Service 88B | Fiddlers Hill, Fordham Heath | ROAD CLOSED
North Essex
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LocationFiddlers Hill, Fordham Heath
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CauseUtility Repair and Maintenance Works
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ResponsibilityAnglian Water
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Effective28/05/2025 - 30/05/2025
Fiddlers Hill, Fordham Heath is closed for roadworks until Friday 30th May 2025.
Due to the location of the road closure - the 88B service will divert in both directions via Wood Lane, A1124, Ponders Road and Lucas Avenue.
The following bus stops will not be served in both directions:
- Fiddlers Folly
- Fordham Primary School
We apologise for the disruption to your bus journey.
Travel Alerts
>>> Service Changes from Sunday 31st August 2025
21/08/2025 - An update has been added regarding the operation of the 37 service - Monday to Saturday - from 1st September 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. Service 351 will continue to serve the section of route between Brentwood High Street and Warley. UPDATE 21/08/2025 - Central Connect will operate the Monday to Saturday service (to be renumbered as SERVICE 60) from 1st September 2025. The new timetable can be found on Central Connect's website here: Essex - Back to Brentwood - Central Connect |
| 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 ↓
>>> TEMPORARY TIMETABLE | Service 73/73A/73B | Langford Road, Langford | ROAD CLOSED
UPDATED 26/08/2025 - Further disruption to the 73, 73A and 73B services due to emergency closure of Maypole Road, Great Totham: Service 73/73A/73B | Maypole Road, Great Totham | ROAD CLOSED | First Bus
Langford Road, Langford will be closed between Witham Road and Maypole Road from Wednesday 23rd July to Sunday 31st August 2025
The 73, 73A and 73B services will be diverted in both directions via Witham Road (B1018), Langford Road, Maldon Road, Blue Mills Hill, Witham Road, The Street and Maypole Road.
Two temporary stops will be installed at Langford Church and Mill House Hotel.
The following stops will not be served:
- Langford Place
- Langford Church
A temporary timetable will be in place, for the duration of the road closure, 23/07/2025 - 31/08/2025:
| CHELMSFORD - HATFIELD PEVEREL - HEYBRIDGE - MALDON | |||||||
| 73 | 73 | 73 | 73B | 73 | 73 | [ ] | |
| Chelmsford, Bus Station | 07:00 | 10:00 | 12:00 | 14:00 | 16:30 | 17:55 | - |
| Springfield The Plough | 07:11 | 10:11 | 12:12 | 14:12 | 16:42 | 18:07 | - |
| Springfield, adj Sainsburys | 07:15 | 10:15 | 12:16 | 14:16 | 16:46 | 18:11 | - |
| Boreham Village St Andrew Church | - | - | - | 14:22 | - | - | - |
| Boreham, Waltham Road | 07:21 | 10:21 | 12:22 | 14:25 | 16:52 | 18:17 | - |
| Hatfield Peverel, Duke of Wellington | 07:25 | 10:25 | 12:26 | 14:29 | 16:56 | 18:21 | - |
| Hatfield Peverel, Nounsley Corner | 07:29 | 10:29 | 12:30 | 14:33 | 17:00 | 18:25 | - |
| Ulting, Does Corner | 07:32 | 10:32 | 12:34 | 14:37 | 17:04 | 18:29 | - |
| Langford Mill House Hotel | 07:36 | 10:36 | 12:38 | 14:41 | 17:08 | 18:33 | - |
| ↓ NON-STOP VIA WICKHAM BISHOPS TO HEYBRIDGE HOLLOWAY ROAD ↓ | |||||||
| Heybridge, Benbridge Hotel | 07:58 | 10:58 | 13:00 | 15:02 | 17:30 | 18:54 | - |
| Heybridge, Lawlings Avenue | 08:01 | 11:02 | 13:04 | 15:06 | 17:34 | 18:58 | - |
| Heybridge Basin, The Colliers | 08:06 | 11:06 | 13:08 | 15:10 | 17:38 | 19:02 | - |
| Maldon Tesco Store | 08:13 | 11:13 | 13:15 | 15:17 | 17:45 | 19:09 | - |
| Maldon, White Horse | 08:15 | 11:16 | 13:18 | 15:20 | 17:48 | 19:12 | - |
| Maldon, Fambridge Road | 08:17 | 11:19 | 13:21 | 15:23 | 17:51 | 19:15 | - |
| Maldon, Cherry Gardens | 08:20 | 11:22 | 13:24 | 15:26 | 17:54 | 19:18 | - |
| MALDON - HEYBRIDGE - HATFIELD PEVEREL - CHELMSFORD | |||||||
| 73A | 73B | 73 | 73 | 73 | 73 | 73 | |
| Maldon, Cherry Gardens | - | 08:25 | 11:30 | 13:30 | 15:30 | 18:00 | - |
| Maldon, Milton Road | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20:50 |
| Maldon, Washington Road | - | 08:28 | 11:33 | 13:33 | 15:33 | 18:03 | - |
| Maldon, All Saints Church | - | 08:31 | 11:36 | 13:36 | 15:36 | 18:06 | 20:55 |
| Maldon Tesco Store | - | 08:34 | 11:39 | 13:39 | 15:39 | 18:09 | - |
| Heybridge, Lawlings Avenue | - | 08:41 | 11:46 | 13:46 | 15:46 | 18:16 | - |
| Heybridge Basin, The Colliers | 07:05 | 08:45 | 11:50 | 13:50 | 15:50 | 18:20 | - |
| Heybridge, Benbridge Hotel | 07:10 | 08:50 | 11:55 | 13:55 | 15:55 | 18:25 | 20:59 |
| ↓ NON-STOP FROM HEYBRIDGE HOLLOWAY ROAD VIA WICKHAM BISHOPS ↓ | |||||||
| Langford opp Church, Maldon Road | 07:29 | 09:09 | 12:14 | 14:14 | 16:14 | 18:43 | 21:18 |
| Ulting, Does Corner | 07:33 | 09:13 | 12:18 | 14:18 | 16:18 | 18:47 | 21:21 |
| Hatfield Peverel, Nounsley Corner | 07:37 | 09:17 | 12:22 | 14:22 | 16:22 | 18:51 | 21:25 |
| Hatfield Peverel, Station Road | 07:41 | 09:21 | 12:26 | 14:26 | 16:26 | 18:55 | 21:29 |
| Boreham, Waltham Road | 07:45 | 09:25 | 12:30 | 14:30 | 16:30 | 18:59 | 21:33 |
| Boreham Village, St Andrew Church | - | 09:28 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Springfield, opp Sainsburys | 07:52 | 09:34 | 12:37 | 14:37 | 16:37 | 19:06 | 21:40 |
| Springfield The Plough | - | 09:38 | 12:41 | 14:41 | 16:41 | 19:10 | 21:44 |
| Chancellor Park, Eglinton Drive | 07:57 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chelmer Village, Shopping Centre | 08:00 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Springfield Park Sandford Road | 08:05 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chelmsford Rail Station, Victoria Road | 08:16 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chelmsford Bus Station | 08:20 | 09:48 | 12:51 | 14:15 | 16:51 | 19:20 | 21:52 |
| Chelmsford, New London Road, H&M | 08:22 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Moulsham, Oaklands Park | 08:30 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
The TEMPORARY timetable is available to download/print here ↓