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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 |
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| 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 |
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