Forest road house is located about 1 mile away from the University of Essex. On foot it takes approximately 20mins to get there.

A large Tescos is a 6 minute walk away.

Forest road House, Forest Road, Colchester, Essex, CO4 3XA.

Buses

First Great Eastern provide the majority local bus services in Colchester. An overview of their bus routes in Colchester is available here. The closest bus stop to Forest Road House is listed as "Howe Close". The following bus routes flow through here (Click to see timetables) numbers 64/64A. As mentioned above its also only a short walk (or bus ride using 64/64A) to Tescos where their is a bus stop with many more routes flowing through it. From the "Greenstead Road Tesco" stop you can access the numbers 62, 64/64A, 74/74B, 76.

To get to Town Centre and back use a number 64/64A

To Visit Wivenhoe and back use a number 64/64A bus or walk to Tescos then take a number 62 or 74

To get to the University and back use a number 64/64A bus or walk to Tescos then take a number 62 or 74 or 76

There is a bus that runs from Stanstead Airport to Colchester Town Centre and Essex University.
It runs ever two hours and the number of the service is X22, more information such as prices can be found here and its timetable can be found here.

Trains

There are three train stations in Colchester the main one is known as "Colchester North Station", the one near the centre of town is known as "Colchester Town" which has alot less trains going to it and finally a station know as "The Hythe" which although closest to the greanstead area very few trains stop here.

Please consult the links above or nationalrailways website for more information about routes,times and prices.