• Location
    The Avenue, Wivenhoe
  • Cause
    Roadworks
  • Responsibility
    Essex County Council
  • Effective
    01/07/2024 - 06/07/2024

Service update was amended on 26/06/2024 | Reason for amendment: additional detail provided regarding 87 journeys not serving Wivenhoe.


The Avenue, Wivenhoe will be closed on a nightly basis for roadworks; from Monday 1st July to Friday 6th July 2024 - between the hours of 20:00 and 06:00 the next morning.

Due to the location of the road closure, the S1, 74B and 87 services will be placed on diversion:

74B (to Clacton-on-Sea) and 87 (to Brightlingsea) 

Services 74B and 87* will divert, in both directions, via Rectory Road. The following bus stops will not be served:  

  • Wivenhoe Cross
  • Rosabelle Avenue
  • Co-op
  • Cemetery

*87 journeys that terminate at Wivenhoe, opp Co-op bus stop

The 87 journeys that terminate at Wivenhoe, opp Co-op bus stop will not be placed on diversion. The following journeys will terminate at adj South Courts bus stop and will not serve Wivenhoe:

Colchester Railway Station (Stand B) 19:52 20:58 22:03 23:25
Colchester Railway Station Layby (Stand F) 19:54 21:00 22:05 23:27
Colchester The George (Stop Gc) 20:00 21:06 22:11 23:33
The Hythe, opp Tesco Store 20:08 21:14 22:18 23:40
University of Essex, adj South Courts 20:14 21:20 22:25 23:47
Wivenhoe, o/s Cricket Ground 20:18 21:24 22:29 23:51
Wivenhoe, opp Co-op 20:20 21:26 22:31 23:53

S1

The following journeys will terminate at adj South Courts bus stop and will not serve Wivenhoe:

Highwoods Square (Stop 3) 18:47 19:07 19:27 19:47 20:15 20:45 21:15 21:45 22:45
Colchester, opp Newcomen Way 18:51 19:11 19:31 19:51 20:19 20:49 21:19 21:49 22:49
Colchester General Hospital (Stop 2) 18:58 19:18 19:38 19:58 20:25 20:55 21:25 21:55 22:55
Colchester Railway Station Layby (Stand F) 19:05 19:25 19:45 20:04 20:30 21:00 21:30 22:00 23:00
Colchester Angel Court (Stop Gb) 19:12 19:32 19:52 20:10 20:36 21:06 21:36 22:06 23:06
Colchester Queen Street (Stop Ja) 19:15 19:35 19:55 20:13 20:39 21:09 21:39 22:09 23:09
Old Heath, opp Grange Way 19:25 19:45 20:04 20:21 20:47 21:17 21:47 22:17 23:17
Colchester University Quays (SW-bound) 19:30 19:50 20:09 20:26 20:52 21:22 21:52 22:22 23:22
University of Essex, adj South Courts 19:39 19:59 20:18 20:35 21:00 21:30 22:00 22:30 23:30
Wivenhoe, o/s Co-op 19:45 20:05 20:23 20:40 21:05 21:35 22:05 22:35 23:35
Wivenhoe, o/s Railway Station 19:48 20:08 20:26 20:43 21:08 21:38 22:08 22:38 23:38

The following journeys will commence at opp South Courts bus stop and will not serve Wivenhoe:

Wivenhoe, o/s Railway Station 20:15 20:45 21:15 21:45 22:15
Wivenhoe, opp Co-op 20:17 20:47 21:17 21:47 22:17
University of Essex, opp South Courts 20:22 20:52 21:22 21:52 22:22
Colchester University Quays (SW-bound) 20:30 21:00 21:30 22:00 22:29
Old Heath, adj Grange Way 20:35 21:04 21:34 22:04 22:33
Colchester Osborne Street (Stop Ae) 20:46 21:16 21:46 22:16  
Colchester Head Street (Stop Ec) 20:49 21:19 21:49 22:19  
Colchester Railway Station Layby (Stand Ea) 20:54 21:23 21:53 22:23  
Colchester, o/s General Hospital - main Rd 20:59 21:27 21:57 22:27  
Colchester, adj Newcomen Way 21:05 21:33 22:03 22:33  
Highwoods Square (Stop 1) 21:10 21:38 22:08 22:38  

We apologise for the disruption to your bus journey.

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