town in north eastern Essex, England, United Kingdom
Wivenhoe is a small town in Essex, England, near the city of Colchester and the Tendring Peninsula. Independent shops and pubs line small, narrow streets and a compact quayside on the tidal River Colne.
🌍 Wivenhoe is just over an hour from London Liverpool Street station in The City (change for: CEN CIR H&C MET ELI OGD and 
to Stansted Airport and Cambridge).
Greater Anglia operates all trains to Wivenhoe in the early mornings, daytimes and late evenings, but there are no overnight services.
You can also travel by train direct to Wivenhoe from London Stratford (change for: CEN JUB ELI OGD ), Shenfield (change for: ELI and to Southend), Chelmsford, Colchester (change for: to Ipswich and Norwich), Colchester Town, Clacton-on-Sea and Walton-on-the-Naze.
Routes to Wivenhoe include:
))From Colchester, use 
and join B1028 into Wivenhoe town centre.
From London and Chelmsford, exit 
at junction 26 for towards Clacton, through Colchester city centre.
From Ipswich, exit at junction 29 for 
into Colchester city centre. Join eastbound towards Clacton.
From Brightlingsea, leave the town on the B1029. Turn left onto B1027 towards Alresford then follow signs for Wivenhoe.
From Clacton, leave the town on the B1027 towards St Osyth then Alresford, then follow signs for Wivenhoe.
Wivenhoe is on National Cycle Network Route 51, maintained by Sustrans. The route is signposted.
The route from Colchester city centre is mainly traffic-free, following the River Colne's northern bank from The Hythe. Route 51 meets Route 1 (Dover, Kent - Tain, Ross-shire, via London, Lee Valley, Norwich and North Norfolk) in Colchester.
The route from Harwich follows mainly minor roads, through Great Oakley and Elmstead Market.