Towards Baronswoods Way: the 57 service will divert via Southway, Mersea Road, Berechurch Road and Baronswood Way.

Towards Colchester City Centre: the 57 service will divert via Fallowfield Road, Earlswood Way, Berechurch Road, Mersea Road and Southway.

The following bus stop(s) will not be served in both directions:

  • Maldon Court
  • Salisbury Avenue
  • Hamilton Road
  • Drury Arms
  • Turnstile Square
  • Rainsborowe Road
  • Boadicea Way South
  • Layer Road
  • Lordswood Road
  • Homefield Road

We apologise for the disruption to your bus journey.

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