Cycling maps of Colchester
Colchester City Council’s Cycle Colchester team is printing some more maps from mid 2025 – just ask for one! See a PDF version here
Explore our city (and others in Britain) using the Cyclestreets map.
There’s also an Ordnance Survey map here.
Here’s a map of Colchester Hospital showing the cycle parking spaces.
And if you're wanting to cycle to and from the Harwich ferry, look no further.
• Local weather
• Local tides (based on Harwich; add 40min for the Strood at Mersea.)
Further afield
For longer trips, the Cycling UK journey planner or the Sustrans map of the National Cycle Network are best.
Colchester leisure cycling routes to try
• Komoot Colchester – NB, some of these are on busy roads
• Colchester Cycling Map
• Colchester - Sudbury - Halstead loop
• Marks Tey to Toppesfield loop
• Colchester - Kersey - Hadleigh loop
• Colchester to Stratford St Mary loop
• Colchester - Hadleigh - Raydon loop
• Colchester - Dedham - Ardleigh loop
• Colchester to Walton seaside route
• 53km Colchester to Tollesbury and return
• 67km Stour and Brett valleys; few busy roads
• Abberton Reservoir loop
• Colchester to Brightlingsea avoiding Tenpenny Hill
• Colchester to Fingringhoe via Friday Wood
• More routes based on Colchester
• Cycling to and from the port of Harwich: see link or contact us for advice
Cycle touring in England and Wales
• Tour Norfolk on the Rebellion Way
• Tour Suffolk on the Wolf Way
• Tour Hampshire and Surrey on King Alfred’s Way
• Tour Kent on the Cantii Way
• Tour North Wales on the Traws Eryri (Snowdonia)
More cycling maps
• Find a route on the National Cycling Network
• The NCN on an Ordnance Survey map
• Cyclestreets map based on London (easy to use for anywhere in the UK)
• Need more help getting across London?• Biking routes around Ipswich
Going abroad? Handy links for Europe
• Take your bike by train to Holland
• Dutch campsites
• Warmshowers for cycle tourists
• Four-day slow cycling events in the Netherlands — ideal for families
• A 116km French section of the 4,500km Eurovelo 8 route
Colchester cycling clubs
• Colchester Cycling UK runs Sunday rides at speeds of 10-12 mph (slow) – all ages and abilities. The late Alan Palmer, a CCC member for 30 years, was instrumental in getting this going.
• Happy Handlebars is a family cycling group offering short rides and Cycling for Pleasure (Colchester) is for those who like an occasional bimble in good company..
• Forty Plus is active across the county. They set off at 18km/h but are likely to be still doing that 12 hours later
• For racing, sportives, time-trials or audax see Colchester Rovers, VC Revolution, Amis Velo, and VC Oyster (Mersea).
