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Lee Valley Park Farms car park, Stubbins Hall Lane, Crooked Mile, Waltham Abbey, Essex, EN9 2EGTelephone
08456 770 600Waltham Abbey
Stretching over 26 miles this park has lots to explore whether on foot or by bike. Lee Valley have narrowed down there top ten trails to inspire and get you started.
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Hawk Hill, Battlesbridge, Wickford, Essex, SS11 7RNWickford
A moderately easy 11.5-mile walk along the Essex’s Saffron Trail between Chelmsford and Battlesbridge. Climb Danbury Mount, look for giant pike in the Chelmer, and listen for hunting peregrines in the river valley in memory of JA Baker. The route is…
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Poors Lane, Benfleet, Essex, SS7 2LABenfleet
An easy 8-mile walk along the Essex’s Saffron Trail between Hadleigh and Southend. Look for seals, walk around an Olympic mountain biking track, find oysters at low tide. The route is very uneven and sometimes muddy in places as most is off road.
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Abbey Lane, Coggeshall, Essex, CO6 1RDCoggeshall
A moderately easy 13-mile walk along the Essex Way, starts at Coggeshall and finishes at West Bergholt, Colchester. This fifth section of path is most scenic around the River Colne. The highlights are the wild poppies around Teybrook Farm, the…
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The Street, Pleshey, Essex, CM3 1HGPleshey
A moderately easy 14-mile walk along the Essex Way. The walk starts from Pleshey and finishes at Terling and is shaped almost entirely by the River Ter, and its river valley. The highlights are the Witches Stone, the Windmill at Flack Green and…
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The Fort, Tilbury, Essex, RM18 7NRTelephone
0870 333 1181Tilbury
Henry VIII built the first fort here, and Queen Elizabeth I famously rallied her army nearby. The present fort is much the best example of its type in England, with its circuit of moats and bastioned outworks.
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Western Esplanade, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS1 1EETelephone
+44 (0)1702 212534Southend-on-Sea
If you walk along Southend-on-Sea's High Street, towards the sea, your eye will be drawn in a straight line towards the longest pleasure Pier in the world.
Great Notley Country Park covers some 100 acres of open space, which is managed for the benefit of wildlife and the community. Fishing allowed daily in the large lake in the south of the park.
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The Heath, Mistley, Mistley Heath, Manningtree, Essex, CO11 2QHMistley Heath, Manningtree
A moderately easy 13 mile walk on the Essex Way. It starts from Mistely Heath, and ends in Harwich, at the Harwich Tower. A chance to feel beach and sand under feet for the first time since leaving Epping Forest tube station and the outskirts of…
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Town Street, Thaxted, Dunmow, Essex, CM6 2LDDunmow
A delightful circular walk of approx. 1 mile taking in many of the famous sights of Thaxted and enjoying the rolling North Essex countryside.
Colchester
Join the Castle Gaolers, Nick and Mary, on this entertaining tour of Colchester - but beware this is the story of Colchester with all the nice bits taken out! It is a tale of death and disease, murder and execution, war and riot, witchcraft and…
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Thorndon Country Park, The Avenue, Brentwood, Essex, CM13 3RZTelephone
01277 211250Brentwood
Thorndon Country Park Dog Activity Trail offers dogs and their owners the chance to interact and get fit at the same time. The trail features 10 stand-alone obstacles across 500m, all inspired by obstacles found on dog agility courses.
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The Promenade, Belsize Avenue, Jaywick, Essex, CO15 2LFTelephone
+44 (0)1255 822783Jaywick
Built originally as a Napoleonic Fort in the early 19th century the tower now acts as a central hub for the local community & visitors. There are regular arts & heritage exhibitions, talks & events.
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Riverside Leisure Centre, Victoria Road, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 1FGTelephone
+44 (0)1245 615050Chelmsford
Chelmsford's largest leisure centre with a superb range of facilities including an ice rink, indoor swimming pools, diving platforms, sports hall, gym, creche, children's indoor soft play area, restaurant and treatment room.
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Ongar Road, Fyfield, Ongar, Essex, CM5 0RBOngar
A moderately easy 13 mile walk along the Essex Way. Stage 2 of the trail starts from Fyfield village and finishes at Pleshey. The walk is dominated by sacred places that are marked today by four churches, each with a very different story. Look out…
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Great Dunmow, EssexGreat Dunmow
An easy 10-mile walk along the Essex’s Saffron Trail between Great Dunmow nor Great Waltham. See the fish ponds and water channels around Leez Priory, hunting merlins and kestrels and wild cherry trees. The route is very uneven and sometimes muddy…
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Braintree, Braintree, CM7 3YGBraintree
With colourful, bustling market towns and picturesque villages set in the most beautiful rolling countryside showing North Essex at its best, look no further to get away from it all...
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Brickfields Road, South Woodham Ferrers, CM3 5JUTelephone
01245 605600South Woodham Ferrers
South Woodham Ferrers Leisure Centre is in the centre of South Woodham and has always been a popular space for the local community to get involved with many different sports activities.
Dedham
Theatrical walking tour of Dedham in the heart of Constable Country with Blue Badge Guides in period costume.
Join John Constable's sister, Martha, and her husband, Nathaniel, (aka Claire and Ian of GuideEast) as they take you around the village…Address
Victoria Avenue, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS2 6AESouthend-on-Sea
Accessible by train, this 2.5 mile (3.9km) family friendly walk takes you along the sea front and links Southend Central station with Chalkwell station or carry on for a further 1.5 miles (2.4 km) to Leigh on Sea station.
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