Essex
Explore Essex the slow way, 11 bus routes, plus attractions worth the detour.
🚌 Bus journeys
11 bus routes through Essex
Hop on, hop off and watch the scenery roll past.
Bus76, Clacton-on-Sea to Colchester via Frating
The 76 pulls away from Clacton Pier Avenue with gulls overhead and the scent of fish and chips on the breeze…
Bus74, Clacton-on-Sea to Colchester
Trade the retro lights and salty bustle of Clacton Pier Avenue for the quieter suburban lanes of Coppins…
Bus753, Bury St. Edmunds to Sudbury
Leaving Bury St. Edmunds bus station and the modern Arc Shopping Centre behind, the 753 slips into Suffolk's…
Bus98A, 7, 9 – Clacton to Walton-on-the-Naze
Leave Clacton Pier Avenue behind, with salt air drifting from the promenade and the pier reaching out to sea…
Bus99, Southend Pier to Shoeburyness
Start beside the world's longest pier railway with Adventure Island's rollercoasters roaring next door, then…
Bus17, Leigh-on-Sea to Southend
Glide through the green tangle of Belton Hills Nature Reserve, pause by Library Gardens and St Clement's…
Bus68 Southend Pier to Leigh-on-Sea
Experience the captivating Southend Open top bus tour, offering breathtaking coastal views, the world's…
Bus31 Chelmsford – Burnham on Crouch
This journey goes from Chelmsford through Essex villages and wilderness to Burnham-on-Crouch with its bygone…
Bus86 Colchester – West Mersea
This is a peaceful journey on the 86 bus route from Colchester to West Mersea, the UK's most easterly…
Bus75 Colchester – Maldon
The 75 is a beautiful journey from Colchester through the Essex countryside, passing through quaint villages…
Bus8, Clacton Open-Top Bus service
🥾 Walking routes6 in Essex
Stretch your legs between journeys
Real routes with maps and GPX downloads, most reachable car-free.
📍 Editor’s picks · don’t miss
What every visitor to Essex should put on their list
AttractionUpside Down House
AttractionClacton Memorial Gardens
AttractionClacton Pavillion
AttractionPrinces Theatre
AttractionTiptree Jam Museum
AttractionColchester Castle
The largest Norman keep ever built in Europe, set in Castle Park
AttractionSouthend Pier
Southend Pier in Southend-on-Sea is a historic and iconic attraction, featuring the world's longest pleasure…
AttractionAmerican Air Museum
A specialist museum within the Imperial War Museum Duxford site, dedicated to preserving the history of the…
AttractionImperial War Museum Duxford
Britain's premier aviation museum, housed on a former RAF airfield near Cambridge, displaying an exceptional…
AttractionIckleton Church
A small medieval parish church in a hamlet setting near Cambridge, notable for its humble Saxon or Norman…
AttractionGreat Chesterford
A small village on the River Cam in south-west Essex, notable for its medieval church, riverside setting and…
AttractionAudley End House
A magnificent Jacobean mansion set within extensive historic gardens near Saffron Walden, one of Essex's…
ℹ Know before you go
Essex at a glance
🚍 Operators here
3 transport operators serve Essex
The bus and rail companies you’ll meet on these routes.