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Hiking · Essex

Forest Way

A 40.1 km point-to-point route near Loughton, with 235 m of mapped climbing and an estimated time of 9.9 hours.

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Distance40.1 kmClimbing235 mEstimated time9.9 hrDifficultyhard

Route overview

What the mapped record shows.

Forest Way is a complete hiking route mapped from OpenStreetMap. It covers 40.1 km as a point to point route.

Route shapepoint-to-point
ActivityHiking
SurfaceGrass
Descent166 m

Mapped surface mix

Natural68% Paved21% Unknown10%

Before setting out

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Stay near the route

Named campsites near Forest Way.

UK campsite A–Z
Debden House Holiday ParkCamp Site · 3.2 km from the mapped route startGilwell Park Scout Activity CentreCamp Site · 3.8 km from the mapped route startLee Valley Campsite, SewardstoneCamp Site · 4.6 km from the mapped route startDanemead Scout CampsiteCamp Site · 14.3 km from the mapped route startHertford Camping & Caravanning Club SiteCamp Site · 18.1 km from the mapped route startSkreens Park Activity CentreCamp Site · 23.8 km from the mapped route start

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