England route guide
Walking, hiking and cycling routes in Essex
Compare 27 complete mapped routes in Essex, with distance, climbing, expected duration and surface context before opening the interactive map.
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Route collections in Essex.
Activity-specific pages appear only when this area has at least five complete, source-backed routes.
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Routes by difficulty in Essex.
Difficulty collections appear only when at least five complete route records support the comparison.
All mapped routes
27 routes around Essex.
Each page links to its underlying OpenStreetMap record. Access, condition and rights of way still need checking locally.
Beagle Trail
Near Ringwood Bar, Essex
- Distance
- 2.7 km
- Climb
- 0 m
- Time
- 0.6 hr
Beech Trail
Near Rushey Plain, Essex
- Distance
- 3.9 km
- Climb
- 55 m
- Time
- 0.9 hr
Blakes Wood to Lingwood Common Walk, Danbury
Near Little Baddow, Essex
- Distance
- 2.6 km
- Climb
- 26 m
- Time
- 0.7 hr
Boadicea Route
Near Berechurch, Essex
- Distance
- 3.8 km
- Climb
- 4 m
- Time
- 0.2 hr
Centenary Circle
Near Old Lodge Farm, Essex
- Distance
- 33.9 km
- Climb
- 157 m
- Time
- 7.5 hr
Colchester Orbital Cycle
Near Knowledge Gateway, Essex
- Distance
- 22.8 km
- Climb
- 84 m
- Time
- 1.4 hr
Colchester Orbital Cycle Spoke (Centre)
Near Colchester, Essex
- Distance
- 1.6 km
- Climb
- 13 m
- Time
- 0.1 hr
Colchester Orbital East B
Near Fox Street, Essex
- Distance
- 4.7 km
- Climb
- 13 m
- Time
- 1.0 hr
Colchester Orbital South B
Near Saint George's, Essex
- Distance
- 2.3 km
- Climb
- 6 m
- Time
- 0.5 hr
Colchester Orbital Spoke (North)
Near Colchester, Essex
- Distance
- 1.7 km
- Climb
- 24 m
- Time
- 0.4 hr
Colchester Orbital Spoke (Riverside Loop)
Near Colchester, Essex
- Distance
- 2.5 km
- Climb
- 25 m
- Time
- 0.6 hr
Colchester Orbital Spoke (South-East)
Near New Town, Essex
- Distance
- 1.9 km
- Climb
- 0 m
- Time
- 0.4 hr
Colchester Orbital Spoke (West)
Near Lexden, Essex
- Distance
- 1.7 km
- Climb
- 12 m
- Time
- 0.4 hr
Colchester Orbital West A
Near Prettygate, Essex
- Distance
- 7.3 km
- Climb
- 50 m
- Time
- 1.6 hr
Colchester Orbital West B
Near Prettygate, Essex
- Distance
- 3.6 km
- Climb
- 7 m
- Time
- 0.8 hr
Forest Way
Near Loughton, Essex
- Distance
- 40.1 km
- Climb
- 235 m
- Time
- 9.9 hr
Great Notley Parkrun
Near Great Notley, Essex
- Distance
- 5.2 km
- Climb
- 9 m
- Time
- 0.7 hr
London LOOP (Section 20)
Near Chigwell, Essex
- Distance
- 10.7 km
- Climb
- 156 m
- Time
- 2.5 hr
Notley Link Path
Near Rayne, Essex
- Distance
- 2.3 km
- Climb
- 1 m
- Time
- 0.1 hr
Oak Trail
Near Theydon Bois, Essex
- Distance
- 10.5 km
- Climb
- 112 m
- Time
- 2.4 hr
St Edmund Way
Near Lawford, Essex
- Distance
- 130.3 km
- Climb
- 649 m
- Time
- 32.1 hr
St Peter's Way
Near Othona Community, Essex
- Distance
- 66.9 km
- Climb
- 321 m
- Time
- 16.5 hr
The Broomway
Near Wakering Stairs, Essex
- Distance
- 9.6 km
- Climb
- 0 m
- Time
- 2.0 hr
The Saffron Trail
Near Brookend, Essex
- Distance
- 1.8 km
- Climb
- 0 m
- Time
- 0.4 hr
Three Forests Way
Near Stapleford Tawney, Essex
- Distance
- 97.5 km
- Climb
- 596 m
- Time
- 24.2 hr
Turpin's Trail 1
Near Thaxted, Essex
- Distance
- 24.2 km
- Climb
- 93 m
- Time
- 5.3 hr
Turpin's Trail 3
Near Hempstead, Essex
- Distance
- 9.4 km
- Climb
- 61 m
- Time
- 2.1 hr