Harwich and Dovercourt High School

Getting to and from Harwich and Dovercourt High 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

Harwich and Dovercourt High School

Hall Lane

Dovercourt

Harwich

Essex

CO12 3TG

Heavy traffic zone

Heavy traffic at drop off and pick up times is usual. We recommend avoiding roads within roughly 1000 metres of Harwich and Dovercourt High School. This includes Gordon Road, Abbott Road and Wick Lane and the smaller roads attached to them.

Cycling and walking routes

From the North East - cycling or walking

Heron Way (2.4km approx.)

Drop off where Heron Road meets Main Road. Turn left onto Main Road and follow to the end of the road. Turn left onto Portland Avenue and then turn left onto Fronks Road. Turn left onto Hall Road to reach Harwich and Dovercourt High School.

From the North East - walking only

Heron Way (1.7km approx.)

Drop off where Heron Road meets Main Road. Turn right onto Main road and then turn right onto Highfield Avenue and follow onto Fronks Road. Turn left onto Hall Road to reach Harwich and Dovercourt High School.

From the East - cycling or walking

Marine Avenue (1.7km approx.)

Drop off where Marine Avenue meets Fronks Road. Follow Marine Parade onto Wicks Lane. Turn right onto Hall Road to reach Harwich and Dovercourt High School.

First Avenue (1.4km approx.)

Drop off where First Avenue meets Fronks Road. Turn left onto Hall Road to reach Harwich and Dovercourt High School.

From the East – walking only

Manor Road (1.7km approx.)

Drop off where Manor Road meets Main Road. Follow to the end of Manor Road and turn right onto Fronks Road. Turn left onto Hall Road to reach Harwich and Dovercourt High School.

From the West - cycling or walking

Low Road (1.6km approx.)

Drop off where Low Road meets Chaffinch Drive. Follow Low Road and then turn left onto Hall Road  to reach Harwich and Dovercourt High School.

From the North West - walking only

Low Road (1.7km approx.)

Drop off where Low Road meets Hazelville Close. Use the public footpath on the right and follow onto Long Meadows. Turn right onto Abbots Road and use the public footpath and follow the footpath to reach Harwich and Dovercourt High School.

Bus routes

The school is very well served by public buses. Most of the bus services for all of Harwich and Dovercourt go either right past the entrance of the school or within a couple of hundred metres. These bus services link the different parts of the town but also some of the outer villages like Great Oakley and Wix. There are bus stops on both sides of the road directly outside the school.

Train routes

Harwich and Dovercourt High School is just over 1.6km’s walk from Dovercourt station, which provides direct trains along the coast to Wrabness, Mistley and Manningtree. Greater Anglia offer discounts on train travel for students at some schools.