FitzWimarc School, The
Getting to and from The FitzWimarc 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
Hockley Road
Rayleigh
Essex
SS6 8EB
Heavy traffic zone
Heavy traffic at drop off and pick up times is usual. We recommend avoiding roads within roughly 1000 metres of The FitzWimarc School. This includes Victoria Road, Bull Lane, London Hill, Upway, Jubilee Road, Grove Road, Church Road, Trinity Road, High street and the smaller roads attached to them.
Cycling and walking routes
From the North – cycling or walking
Lower Lambricks via Uplands Park Road (1.1km approx.)
Drop off where Kemble meets Lower Lambricks .Turn right onto Lower Lambricks. Turn right onto Cotswold Avenue. Turn left onto Uplands Park Road and continue straight. Turn right onto Hockley Road and cross the road using the zebra crossing, if cycling you must dismount your bike and walk it along Hockley Road. Follow Hockley Road to reach The Fitzwmarc School on your left.
Upper Lambricks via Curtis Way (1km approx.)
Drop off where Plowmans meets Upper Lambricks. Turn left onto Upper Lambricks, then turn left onto Curtis Way. Turn left onto Lower Lambricks, then turn left onto Cotswold Avenue. Turn left onto Uplands Park Road and continue straight. Turn right onto Hockley Road and cross the road using the zebra crossing, if cycling you must dismount your bike and walk it along Hockley Road. Follow Hockley Road to reach The Fitzwmarc School on your left.
From the South East – walking or cycling
Milton Close via Jubilee Road (1.6km approx.)
Drop off where Milton Close meets The Chase road. Turn left onto The Chase and then turn right onto Grove Road. Turn right onto Jubilee Road and follow to the end of the road. Turn right onto Bull Lane and cross the road using the zebra crossing, then turn left onto Louise Road. Turn left onto Helena Road and cross the road using the zebra crossing. Turn right onto a public footpath to reach The Fitzwmarc School.
Clarence Road via Warwick Road (2km approx.)
Drop off where Clarence Road meets Warwick Road. Follow Warwick Road to the end and turn right onto Trinity Road. Turn left onto Jubilee Road and follow to the end of the road. Turn right onto Bull Lane and cross the road using the zebra crossing, then turn left onto Louise Road. Turn left onto Helena Road and cross the road using the zebra crossing. Turn right onto a public footpath to reach The Fitzwmarc School.
Clarence Road via Church Road (2km approx.)
Drop off where Clarence Road meets Warwick Road. Turn right onto The Chase. Turn left onto Church Road and continue to the end of the road. Turn right onto Trinity Road then left onto Jubilee Road and follow to the end of the road. Turn right onto Bull Lane and cross the road using the zebra crossing, then turn left onto Louise Road. Turn left onto Helena Road and cross the road using the zebra crossing. Turn right onto a public footpath to reach The Fitzwmarc School.
From the West – cycling and walking
Upway via Hockley Road (500m approx.)
Drop off where Station meets Upway road. Continue straight along Upway. Turn right onto Hockley Road and cross the road using the zebra crossing, if cycling you must dismount your bike and walk it along Hockley Road. Follow Hockley Road to reach The Fitzwmarc School on your left.
From the North West
Cotswold Avenue via Uplands Park Road (650m approx.)
Drop off on Cotswold Avenue and continue straight. Turn left onto Uplands Park Road. Turn right onto Hockley Road and cross the road using the zebra crossing, if cycling you must dismount your bike and walk it along Hockley Road. Follow Hockley Road to reach The Fitzwmarc School on your left.
From the North – walking only
Wellsfield via Hockley Road (500m approx.)
Drop off where Wellsfield meets Hockley Road. Turn left onto Hockley Road and continue straight to reach The Fitzwmarc School.
From the South – walking only
Eastwood Road via King Georges Park (1.45km approx.)
Drop off where Trinity Road meets Eastwood Road. Turn right onto Eastwood Road and continue straight to King Georges Park. Turn right onto King Georges Park. Continue across the park then turn left onto Bull Lane. Turn right onto Websters Way then right onto the B1013 (Hockley Road) and continue straight to reach The FitzWimarc School.
From the South West – walking only
Daws Heath Road via king Georges Park (1.45km approx.)
Drop off where Richmond Road meets Daws Heath Road. Turn left onto Daws Heath road and then turn left onto Eastwood road, use the zebra crossing to cross Eastwood Road onto King Georges Park. Continue across the park then turn left onto Bull Lane. Turn right onto Websters Way then right onto the B1013 (Hockley Road) and continue straight to reach The FitzWimarc School.
Daws Heath road via Castle Road (1.6km approx.)
Drop off where Richmond Road meets Daws Heath Road. Turn left onto Daws Heath road and then turn left onto Castle Road. Follow to the end of the road and turn right onto A129 High Street. Continue walking along A129 High Street to where it ends and meets B1013 (Hockley Road). Continue straight onto B1013 (Hockley Road) to reach The FitzWimarc School.
From the West – walking only
Down Hall Road via London Hill (1.45km approx.)
Drop off where Sherito Square meets Down Hall Road. Turn left onto Down Hall Road and then turn left onto London Road. Turn left onto London Hill and continue straight. Turn right onto Church Street then left onto A129 High Street, using the pedestrian crossing. Continue walking along A129 High Street to where it ends and meets B1013 (Hockley Road). Continue straight onto B1013 (Hockley Road) to reach The FitzWimarc School.
Bus routes
There’s a bus stop on either side of the road directly outside the school on Hockley Road, close to the pedestrian crossing. The services from here go into Rayleigh town centre, and in the other direction to Hockley, Rochford and eventually to Southend. About 500 metres up the road, in the town centre, there are plenty of other services, heading to Hadleigh, Wickford and Chelmsford.
Train routes
Rayleigh Station is about half a mile away from the school, accessible almost all the way by the quieter residential roads. The nearest stations on the line are Wickford in one direction, and Hockley and Rochford in the other. Greater Anglia offer discounts on train travel for students at some schools.