Essex Walks

How to Use this Section

The full list of Essex Walks on this website is given below. Click on any one of them to get more details.

For each walk you will find:

• Description & Route: facts about the walk including its length, parking and transport, refreshments, access to the route map (on either Ordnance Survey or Google Maps) and a brief description of the walk itself
• Directions: point by point verbal instructions on how to find your way around the route, including cross-references to the photographs
• Photos: mainly cross-referencing the instructions: a picture tells a thousand words! Click on any photo to expand it, then you can scroll through all the photos using the Prev and Next commands
• Additional Information: for many of the walks there is some background information which you might find interesting

The route map is interactive: you will see various icons along the route. The numbered ones tie back to the cross-referenced photos and show important points along the routes. The photos come up as a thumb-nail with a brief description, for more detail click on the thumb-nail and the picture will expand so you can see it more clearly. Click the back button to return to the route.

Once you have decided which route you want to walk, you can download and print off a pdf of the directions and photos to take with you.

You can also print off a copy of the route map. For some routes and some browsers you may want to optimise the map for printing. Drag the map so that the route appears on the top left of your screen. Go to Print Preview: you may need to toggle between portrait and landscape, and you may wish to increase the print size above 100%.

Fold up the map, directions and photos and put them in you pocket, and go off and enjoy your walk, unencumbered!