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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 8.92 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 2h 35 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: No
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 16 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 15 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 45 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 23 m
  • ⚐
    District: East Bergholt 
  • ⚑
    Start: N 51.97225° / E 1.03344°
  • ⚑
    End: N 51.9684° / E 1.02776°
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Description

Start the plot by indicating the starting point. If you know the exact car parking situation, please explain how to park.
If we can access the starting point with public transports, please explain the lines to use and share any useful informations.

(S) From here, describe the instructions to follow from the starting point.

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The plot has to end by the location where the walk finishes. If it is a loop please write (S/E) at the end of the description. If it is a one way route write (E).

Waypoints

  1. S : km 0 - alt. 38 m - Start near Mill Rd, East Bergholt, Colchester CO7, UK
  2. 2 : km 0 - alt. 38 m - Head west on Gandish Rd
  3. 3 : km 0.44 - alt. 36 m - Head south-west on Gandish Rd towards Gandish Cl
  4. 4 : km 0.8 - alt. 39 m - Head south-west on Gandish Rd towards Rectory Hill
  5. 5 : km 0.81 - alt. 39 m - Turn right onto Rectory Hill
  6. 6 : km 1.19 - alt. 23 m - Head north-west on Rectory Hill towards Flatford Rd
  7. 7 : km 1.62 - alt. 37 m - Head west on Rectory Hill towards Flatford Rd
  8. 8 : km 1.64 - alt. 36 m - Continue onto The St
  9. 9 : km 1.97 - alt. 37 m - Head north-east on Gaston St towards Elm Rd
  10. 10 : km 2.35 - alt. 42 m - Head north-east on Gaston St towards Elm Rd
  11. 11 : km 2.38 - alt. 42 m - Turn left onto Elm Rd
  12. 12 : km 2.58 - alt. 43 m - Head north-west on Elm Rd towards Fiddlers Ln
  13. 13 : km 2.59 - alt. 43 m - Turn right onto Fiddlers Ln
  14. 14 : km 2.89 - alt. 44 m - Head north-east on Fiddlers Ln towards Gaston End/B1070
  15. 15 : km 2.9 - alt. 44 m - Turn left onto B1070
  16. 16 : km 3.3 - alt. 42 m - Turn left onto Hadleigh Rd
  17. 17 : km 3.37 - alt. 42 m - Head south-west on Hadleigh Rd towards Collingwood Fields
  18. 18 : km 3.72 - alt. 44 m - Head south-west on Hadleigh Rd towards Hughes Rd
  19. 19 : km 3.73 - alt. 44 m - Turn left to stay on Hadleigh Rd
  20. 20 : km 3.77 - alt. 43 m - Turn left onto Elm Rd
  21. 21 : km 3.77 - alt. 43 m - Head south on Hadleigh Rd towards Hop Meadow
  22. 22 : km 4.2 - alt. 38 m - Head south-east on Hadleigh Rd towards The St
  23. 23 : km 4.34 - alt. 37 m - Turn left onto Gaston St
  24. 24 : km 4.35 - alt. 36 m - Head north-east on Gaston St towards Elm Rd
  25. 25 : km 4.81 - alt. 43 m - Head north-east on Gaston St towards Chaplin Rd
  26. 26 : km 4.92 - alt. 44 m - Turn right onto Chaplin Rd
  27. 27 : km 5.04 - alt. 44 m - Head east on Chaplin Rd
  28. 28 : km 5.09 - alt. 44 m - Turn left to stay on Chaplin Rd
  29. 29 : km 5.16 - alt. 44 m - Turn right to stay on Chaplin Rd
  30. 30 : km 5.25 - alt. 44 m - Head south-east on Chaplin Rd towards Richardsons Rd
  31. 31 : km 5.3 - alt. 44 m - Turn right onto Richardsons Rd
  32. 32 : km 5.36 - alt. 43 m - Head south-east on Richardsons Rd towards Pitts End
  33. 33 : km 5.53 - alt. 42 m - Head east on Richardsons Rd towards Chaplin Rd
  34. 34 : km 5.72 - alt. 43 m - Head north-west on Richardsons Rd towards Chaplin Rd
  35. 35 : km 5.83 - alt. 44 m - Turn right onto Chaplin Rd
  36. 36 : km 5.95 - alt. 43 m - Head north on Chaplin Rd towards Heath Rd/B1070
  37. 37 : km 5.98 - alt. 43 m - Turn right onto Heath Rd/B1070
  38. 38 : km 6.12 - alt. 43 m - Head east on Heath Rd/B1070 towards Woodgates Rd
  39. 39 : km 6.12 - alt. 43 m - Turn left onto Woodgates Rd
  40. 40 : km 6.35 - alt. 42 m - Turn left onto Quintons Rd
  41. 41 : km 6.51 - alt. 43 m - Head south-west on Quintons Rd towards Heath Rd/B1070
  42. 42 : km 6.63 - alt. 44 m - Turn left onto Heath Rd/B1070
  43. 43 : km 6.73 - alt. 43 m - Head east on Heath Rd/B1070 towards Chaplin Rd
  44. 44 : km 7.07 - alt. 43 m - Head east on Heath Rd/B1070 towards Putticks Ln
  45. 45 : km 7.46 - alt. 39 m - Head south-east on Mill Rd/B1070 towards Gandish Rd
  46. 46 : km 7.72 - alt. 40 m - Head south-east on Mill Rd/B1070 towards Gandish Rd
  47. 47 : km 7.97 - alt. 38 m - Head south on Mill Rd/B1070 towards Gandish Rd
  48. 48 : km 8.22 - alt. 35 m - Head south on Mill Rd/B1070
  49. 49 : km 8.45 - alt. 38 m - Head south on Mill Rd/B1070 towards White Horse Rd
  50. 50 : km 8.53 - alt. 38 m - Turn right onto White Horse Rd
  51. 51 : km 8.83 - alt. 39 m - Turn left onto Orvis Ln
  52. 52 : km 8.83 - alt. 39 m - Head north on Orvis Ln towards White Horse Rd
  53. 53 : km 8.84 - alt. 39 m - Turn left onto White Horse Rd
  54. E : km 8.92 - alt. 39 m

Useful Information

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Walking Flatford Mill

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⚑Departure from Brantham (Suffolk)

A walk along the River Stour incorporating sections of the Stour Valley Path, the Essex Way and St Edmund's Way.
Flatford Mill is the idyllic English country scene encapsulated by John Constables renowned paintings including the instantly recognizable 'Haywain'. This circular route is an exceptional walk by all accounts and the perfect way to engross oneself in this landscape that sits on the Suffolk and Essex border.

Walking Alton Water Reservoir

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↔12.30 km ↗+9 m ↘-9 m ◔3h 30 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Stutton (Suffolk)

Located on the Shotley peninsular, the Alton Water Reservoir provides an easy walk around its water. A self contained circular route that needs little in the way of maps. Just keep the water on your right and keep walking! The mixed variety of landscapes of open meadow, woods and even the hills on the northern side of the reservoir provide a constant changing scenery throughout the walk. In all this is a great walk with some pleasing panoramas and ever changing views of the reservoir.

Walking Across the Dam and Up the Creek

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↔7.76 km ↗+24 m ↘-24 m ◔2h 15 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Stutton (Suffolk)

This walk gives fantastic views over Alton Water Park. The longer walk leads you to Holbrook Creek and passes through the pretty village of Stutton. A shorter walk visits a nature reserve and the Tattingstone Clifton Wonder, a building designed to deceive!

Walking Wildlife and Wonder

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↔4.85 km ↗+9 m ↘-9 m ◔1h 25 ▲Easy
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This walk gives fantastic views over Alton Water Park. The longer walk leads you to Holbrook Creek and passes through the pretty village of Stutton. A shorter walk visits a nature reserve and the Tattingstone Clifton Wonder, a building designed to deceive!

Walking Into the Valley of Wherstead

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↔5.62 km ↗+43 m ↘-49 m ◔1h 45 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Wherstead (Suffolk)

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Walking Wherstead Woodlands

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↔7.58 km ↗+34 m ↘-40 m ◔2h 15 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Wherstead (Suffolk)

On the ‘Wherstead Woodlands’ walk, you can see more ancient woodland, the Stalls Valley, farmland and the villages of Wherstead and Freston.

Walking Stour Wood Stroll

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↔4.23 km ↗+28 m ↘-30 m ◔1h 15 ▲Easy
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Walking Woodland and River Ramble

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↔6.45 km ↗+31 m ↘-31 m ◔1h 55 ▲Easy
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