![Parking: Church Lane
[Click photo to enlarge] Parking
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Parking: Church Lane, north of bridge
![Junction of The Ridge and Fir Tree Lane
[Click photo to enlarge] Bus31A
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Junction of The Ridge and Fir Tree Lane
]]>![Take westerly riverside path on bridge
[Click photo to enlarge] Start
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Westerly riverside path on bridge
![Lock on Chelmer
[Click photo to enlarge] Lock
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Chelmer lock
![Riverside path at junction to Chelmsford
[Click photo to enlarge] Junction
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Keep left, right fork goes to Chelmsford
![River Chelmer going south
[Click photo to enlarge] Chelmer
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River Chelmer going south
![Bridge over Chelmer
[Click photo to enlarge] Bridge to east
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Cross this bridge
![Path over field to east
[Click photo to enlarge] Path through field east
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Path over field by electricity pylon
![Hammonds Road Crossing to Graces Walk
[Click photo to enlarge] Path over road
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Hammonds Road Crossing to Graces Walk
![Graces Walk East
[Click photo to enlarge] Bridleway
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Graces Walk
![17th century Barn at Great Graces, Little Baddow
[Click photo to enlarge] Great Graces
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Converted 17th century Barn at Great Graces, Little Baddow
]]>![Down to Graces Lane, turn left
[Click photo to enlarge] Graces Lane
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Down to Graces Lane, turn left
![Past Riffhams Lane junction, turn right into Ling Wood Right into wood
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Past Riffhams Lane junction, turn right into Ling Wood
]]>![Path east through Ling Wood
[Click photo to enlarge] Trail in Ling Wood
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Path east through Ling Wood
]]>![Turn sharp left behind bench
[Click photo to enlarge] Bench
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Good spot for a picnic
![Turn left out onto The Ridge
[Click photo to enlarge] The Ridge
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Turn left out onto The Ridge
![Straight on into Firtree Wood
[Click photo to enlarge] Fir Tree Lane
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Straight on into Firtree Wood
![Left at Danbury Ridge Nature Reserves
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Left at Danbury Ridge Nature Reserves
]]>![Right along gravel drive
[Click photo to enlarge] Right at FP sign
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Right along gravel drive
![Turn right here, then left to Tofts
[Click photo to enlarge] Right
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Turn right here, then left to Tofts
![Over stile, head SW in paddock
[Click photo to enlarge] Stile
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Over stile, south-west to corner of field
![green lane
[Click photo to enlarge] FP west
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Footpath leading to Tofts Chase
![Tofts Chase
[Click photo to enlarge] View looking north
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Track goes north to Tofts Chase (Road),
then turn left
![Spring Close
[Click photo to enlarge] Spring Close
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Left into Spring Close
Bus 31A and 4
![Exit Spring Close
[Click photo to enlarge] FP exit
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Footpath west between houses
]]>![Turn right (north)
[Click photo to enlarge] turn right (north)
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Turn right towards trees (north)
]]>![Left on River Bank
[Click photo to enlarge] Left on River bank
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Turn left at River, towards parking.
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