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The Hundred Parishes Society

Other Walks

These are all circular walks, returning to the start point. The number of walks is being increased regularly. Please select a walk reference number to access a downloadable route description which includes a map. The description starts with a short review of the type of walk and terrain covered and will say if there is an option to shorten the route. If you are an inexperienced walker, do start with the shorter walks.

Walk
Start
Description
Miles
Parishes Visited
Saffron Walden
Country and town walk
6.7
Saffron Walden
Ford End
Mainly rural with a stroll through Felsted
7.5
Gt Waltham and Felsted
Finchingfield
Two villages and countryside
4.5
Finchingfield and Great Bardfield
Great Bardfield
Two villages and countryside
6.3
Great Bardfield and Finchingfield
Puckeridge
Standon and Puckeridge - town and country walk
3.5
Standon and Braughing
Henham
Rural walk including the village of Henham
6.8
Henham, Chickney, Widdington and Debden
Thaxted
Walk in and around Thaxted
2.0
Thaxted
Albury
Rural walk with extensive views
8.1
Albury, Braughing and Furneux Pelham
Hadstock
Hilly rural route plus Linton village
6.3
Hadstock and Linton
Pleshey
Two villages and countryside
7.3
Pleshey and Great Waltham
Hildersham
Stroll around the village
1.5
Hildersham
Patmore Heath
Countryside walk plus village of Furneux Pelham
6.0
Albury and Furneux Pelham
Buntingford
Buntingford town, Wyddial and countryside walk
6.4
Buntingford and Wyddial
Bartlow
The historic heart of Bartlow
1.1
Bartlow
Church End, Little Hadham
Countryside and several Little Hadham hamlets
4.1
Little Hadham
Matching Green
Countryside walk on lanes and paths
5.7
Matching
Stebbing
Stroll in and around the village
2.8
Stebbing
Clavering
Stroll along village lanes and paths
2.4
Clavering
Great Dunmow
Countryside plus some Gt Dunmow & Stebbing
9.0
Great Dunmow, Lindsell and Stebbing
Broxted
Countryside plus Broxted and Tilty
5.5
Broxted and Great Easton & Tlty
Sawbridgeworth
Stroll in and around town
2.2
Sawbridgeworth
Much Hadham
Stroll along lanes, paths and High Street
2.2
Much Hadham
Chrishall
Countryside walk on high ground
8.1
Chrishall, Langley, Chishills and Heydon
Wareside
Countryside walk on lanes and paths
6.0
Wareside and Thundridge
Hatfield Broad Oak
Stroll around the village
1.7
Hatfield Broad Oak
Great Dunmow
Stroll around the town's roads and paths
3.0
Great Dunmow
High Roding
Countryside walk
4.7
High Roding and Great Canfield
Leaden Roding
Three Rodings countryside walk
9.2
Leaden, White and Aythorpe Rodings
Duxford
Village stroll
1.8
Duxford
High Easter
Village and countryside walk
3.2
High Easter
Barkway
Includes Barkway estates and Barley village
6.5
Barkway, Barley and Nuthampstead
Anstey
A walk of great variety
6.9
Anstey, Barkway and Nuthampstead
Barkway
A more detailed look at Barkway village
1.7
Barkway
Little Dunmow
Countryside walk
4.6
Little Dunmow, Barnston and Flitch Green
Hempstead
Countryside plus Hempstead village
4.3
Hempstead
Westmill
Countryside plus exploration of 2 villages
5.2
Westmill and Aspenden
Stansted Mountfitchet
Largely permissive paths through parkland
3.0
Stansted Mountfitchet
Radwinter
Radwinter village and countryside paths
5.5
Radwinter and Wimbish
Great Saling
Countryside walk in Great Saling & Bardfield Saling
3.5
The Salings
Church End, Shalford
Lanes and footpaths of Shalford and Wethersfield
5.4
Shalford and Wethersfield
Little Bardfield
Countryside plus Little Bardfield village
4.5
Bardfields: Little and Great
Brent Pelham
Countryside walk on a mixture of quiet lanes and paths
5.6
Brent Pelham & Meesden and Anstey
Berden
Countryside including villages of Berden and Stocking Pelham
4.9
Berden, Stocking Pelham and Brent Pelham
Birchanger
Countryside and woodland walk
3.5
Birchanger
Little Sampford
Country lanes and paths plus Great Sampford village
5.2
The Sampfords
Manuden
Countryside plus Manuden conservation area
3.9
Manuden
Hare Street
Countryside plus Gt & Little Hormeads & Hare Street
6.7
Hormead and Buntingford
Rickling Green
Countryside including bluebell woods - shortcut option
6.8
Quendon & Rickling, and Ugley
Arkesden
Countryside walk and village amble
5.1
Arkesden
Ashdon
Hilly countryside walk
6.5
Ashdon
Sheering
Countryside paths & lanes + Sheering village
4.9
Sheering and Hatfield Heath
Hatfield Heath
Countryside roads & paths + Hatfield Heath village
3.9
Hatfield Heath and Little Hallingbury
Castle Camps
Countryside paths + Castle Camps village
2.8
Castle Camps
Castle Camps
Rural walk plus Castle Camps village
6.7
Castle Camps
Steeple Bumpstead
Varied walk including Moyns Park and Birdbrook
5.5
Steeple Bumpstead (and Birdbrook outside Hundred Parishes)
Helions Bumpstead
Quiet lanes & paths within Helions Bumpstead
4.2
Helions Bumpstead
Manuden
Rural walk on both sides of the Stort valley
4.8
Manuden and Ugley
Takeley
Flat walk mostly on footpaths and bridleways
5.8
Takeley and Little Canfield
Takeley
Mainly rural + Takeley Street and Hatfield Forest
5.0
Takeley and Hatfield Broad Oak
Ugley
Exploration of Ugley and its history
4.1
Ugley
Farnham
Countryside walk
5.2
Farnham, Manuden & Stansted Mountfitchet
Sewards End
Countryside walk with exploration of Sewards End
4.7
Sewards End and Wimbish
Little Easton
Lots of history along paths and quiet lanes
3.9
Little Easton and Great Easton
Chrishall Church
Countryside walk + two villages
4.5
Chrishall, Elmdon and Wenden Lofts
Littlebury Green
Countryside walk
3.4
Littlebury and Strethall
Widford
Countryside walk + history through two villages
5.6
Widford and Hunsdon
Littlebury
Exploration of Littlebury village
1.4
Littlebury
Much Hadham
Countryside walk between Ash and Rib valleys
7.8
Much Hadham and Standon
Rickling Church
Countryside walk, often on higher ground
4.4
Quendon & Rickling, and Wicken Bonhunt
Duton Hill
Countryside walk via Monk Street - option to extend to 6.8 miles
5.8
Great Easton & Tilty, and Thaxted
Great Hallingbury
Countryside walk
4.5
Great Hallingbury
Green Tye
Varied route on eastern side of Much Hadham parish
5.5
Much Hadham
Ickleton
Detailed review of centre of Ickleton
1.3
Ickleton
Linton
Countryside walk, largely on high ground
9.5
Linton and Great Chesterford
Debden
Debden past and present on paths and lanes
3.1
Debden
Thorley parish church
Varied walk, mostly on paths and quiet lanes
5.2
Thorley and Great Hallingbury
Lindsell
Rural walk on quiet lanes and paths
4.0
Lindsell
Thundrirdge
A mix of countryside and heritage
4.6
Thundridge
Wethersfield
Mostly rural, passing many listed buildings
5.0
Wethersfield
Little London
Quiet lanes and paths and two lovely villages
6.5
Berden and Clavering
Little Hallingbury
Mixed route of lanes, paths and towpath
5.0
Little Hallingbury
Linton
Tour of older parts of Linton village
1.8
Linton
Rickling Green
Rural stroll including bluebell woods
2.0
Quendon and Rickling