Hedingham & Chambers is a bus operator, part of the larger Go East Anglia unit within Go-Ahead, consisting of the Hedingham and Chambers brands. The group was formed when Go-Ahead purchased the two firms in June 2012. Since the sale, the two brands have been retained with assets, such as depots, shared along with the launch of a unified website in 2021. Hedingham Hedingham is a public bus brand operated by Hedingham & Chambers in Essex, itself a subsidiary of the Go-Ahead Group (forming part of the Go East Anglia). History In 1921 Aubrey Letch shortly after serving in World War I, with his parents' help, trading under his own name commenced operating a coach hire company, gradually expanding to run bus services to Braintree and Sudbury on their market days of Wednesday and Thursday respectively. In March 1935 Letch purchased the competing business of PW Finch of Castle Hedingham. This allowed Letch to take over the Monday to Saturday workers' service to Braintree. In the late 1950s, he further expanded the business with routes to Gestingthorpe, Pebmarsh and Halstead. In early 1960, Letch retired due to ill health and sold the company to Donald MacGregor, which was renamed Hedingham & District Omnibuses. Since then the company has grown by acquiring other companies, including: Blackwells of Earls Colne (1965) C & R Coach of Little Tey (1982) Freemans Coaches (1997) GW Osborne of Tollesbury (1997) Jennings of Ashen (1984) Kemps Coaches of Clacton-on-Sea CJ Partridge and Sons (Claireaux) of Hadleigh, Suffolk Wents of Boxford (1997) In March 2012 the company was sold to the Go-Ahead Group, forming part of Go East Anglia. Following this, 'Hedingham' became the widely accepted company name and as such is no longer referred to as 'Hedingham Omnibuses'. Depots Three depots are located in: Clacton Sible Hedingham Kelvedon Hedingham used to have a depot in Tollesbury however it closed in 2016 due to cuts. Livery Hedingham Omnibuses' livery was cream with red relief, until the 1970s being blue and cream. The livery varied between single deckers/ coaches and double deck buses, with red being the main colours on double deckers with cream relief. The GoAhead Group have, more recently, introduced a livery consisting of a red base, with a maroon front section - identical to that now used by Chambers. Many buses are transferred from other Go-Ahead subsidiaries. These typically retain their former liveries, as they