Mersea Island Holiday Park
✓ Direct access to the beach from the park
🏖️ 1.42 miles from Brightlingsea (Excellent water quality)
Suffolk
Leeds to Suffolk
How to get from Leeds to Suffolk by road and by rail — with the stops worth knowing about — and what's waiting when you arrive.
🚗 By car
3h 12m · 189 miles
Typical driving time without stops, from the centre of Leeds to the heart of Suffolk. Add time for traffic and breaks.
Service stations on the way
- mile 10 Exelby Services Whitwood Exelby Services
- mile 17 Moto Ferrybridge Services Moto towing-friendly
- mile 21 Barnsdale Bar Services
- mile 40 Symmetry Park Doncaster
- mile 42 Moto Blyth Services Moto towing-friendly
- mile 52 Markham Moor Services (North)
- mile 52 Markham Moor Services (South)
- mile 62 Cromwell Services BP
🚆 By train
Nearest station to the centre of Suffolk: Stowmarket · from Leeds
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