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Hadleigh to Stratford Legacy Walk

Essex, Gtr London

116 km / 72 miles

Ramblers Essex Area created this walk to celebrate the London Olympic Games in 2012 and it was launched with an inaugural baton walk over 7 days from Hadleigh on 20 May 2012.

The route starts near the Hadleigh Mountain Biking Centre and makes a meandering route across some of the most beautiful parts of Essex to the White Water Centre near Waltham Abbey and ends at the main Olympic Stadium.

The original guidebook is no longer available but the route is still waymarked.

Details:

Waymark: Discs with H2S in black circle

Path Type:	Other Paths
Waymark:	Discs with H2S in black circle
Attributes:	Easy Olympics
Start:	TQ831857 - Hadleigh, Essex
Finish:	TQ378836 - Olympic Stadium, Newham, Gtr London
Open Date:	2012

Maps:

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Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2016.
© OpenStreetMap contributors under Open Database Licence.
Rights of way data from selected Local Authorities.
Large scale digital mapping is provided by John Thorn.
At high zoom levels the route is indicative only.

Purchase Ordnance Survey Maps:

OS Landranger	166, 167, 168, 176, 177, 178
OS Landranger Active	166, 167, 168, 176, 177, 178
OS Explorer	162, 173, 174, 175, 176, 183
OS Explorer Active	162, 173, 174, 175, 176, 183

Accommodation within 5 km of this Path:

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Path

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B & B Accommodation

The Ilfracombe House (bookable online)

4 km

< 1 km

Self-catering

The Ilfracombe House Apartments (bookable online)

4 km

< 1 km

Hostel Accommodation

Lee Valley YHA, Windmill Lane, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire

< 1 km

94 km

Hostel Accommodation

The Green Rooms

4 km

109 km

Hostel Accommodation

Park Villa Boutique Hostel

2 km

115 km

Hostel Accommodation

London Thameside YHA, 20 Salter Road, London

4 km

115 km

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Connected Paths:

Paths Marked on OS mapping

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Downloads:

GPX Route File

Hadliegh to Stratford Legacy Walk GPX Exchange Format Route File

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Tracklogs Route File

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Route Profile:

116.2 km (72.2 miles)
1,131 m (3,711 ft) ascent
117 m (384 ft) maximum height

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