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The seafarers' town of Harwich

Harwich

Difficulty - Easy

An easy town walk discovering Harwich's exciting maritime past.

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Manningtree – England's smallest town

Manningtree

Difficulty - Medium

Where the Witchfinder General was born and buried, and a Site of Special Scientific Interest

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Beside the sea at Walton-on-the-Naze

Walton-On-The-Naze

Difficulty - Easy

Exploring a town with two seasides

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Colchester – Britain's oldest recorded town

Colchester

Difficulty - Easy

Following Romans and Victorians along Colchester's ancient walls.

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A circuit at Bradwell-on-Sea

Bradwell-On-Sea

Difficulty - Easy

Smugglers, sea walls and a dying nuclear power station.

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Up Paglesham Creek

Paglesham

Difficulty - Medium

A stroll along the sea wall from Paglesham Eastend to Paglesham Churchend, in the footsteps of smugglers and oyster fishermen.

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From Maldon to Heybridge

Maldon

Difficulty - Medium

Combine historic Maldon, home of salt making, with a network of fascinating waterways.

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Hadleigh Country Park

Hadleigh

Difficulty - Medium

A fairly taxing walk with steep green slopes, marshes and a famous castle.

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Rochford and the Roach Valley Way

Rochford

Difficulty - Medium

An easy walk along the River Roach following part of the Roach Valley Way, with a visit to a tiny medieval town.

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Around Hanningfield Reservoir

Hanningfield Reservoir

Difficulty - Easy

Enjoy birds, wildlife and a waymarked nature walk through meadows and woodlands.

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Exploring Danbury Country Park

Danbury

Difficulty - Medium

A gentle countryside walk with panoramic views

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A Chelmsford city walk

Chelmsford

Difficulty - Easy

An easy ramble highlighting some historic buildings.

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From Earls Colne to Chalkney Mill

Earls Colne

Difficulty - Medium

A fairly challenging walk along a disused railway track, now a nature reserve, and through ancient woodland.

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A rural circuit from Castle Hedingham

Castle Hedingham

Difficulty - Easy

Explore the wealth of history packed into this tiny area.

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A short loop at Halstead

Halstead

Difficulty - Easy

A charming town and country walk discovering the legacy of the Courtauld family

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Braintree and the Flitch Way

Braintree

Difficulty - Easy

Enjoy Braintree's industrial heritage and a stroll along a disused railway.

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Woods and meadows at Langdon

Langdon

Difficulty - Medium

Explore ancient woodland and grassy meadows where Eastenders fulfilled a dream of country living.

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Around Weald Country Park

Weald Country Park

Difficulty - Easy

A fairly strenuous walk takes in the history of a great Tudor mansion and a royal deer park.

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Around Thorndon Country Park

Thorndon Country Park

Difficulty - Medium

Woodland paths and views of the Thames Estuary

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Willingale – a tiny parish with two churches

Willingale

Difficulty - Easy

An easy stroll along the Essex Way includes one of the county's most rural villages.

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A castle at Pleshey

Pleshey

Difficulty - Easy

A gentle walk combining rolling countryside and one of the best motte-and-bailey castles in Britain.

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Chipping Ongar, Stanford Rivers and David Livingstone

Chipping Ongar

Difficulty - Medium

Rolling farmland, big skies and a pretty village

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Around Little Dunmow

Little Dunmow

Difficulty - Easy

A short walk around the attractive village linked to the famous 'Flitch'.

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An easy circuit from Great Bardfield

Great Bardfield

Difficulty - Easy

A circular stroll combines gentle hills, a windmill called 'Gibraltar', and a stronghold of a royal solicitor.

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In Holst's footsteps at Thaxted

Thaxted

Difficulty - Easy

A glorious walk follows in the footsteps of the great composer Gustav Holst.

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From Saffron Walden to Audley End

Saffron Walden

Difficulty - Medium

A fairly challenging walk along part of the Harcamlow Way

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Around Saffron Walden Town

Saffron Walden

Difficulty - Easy

Exploring the architectural splendours of an historic market town.

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Lambourne End to Chigwell

Chigwell

Difficulty - Hard

A challenging walk combines an ancient forest, a village immortalised by Dickens, and panoramic views of the London skyline.

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Old Harlow and New Harlow

Harlow

Difficulty - Easy

A leisurely stroll exploring town and country from Mark Hall to Old Harlow.

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Matching Tye to Matching Green

Matching

Difficulty - Easy

A short walk between two villages – with a church to match.

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Hatfield Forest

Difficulty - Easy

Walk through part of the once-extensive Royal Forest of Essex.

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The Harcamlow Way by Ugley

Ugley

Difficulty - Easy

An easy ramble takes in views of undulating counrtyside and part of the Harcamlow Way.

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Burton End to Tye Green

Stansted

Difficulty - Easy

A rural walk beside the airport runway – and a plane-spotter's paradise.

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Stansted Mountfitchet to Birchanger

Stansted Mountfitchet

Difficulty - Medium

A surprisingly rural saunter

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Roding Valley Nature Reserve

Roding Valley

Difficulty - Easy

A wildlife wander on the site of the former RAF Chigwell.

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Through Epping Forest

Epping Forest

Difficulty - Medium

Follow Queen Victoria's path to the opening of the forest to Londoners.

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A circuit of Gilwell Park

Gilwell Park

Difficulty - Hard

A fairly challenging walk combines superb London views with the wooded parkland of the Scout Association HQ.

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Lee Valley Park

Waltham Abbey

Difficulty - Hard

An adventurous and challenging walk following the gunpowder trail at Waltham Abbey

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Theydon Bois to Epping

Theydon Bois

Difficulty - Medium

A linear walk to the underground crossing of the M25 tunnel.

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Essex Way: Epping to Chipping Ongar

Epping

Difficulty - Easy

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Essex Way: Chipping Ongar to Pleshey

Chipping Ongar

Difficulty - Hard

A charming farmland walk along part of the historic Essex Way.

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Essex Way: Pleshey to White Notley

Pleshey

Difficulty - Hard

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Essex Way: White Notley to Coggeshall

White Notley

Difficulty - Easy

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Essex Way: Coggeshall to West Bergholt

Coggeshall

Difficulty - Medium

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Essex Way: West Bergholt to Dedham

West Bergholt

Difficulty - Medium

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Birdbrook and Moyn’s Park

Birdbrook

Difficulty - Easy

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Greenstead Green

Difficulty - Medium

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From Elmdon to Chrishall

Elmdon

Difficulty - Medium

A walk along a chalky ridge and through a stud farm

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Alphamstone to Bures

Alphamstone

Difficulty - Medium

A walk along an attractive stretch of the River Stour

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Layer Marney and its tower

Layer Marney

Difficulty - Easy

In the footsteps of royalty with views of the estuary

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Around Hatfield Broad Oak

Hatfield Broad Oak

Difficulty - Easy

A walk with an abundance of history and royal links

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Arkesden and on to Clavering

Arkesden

Difficulty - Medium

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Around Bulmer and Gestingthorpe

Bulmer

Difficulty - Hard

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Little Baddow

Difficulty - Medium

A historic walk that has links with America and religion