Roydon road bridge (6) (facing upstream)
Travelling upstream from its confluence with the Lee, Roydon is the first town you come to on the Stort. It has three increasingly low bridges: Roydon Mill (5), Roydon road bridge (6) (by the train station), and Roydon rail bridge (7). The air draft at the rail bridge (7) under normal conditions is about 7 feet, but this can decrease considerably after heavy rain and it is not unknown to become impassable.
Roydon railway bridge (7) (facing downstream)
Facilities: Visitor moorings with rings just below the road bridge (6).
Less than 5 minute walk from the visitor moorings:
Roydon Train Station: local services and trains to London Liverpool Street, Tottenham Hale, Harlow Town, Bishop's Stortford, Cambridge.
Franco's Italian restaurant, entrance in train station carpark
01279 792111
Within a 10 minute walk of the visitor moorings:
Facing upstream, turn right at the road bridge (6) to go into the town:
Dee's Pharmacy
100 High Streeet
Monday - Friday 0900 - 1900
Saturday 0900 - 1700
Closed Sunday
New Inn public house
High Street
McColl's
65 High Street
General store - groceries, newsagent, off licence, cash machine (free withdrawls), Post Office.
Every day 0500 - 2100
Post Office opening hours:
Monday - Friday: 0900 - 1300 and 1400 - 1730
Saturday: 0900 - 1230
Post office closed Sunday
The Crusader public house
42 High Street
The White Hart public house
43 High Street
Emery Rogers hair dressers
3 High Street
01279 793364
Bengal Lancers, Indian restaurant
2 High Street (entrance in Harlow Road)
01279 793131
Local knowledge:
- a rubbish barge is normally moored below Roydon road bridge (6) on the off side