MULTIPLE SERVICES | Head Street, Colchester | OVERNIGHT ROAD CLOSURE

30th Jul 2025North Essex

Location

Head Street, Colchester
Cause

Utility Repair and Maintenance Works
Responsibility

Anglian Water
Effective

03/08/2025 - 04/08/2025

High Street, Colchester is closed for overnight roadworks from 19:00hrs on Sunday 3rd August to 05:00hrs on Monday 4th August 2025.

Due to the location of the road closure - the following services will be placed on minor diversions: 51 / 52 / 53 / 54 / 55 / 56 / 57 / 1A / 2A / 68A / X71/371 / 75 / 87 / 88/88A / 104/102 / X20

The following bus stops will not be served for the duration of the closure:

51	Head Street
52	Head Street
53	Head Street
54	Head Street/High Street/Queen Street
55	Head Street
56	Head Street/High Street/Angel Court/Queen Street
57	Head Street/High Street/Angel Court/Queen Street
1A	Head Street
2A	Head Street
68A	Head Street
X71/371	Head Street/High Street
75	Head Street/High Street
87	Head Street
88/88A	Head Street/High Street
104/102	Head Street/The George/Greyfriars/The Surgery
X20	Head Street/High Street

We apologise for the disruption to your bus journey.

80A & 80C - A128

Due to roadworks, services will divert as follows:

80C:

Normal line of route to Hutton Drive, Hanging Hill Lane, Rayleigh Road, Chelmsford Road, Middleton Hall Lane, Ingrave Road, Orchard Drive, Running Waters. Pondfield Lane, Norman Crescent, line of route back to Brentwood.

80A:

Normal line to Norman Crescent, Pondfield Lane, Ingrave Road, Middleton Hall Lane, Chelmsford Road, Rayleigh Road, Hanging Hill Lane, Hutton Drive, line of Route.

>>> Service Changes from Sunday 31st August 2025

We are making changes to the Essex bus network from Sunday 31st August 2025.

Key details:

Ahead of the start of the new school term, beginning next month, we’ll be introducing a range of service improvements across our region on Sunday 31st August.

Service:	Journey:	What's changing?
X10	Airlink - Basildon to Stansted Airport	Monday to Friday - MORNING journeys will depart Basildon earlier - to improve route punctuality.
X20	Airlink - Braintree to Stansted Airport	The 08:35 journey will now terminate at Osborne Street, Colchester. The 10:40 journey will now commence at High Street, Colchester.
X30	Airlink - Southend to Stansted Airport	NEW pick-up/drop-off points on London Road, Rayleigh - The bus stops are called: opp Electricity Board and o/s Electricity Board. No change to timetable.
9	Basildon to Brentwood	Minor changes to the timetable.
21/21S	Southend to Canvey Island	Revised timetable - to operate on a hourly basis Monday to Saturday (with additional journeys at school times). The 21 service will now operate (east of Southend city centre) via Woodgrange Drive and past Thorpe Bay station. Following Great Wakering Church the 21 service continues to Shoeburyness East Beach and no longer to Landwick.
26	Southend to Shoeburyness	The 26 service will now operate between Southend and Shoeburyness East Beach ONLY - on a hourly basis - via Woodgrange Drive, Lifstan Way, Bournes Green Chase, North Shoebury Road, Maplin Way North and Campfield Road.
25/825	Basildon to Southend	Minor changes to the timetable - a small number of underutilised journeys have been withdrawn.
27/27A/827	Southend to Canvey Island	Minor changes to the timetable.
28	Southend to Basildon	Minor changes to the timetable.
625	Chelmsford to Southend Schools	Minor changes to the timetable. Service 625 will now operate via Eastwood Kent Elm. Progress Road will no longer be served.
725	Basildon to Southend Schools	WITHDRAWN - NO LONGER IN OPERATION
C2	Chelmsford to Broomfield Hospital	Minor changes to the timetable - EVENING ONLY
31/331/332/333	Chelmsford to Burnham-on-Crouch	EXTRA JOURNEYS - FUNDED BY BSIP (Love Your Bus) - The NEW morning and afternoon journeys are indicated on the revised 31/331/332/333 timetable.
37	Warley to Bishops Hall Estate	The Monday to Saturday service has been WITHDRAWN – NO LONGER IN OPERATION. An alternative service to use between Warley and Brentwood is the 351 service. The Sunday service continues to operate.
70/170/370	Chelmsford to Braintree	Minor changes to the timetable.
71/X71/371	Chelmsford to Colchester	Minor changes to the timetable.
351	Chelmsford to Brentwood	EXTRA JOURNEYS - FUNDED BY BSIP (Love Your Bus) - The NEW Monday to Friday off-peak journeys are indicated on the revised 351 timetable.
51	Highwoods to Wivenhoe	Minor changes to the timetable.
52	Stanway to Highwoods	Minor changes to the timetable.
54	Colchester to Greenstead	Minor changes to the timetable.
55/55A	Colchester to Greenstead	The Monday to Saturday service to operate on a hourly basis between Colchester and West Mersea. Monday to Saturday journeys to Monkwick will NO LONGER OPERATE. The Sunday service to continue to operate on a half hourly basis.
56	Colchester to Layer de la Haye	The 56 service will now serve Osborne Street, Colchester.
57	Colchester to Baronswood Way	The 57 service will now serve Osborne Street, Colchester.
68/68A	Highwoods to West Mersea	Minor changes to the timetable.
87	Great Horkesley to Brightlingsea	Minor changes to the timetable - specifically schoolday only departure times. The Monday to Friday service will now operate on a half hourly basis between 10:00 and 13.00.
102/104	Colchester to Harwich	Minor changes to the timetable. NEW Monday to Friday departure at 17:10 (This journey replaces the following departures: 16:55 and 17:25).
320	Colchester to Great Notley	The 14:40 and 17:35 journeys from Colchester are WITHDRAWN - NO LONGER IN OPERATION.

The NEW timetables are available to download/print here ↓