The Essex Way - The Practical
| The Essex Way is a long distance path stretching from Epping to Harwich, a distance of 81 miles. The route was conceived as the result of a competition by the Campaign for the Protection of Rural England (CPRE) in 1972 |
| There are many ways of splitting the route down to manageable stages, depending on how far you are prepared to walk each day. The table below shows the component stages, and the one below that is the way that I spilt the route up. |
| Distance (West to East) |
Distance from previous point in Km |
Cumulative Distance
in Km |
| Epping |
0 |
0 |
| Toot Hill (The Green Man Pub) |
7.56 |
7.56 |
| Chipping Ongar High Street |
4.67 |
12.23 |
| Cannon's Green |
4.67 |
16.90 |
| Willingale: The Churches |
3.06 |
19.96 |
| Good Easter: The Star Inn |
7.24 |
27.20 |
| Pleshey: The Castle |
7.24 |
34.44 |
| Great Waltham: Main Road |
3.54 |
37.98 |
| Fuller Street: The Compasses Inn |
2.90 |
46.35 |
| Terling: The Ford |
3.22 |
49.57 |
| Fairstead: The Church |
2.09 |
51.66 |
| White Notley: Station Road |
4.18 |
55.84 |
| Cressing: The Church |
2.58 |
58.42 |
| Coggeshall: The Abbey |
8.21 |
66.63 |
| Great Tey: The Church |
6.76 |
73.39 |
| Ford Street: The Shoulder of Mutton Inn |
4.99 |
78.38 |
| West Berhholt: New Church Road |
4.83 |
83.20 |
| Great Horksley: The Half Butt Inn |
3.06 |
86.26 |
| Boxted: The Church |
6.60 |
92.86 |
| Dedham: The Church |
8.37 |
101.23 |
| Manningtree: Quay Street |
7.56 |
108.79 |
| Mistley: The Swan Fountain |
1.29 |
110.08 |
| Bradfield: The Strangers Home Inn |
3.70 |
113.78 |
| Wrabness: The Church |
3.54 |
117.32 |
| Ramsey: The Castle Inn |
5.15 |
122.47 |
| Little Oakley: B1414 |
1.61 |
124.08 |
| Harwich: The High Lighthouse |
6.92 |
131.0 |
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My schedule
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Stage |
Km |
Hrs |
| 1. |
Epping to Willingale |
19.96 (22.57*) |
5H30 |
| 2. |
Willingale to Great Waltham |
18.02 (21.3*) |
4H47 |
| 3. |
Great Waltham to Cressing Temple |
20.44 (20.80*) |
4H45 |
| 4. |
Cressing Temple to W. Bergholt |
27.36 (31.87*) |
7H09 |
| 5. |
W. Bergholt to Manningtree |
25.59 (27.86*) |
6H15 |
| 6. |
Manningtree to Harwich |
22.21 (24.89*) |
5H25 |
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First figure is posted distance; second figure with asterisk is my actual distance including deviations)
Logistics
Stage 1. Took two cars from Chelmsford. Dropped one off at The Churches in
Willingale. Sue then dropped me off at Epping Underground Station
Stage 2. Sue dropped me off at Willingale; I took the bus back to Chelmsford
from Great Waltham
Stage 3. Sue dropped me off at Great Waltham and picked me up at Cressing Temple
Stage 4. Sue dropped me off at White Notley and picked me up at West Bergholt
Stage 5. Sue dropped me of at West Berholt and I took buses from Manningtree
to Colchester and from Colchester to Chelmsford
Stage 6. I drove to Manningtree and parked at Manningtree Station. I took the train
from Harwich Town to Manningtree, 17 minutes and cost of £4.90
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