Saffron Walden County High School

Getting to and from Saffron Walden County 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

Saffron Walden County High School

Audley End Road

Saffron Walden

Essex

CB11 4UH

Heavy traffic zone

Heavy traffic at drop off and pick up times is usual. We recommend avoiding roads within roughly 1000 metres of Saffron Walden County High School. This includes Abbey Lane, High Street, London Road, Common Hill, Hill Street, Fairycroft Road, East Street, Audley Road, Audley End Road, Debden Road, Borough Lane, Mount Pleasant Road, Summer Hill Road, Newport Road and the smaller roads attached to them.

Walking Routes only

From the North – walking only

New Pond Lane via High Street (1.4km approx.)

Drop off on New Pond Lane, turn right onto Bridge Street then continue straight onto High Street. Continue walking along High Street and turn right onto London Road. Continue walking from London Road onto Audley End Road to reach Saffron Walden County High School.

Lime Avenue via Fairycroft Road (1.6km approx.)

Drop off on Catons Lane. Turn right onto B1052 (Castle Hill). Follow the road onto Common Hill then turn left onto B184 and then right onto Fairycroft Road. Turn right onto Audley Road, follow to the end of the road and turn left onto London Road. Continue from London Road onto to Audley End Road to reach Saffron Walden County High School.

Lime Avenue via Hill Street (1.6km approx.)

Drop off on Catons Lane. Turn right onto B1052 (Castle Hill). Follow the road from Castle Hill onto Common Hill. Turn right onto Hill Street and turn left onto High Street. Continue walking along High Street and turn right onto London Road. Continue straight onto to Audley End Road to reach Saffron Walden County High School.

Lime Avenue via Abbey Lane (1.6km approx.)

Drop off on Catons Lane. Turn right onto B1052 (Castle Hill). Follow the road from Castle Hill onto Common Hill. Turn right onto Hill Street and use the pedestrian crossing to cross High Street onto Abbey Lane. Continue straight on Abbey Lane and turn right onto the public footpath. Follow to the end of the public footpath and turn right onto Audley End Road and use the zebra crossing to reach Saffron Walden County High School.

From the East – walking only

Peaslands Road (1.4km approx.)

Drop off where Peaslands Road meet Hopfields. Turn right onto Peaslands Road and continue straight onto Mount Pleasant Road. Cross Debden Road onto Borough Lane using the pedestrian crossing. Follow Borough Lane to the end and turn left onto London Road. Continue straight onto Audley End Road to reach Saffron Walden County High School.

From the South – walking only

Pleasant Valley via Summer Hill Road (1.5km approx.)

Drop off where Rowntrees meets Pleasant Valley. Turn left onto Pleasant Valley and continue straight onto Debden Road. Turn left onto Summer Hill Road and turn right onto Newport Road. Follow to the end of the road and turn left onto Audley End Road and continue straight to reach Saffron Walden County High School.

Bus routes

Plenty of services run directly past the school on Audley End Road. They go to Audley End station, Stansted and Bishop’s Stortford, and all the way to Cambridge. These also take in plenty of the smaller villages where County High students live, as do the other services from the centre of Saffron Walden, only a few hundred metres away. Directly outside the main entrance to the school are bus stops on either side of the road. There are other stops next to the Copperfields lower school gate.

Train routes

Although Audley End station is only about a mile and a half from the school, access to it isn’t very pedestrian-friendly. However, at least four bus services provide direct access to the station from outside the school. From the station students can travel directly to Newport, Stansted, Great Chesterford and Cambridge. Greater Anglia offer discounts on train travel for students at some schools.