Wandelgids 044 Pathfinder Guides Essex | Ordnance Survey

Pathfinder Guide to Essex offers excellent lowland walking in the south-east of England. The routes are all circular exploring the finer countryside of the county, in a series of parkland, farmland, woodland and coastal and estuarine walks, visiting its places of historic interest, attractive towns and charming villages. Given the pleasant and undramatic nature of the terrain, routes only really vary in length in terms of difficulty and there is a general progression through the book from shortest to longest. Beginning with a short walk linking Laindon Common with Great and Little Burstead, encountering the infant River Crouch, the book progresses to a near 10-mile excursion across Bradwell Marsh, with its wide open horizons, and a visit to the isolated and tiny Saxon chapel of St Peter-on-the-Wall. Sea air can also be taken on walks from Walton-on-the-Naze, a circuit of the eastern end of Mersea Island, along St Osyth Creek, at Maldon, from Burnham-on-Crouch, and overlooking Benfleet Creek. Inland, varied routes range from a walk in the upper Chelmer valley with the small medieval town of Thaxted as the focal point, to a gentle walk around Hatfield Forest through what is probably the finest surviving medieval woodland landscape, and in the Blackwater valley linking Coggeshall and Feering. County parks make good starting points for readers new to country walking and visits to Thorndon and Weald Country Parks are easily accessible from Brentwood, ditto for the Lee Valley Country Park from Waltham Abbey, and Hadleigh Castle Country Park from Southend. 28 outstanding circular walks in Essex from 3 to 9¾ miles with clear, large scale Ordnance Survey route maps, GPS waypoints, where to park, good pubs and places of interest en route. All routes have been researched and written by expert outdoor writers Dennis and Jan Kelsall and showcase beautiful photography of scenes from the walks. Pathfinder® Guides are Britain s best-loved walking guides. Printed with weather-resistant covers featuring durable rounded corners, they are the perfect companion for country walking throughout Britain. With 80 titles in the series, and 2000 routes to choose from, a wealth of walks is available throughout England, Scotland and Wales from Land's End to Inverness and the Lleyn Peninsula to Southwold.

€ 18,50