St John Payne Catholic School
Getting to and from St John Payne Catholic School
These routes and maps are suggestions of how you could stop taking the car and swap to cycling, walking, or scooting to school. They don’t show every possible route and you could have fun finding a way that works for you. If you know a safe way that gets you there even quicker, that’s great! Take that route instead.
Address
Patching Hall Lane
Chelmsford
Essex
CM1 4BS
Heavy traffic zone
Heavy traffic at drop off and pick up times is usual. We recommend avoiding roads within roughly 1000 metres of St John Payne Catholic School. This includes large parts of Broomfield Road, Patching Hall Lane, Seventh Avenue, Fifth Avenue, Chelmer Valley Road, Alan Cherry Drive, Melbourne Avenue, Salerno Way, Arnehem Road, St Nazaire Road, Wickham Crescent, Partridge Avenue and the smaller roads attached to them.
Cycling and walking routes
From the East - cycling or walking
Melbourne Park Car Park (1.2km approx.)
Drop off at Melbourne Car Park and exit onto Salerno Way. Turn left onto Arnhem Road and then turn left at the crossroads and follow onto St Nazaire Road. Turn left onto Jardyce and then follow onto the public footpath and continue onto Crushton Place. Follow the road onto straight Wickham Crescent and turn left onto Partridge Avenue. Use the first exit to reach St John Payne Catholic School.
Anglia Ruskin University via Bishop Hall Lane (1.9km approx.)
Drop off at Anglia Ruskin University. Follow Bishop Hall Lane and use the footpath through the industrial estate. Follow the path to the Springfield Football Club. Follow the public footpath onto Arun Close and continue onto Fifth Avenue. Turn right onto Broomfield Road, then turn left onto Patching Hall Lane to reach St John Payne Catholic School.
From the South East - cycling only
Anglia Ruskin University via Alan Cherry Lane (1.9km approx.)
Drop off at Anglia Ruskin University. Follow Alan Cherry Lane and use the footpath through the industrial estate. Follow path to the Springfield Football Club. Follow the public footpath onto Arun Close. Follow Fifth Avenue and turn right onto Broomfield Road. Turn left onto Patching Hall Lane to reach St John Payne Catholic School.
From the South East - cycling and walking
Anglia Ruskin University via Bishop Hall Lane (1.9km approx.)
Drop off at Anglia Ruskin University. Follow Bishop Hall Lane and use the footpath through the industrial estate. Follow the path to the Springfield Football Club. Turn left onto Arun Close and continue onto Fifth Avenue. Turn left onto Seventh Avenue and then turn left onto Broomfield Road. Turn left onto Patching Hall Lane to reach St John Payne Catholic School.
Bus routes
The First Essex Bus 32 stop directly in front of the school and links with Chelmsford Bus Station, Chelmsford Railway Station and Oxney Green, and Ongar. More frequent services such as the First Bus 40 to Boreham and First Bus 42 to Greenwood can be caught on Broomfield road.
Train routes
John Payne is a 2km walk from Chelmsford station, which is a healthy and refreshing walk at either end of the school day. Getting the train will be by far the quickest way to get to Chelmsford for those living in Witham, Ingatestone and Shenfield. Greater Anglia offer discounts on train travel for students at some schools.