WALKS PROGRAMME FOR JULY 2008

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NOTES FOR WALKERS
Walking Speed   Most of our Tuesday walks are at a moderately brisk speed of about 2.6 to 2.8 mph with an ascent of 350 to 450 feet. Weekend walks are usually slower and more relaxed. Walks that are outside the above parameters are highlighted in the programme. If you are in any doubt about your ability to cope with the above conditions please consult the Walks Leader.
To ensure that a walk takes place please contact the Leader beforehand to register an interest
ALL WALKS START PROMPTLY AT TIME STATED
 
Date Start
Time
Distance
Miles
 Start
Place
Start
Grid Ref
Longer Description Contact
Name
Contact
Phone
Tue
1st
9:30 6 Hullbridge TQ811954 Hullbridge to Blounts Wood and Hockley. Meet at Hullbridge, Pools Lane car park, at the far end of Ferry Road near "The Anchor", for a walk to Blounts Wood, Hockley and back for lunch. Mike 01702
552630
Sat
5th
10:00 5 Hadleigh TQ811876 Great Wood, Tile Wood and West Wood. Meet at John Burrows Recreation Ground car park, (opposite Poors Lane) Rectory Road , Hadleigh for a walk in Great Wood, Tile Wood and West Wood. Ian 01702
710035
Sun
6th
10:00 5 Eastwood TQ836897 Jubilee Park and Hockley Woods. Meet at Edwards Hall Park car park at the top of Bosworth Road, Eastwood, for a walk to the Jubilee Country Park and Hockley Woods. Ian 01702
710035
Tue
8th
9:30 9 Hadleigh TQ808864 Hundred Churches No11. Meet at the Salvation Army Centre car park, Castle Lane to see Two Hundred Churches and a medieval castle, using costal paths. BRISK walk with steep hills. Back at 13:30, lunch option. Arthur 01702
205310
Sat
12th
10:00 9 Woodham Walter TL815075 Christine's Figure of Eight Pub Walks - The Cats at Woodham Walter (repeat). The morning walk (5 miles) starts from "The Cats" public house. The afternoon walk (4 miles) starts at approximately 13:30 (not earlier) also from "The Cats".
Alternatively meet by arrangement at Battlesbridge Railway Station at 09:15 for a car share
Christine 01702
547297
Sat
12th
10:30 4 Basildon TQ697861 Woods and Views. Meet at One Tree Hill Langdon Hills Country Park upper car park for a walk in local woods.e-mail: jamesmwoodcock@btopenworld.com Jim 01702
342999
Tue
15th
9:30 6.5 Canewdon TQ896946 Canewdon and Lion Creek. Meet at Canewdon Church for a walk to Lion Creek and Bolt Hall, with fine views of the Crouch Valley, from fields and sea-wall. Gordon 01268
745825
Sat
19th
10:00 6 Canvey Island TQ804826 Canvey Island Seafront and Canvey Heights. Meet at the free car park at Eastern Esplanade (opposite to the Movie Star cinema) for a walk along the seafront and up to the new Canvey Heights country park, with views across the Thames Estuary and eastwards. Pubs and cafe at the end of the walk. Graham 01268
685000
Sun
20th
10:30 4 Little Wakering TQ934883 Half Way There and Back Again. Meet at the "Castle Inn", Little Wakering, for a clockwise walk , creekside out to Fleet Head and Brimstone Hill and fishing lakes, back via Halfway House and Little Wakering Hall and church. Refreshments afterwards at the "Castle Inn".
e-mail: jamesmwoodcock@btopenworld.com
Jim 01702
342999
Tue
22nd
10:00 11 Heybridge Basin TL872069 A Walk to Goldhanger. Meet at Heybridge Basin car park for a circular walk to Goldhanger including a stretch of the Blackwater sea-wall. No hills. Lunch stop at The Chequers Inn, Goldhanger (or bring a packed lunch) Mike 01702
552630
Sun
27th
9:00 13 Great Wakering TQ949876 Hundred Churches No 12 and The Broomway. This is the final of the Hundred Churches walks and uses part of the Broomway. Meet at the end of Great Wakering High Street, using on-street parking. Bring a picnic lunch.Numbers are strictly limited and the walk is for members of the Group, only.
Please ring Mike or Arthur (no messages please) no later than 31st May.If walk is cancelled Arthur will lead an alternative walk from the meeting point.
Arthur/Mike 01702
205310
Tue
29th
10:00 11 Terling. TL770151 Terling. Meet opposite the Village Hall for a cross country walk via Cressing Temple Barns, using part of the Essex Way. Bring a packed lunch. Bernie 01702 548274
Essex County Council Public Right of Way Defect Reporting
Rights of Way are paths and tracks which you, the public, have a right to use. For a description of the various types of Rights of Way please view the Public Right of Way section on our website. If you think this may be an emergency situation, please call the Highways Department immediately on 0845 603 7631. For other problems please use this Form