How to Get to East Anglia
East Anglia is easily accessible by land, sea and air.
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By Train
From London, East Anglia is served from Kings Cross (mainly Cambridgeshire) and Liverpool Street stations (Cambs, Suffolk and Norfolk). Services from Birmingham, the East Midlands and the North of England generally have Peterborough as their first stop before continuing on towards Norwich, Cambridge and Stansted Airport, or to London. Check services with National Rail: www.nationalrail.co.uk
By Coach
Most coach routes to East Anglia start in London, though there are through services from Birmingham and the North. Check with National Express: www.nationalexpress.com
By Road
East Anglia is well connected to the UK road network. From the M25 London Orbital motorway the A1(M) heads towards Peterborough and west Cambridgeshire, the M11 to Cambridge, and the A12 through Essex to Ipswich.
From the Midlands and the North the A14 is part of the Trans European Road Network and runs from the M6/M1 junction crossing the A1 near Huntingdon, then running close to Cambridge, Newmarket, Bury St Edmunds, and Ipswich before ending at the port of Felixstowe. Just east of Newmarket the A11 heads north east past Thetford to Norwich. Other main routes into East Anglia from the A1 are the A47 and A17 which meet at Kings Lynn before continuing as the A47 to Norwich and Great Yarmouth.
By Air
Stansted Airport close to the M11 and served by rail to London and Cambridge, Peterborough and Ely is London's third airport after Heathrow and Gatwick and has direct scheduled flights to Europe and other parts of the UK.
There is also a regional airport, Norwich, with regular services to Manchester and Amsterdam as well as charter flights.
Also within easy reach are the airports at Luton (popular for low-cost airlines and charter flights), East Midlands and Humberside International.
By Sea
Harwich has regular HSS ferry services operated by Stenaline (www.stenaline.com) to the Hoek van Holland in the Netherlands, and by Scandinavian Seaways ship (www.scansea.com) to Hamburg, Germany and Esbjerg, Denmark.