Essex Way

Essex

The Essex Way crosses the county mostly on rural paths from Epping just outside the M25 to Harwich on the coast. The Way heads across gently undulating agricultural land, passing through or near many attractive old villages including Willingdale, Pleshey, Coggeshall, Dedham, which has connections with the painter John Constable, and Manningtree where it takes to the Stour Estuary.

For an up-to-date route description for the full Essex Way, the Cicerone guidebook for walks in Essex has been updated by Peter Aylmer and is listed below.

At Epping, the Essex Way is joined by the 15-mile Epping Forest Centenary Walk so it is possible to make a 97-mile traverse of Essex from Manor Park within Greater London.

To celebrate the 21st year of the Essex Way the 13-mile Ridley Round was created which is coincident with six miles of the Essex Way. Beating the Bounds (Essex) is another circular walk (16 miles) and meets the Essex Way at Great Waltham. The John Ray Walk (9 miles) crosses the Essex Way between Braintree and Witham.

See also E-Routes (E2).

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Details:

Path Type:	Paths Marked on OS mapping
Waymark:	Red poppy and name on white disc
Attributes:	Paths marked on OS mapping Easy
Start:	TL462015 - Epping Station, Epping, Essex
Finish:	TM261324 - Harwich, Essex
Web Sites:	Essex Walks - Essex Way backwards Essex Way Relay Race Essex Life - Explore Essex on the Essex Way Walk Essex Way - Tim Bertuchi Trailman - Across Essex : Epping to Coggeshall [blog] Trailman - Across Essex : Coggeshall to Harwich [blog]

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Publications, Badges and Certificates:

Guidebook	Walking in Essex: 25 walks and a 96 mile 'across Essex' route  (Cicerone Press  - 2019 )
External PDF	Essex Way  (Essex County Council  - 2004 )
External PDF	Essex Way - Route Description  (Essex Way Relay Race  - 2011 )

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