The Maple Leaf Guest House
Bed and Breakfast
Location — getting to Walton-on-the-Naze
By car
Walton-the-Naze is located on the north point of the Tendring Peninsular and can be reached within 30 minutes drive from Colchester. Follow the A120 to Harwich, then A133 and follow the signs to Walton following the B1033 and B1034.
| Destination | Mileage | Destination | Mileage | |
| Stansted | 55 | Manchester | 242 | |
| Cambridge | 68 | Liverpool | 275 | |
| Norwich | 72 | Newcastle | 312 | |
| London | 96 | Edinburgh | 417 | |
| Dover | 134 | Glasgow | 436 | |
| Birmingham | 180 |
By bus
Regular buses run from Clacton and Frinton to Walton Bus Station, which is conveniently situated right on the sea front.
Bus information can be obtained from First Transforming Travel.
By train
Train services operate from London Liverpool Street — most are destined for Clacton-on-Sea and require passengers to change at Thorpe-le-Soken. There is, however, one direct service each way every day and special direct trains are sometimes timetabled during the summer. Services are operated by First Great Eastern.
Contact Great Eastern (First Transforming Travel) for train times of mainline services between Ipswich, Walton, Clacton and Liverpool Street and between Marks Tey/Sudbury and Manningtree/ Harwich Town on the numbers below:
| Great Eastern fares and information | 08459 50 50 00 |
| National fares and enquiries | 08457 48 49 50 |
| Current train running update | 020 7247 5488 |
Information regarding both train and bus general enquiries can be obtained from www.firstgroup.com.
By air
For those considering holidaying in Walton and travelling from abroad there are a selection of airports to choose from:
- Stanstead at 1 hour 28 minutes' drive away from Walton
- Luton at 2 hours 22 minutes' drive away from Walton
- Gatwick at 2 hours 24 minutes' drive away from Walton
- Heathrow at 2 hours 31 minutes' drive away from Walton
All these airports also have good train and bus links to London, and Walton is an approximately 1 hour 30 minute train ride from London Liverpool Street Station.
By sea
Harwich International Port has connecting passenger services to Hook of Holland, Esbjerg (Denmark), Hamburg (Germany) and Ijmuiden (Amsterdam).
- Harwich International Port
- Stena Line to and from Holland, Tel: 01255 243333
- DFDS Seaways to and from Esjberg (Denmark), Tel: 01255 241234