Walking BritainEssex WalksWalking Routes & Hiking Trails
Find Essex walks from the list below which features the best walking routes in the area. Most are circular walks and are listed from the shortest and easiest to the longest more challenging routes.
| Walk | Description | Grade | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2747 | Nazeingwood Common from Epping Green | easy | 4.50 |
| 3744★ | Great Bardfield & Finchingfield Circular | easy | 4.70 |
| 3368★ | Nazeing Circular from Epping Green | easy | 5.00 |
| 2366★ | The Naze from Walton-on-the-Naze | easy | 6.00 |
| 3556★ | Arlesford Creek & Brightlingsea Circular | easy | 6.00 |
| 3746★ | Bradwell on Sea Circular | easy | 6.50 |
| 3658★ | Manningtree, Flatford Mill and Dedham | easy/mod | 7.10 |
| 2924★ | Tollesbury Wick Marshes from Tollesbury | easy | 7.20 |
| 2586★ | Epping to Chipping Ongar | easy/mod | 7.50 |
| 3263★ | Clare and Cavendish Circular | easy/mod | 7.70 |
| 3530★ | Roydon to Epping | easy/mod | 9.25 |
| 3645★ | Burnham-on-Crouch to Fambridge | easy/mod | 9.50 |
Walks that start in adjacent counties / areas.
Walks that start in adjacent counties or areas but cross the boundary and include sections of the route within Essex.
| Walk | Description | Starts In |
|---|---|---|
| 1535 | Snaresbrook to Loughton (Epping Forest) | London |
| 1445★ | Historic Long Melford | Suffolk |
| 3660★ | Stour Valley & Dedham from Flatford Mill | Suffolk |
| 1698★ | Ware to Enfield Lock - Lea Valley - | Hertfordshire |
| 3239★ | Bishop's Stortford to Roydon (Stort Navigation) | Hertfordshire |
| 1723★ | Broxbourne Circular via Roydon | Hertfordshire |
| 1741★ | Rye House circular via Roydon and Stanstead Abbots | Hertfordshire |
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