Day 5 - Option D

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 44.81 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 12h 55 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: No
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 43 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 60 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 47 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 4 m
  • ⚐
    District: Colchester 
  • ⚑
    Start: N 51.947967° / E 0.939892°
  • ⚑
    End: N 51.879941° / E 0.994345°
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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.

Add waypoints by clicking on the map.

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. 47 m - Start on School Road
  2. 2 : km 0.75 - alt. 46 m - Turn right onto Wick Road
  3. 3 : km 0.93 - alt. 46 m - Turn left
  4. 4 : km 1.15 - alt. 42 m - Turn left onto Birchwood Road
  5. 5 : km 1.66 - alt. 47 m - Turn left onto Birchwood Road
  6. 6 : km 2.89 - alt. 35 m - Turn slight right onto Birchwood Road
  7. 7 : km 2.9 - alt. 36 m - Turn right onto Ardleigh Road, B1029
  8. 8 : km 5.3 - alt. 35 m - Turn right onto Harwich Road, A137
  9. 9 : km 5.31 - alt. 35 m - Turn left onto Station Road, B1029
  10. 10 : km 5.42 - alt. 35 m - Turn left onto Church View
  11. 11 : km 5.52 - alt. 35 m - Turn right onto Chapel Croft
  12. 12 : km 5.53 - alt. 35 m - Turn left
  13. 13 : km 6.42 - alt. 35 m - Keep right
  14. 14 : km 6.61 - alt. 35 m - Turn left onto Frating Road, B1029
  15. 15 : km 11.26 - alt. 34 m - Turn left
  16. 16 : km 11.96 - alt. 34 m - Turn right onto Back Lane East
  17. 17 : km 12.02 - alt. 34 m - Turn left onto Harwich Road
  18. 18 : km 12.24 - alt. 33 m - Turn right onto Chapel Lane
  19. 19 : km 12.68 - alt. 30 m - Turn slight left
  20. 20 : km 13.32 - alt. 31 m - Turn right
  21. 21 : km 13.5 - alt. 30 m - Keep right
  22. 22 : km 14.64 - alt. 28 m - Turn left onto Colchester Road, A133
  23. 23 : km 17.32 - alt. 26 m - Keep right onto Colchester Road, A133
  24. 24 : km 17.66 - alt. 26 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto A133
  25. 25 : km 22.53 - alt. 17 m - Keep right onto A133
  26. 26 : km 22.99 - alt. 15 m - At roundabout, take exit 3 onto A133
  27. 27 : km 24.09 - alt. 12 m - Keep right onto A133
  28. 28 : km 24.13 - alt. 11 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto A133
  29. 29 : km 24.84 - alt. 14 m - Keep left onto A133
  30. 30 : km 24.9 - alt. 13 m - At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Saint Johns Road, B1027
  31. 31 : km 25.42 - alt. 13 m - Keep right onto Old Road, B1027
  32. 32 : km 25.46 - alt. 12 m - Keep left onto Valley Road, B1027
  33. 33 : km 26.62 - alt. 4 m - Turn right onto Holland Road, B1032
  34. 34 : km 27.4 - alt. 4 m - Turn left onto Valley Road, B1027
  35. 35 : km 28.56 - alt. 12 m - Turn right onto Old Road, B1027
  36. 36 : km 28.6 - alt. 13 m - Turn slight left onto Saint Johns Road, B1027
  37. 37 : km 29.04 - alt. 13 m - Keep left onto Saint Johns Road, B1027
  38. 38 : km 29.05 - alt. 13 m - Keep right onto Saint Johns Road, B1027
  39. 39 : km 29.08 - alt. 13 m - At roundabout, take exit 3 onto A133
  40. 40 : km 29.86 - alt. 11 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto A133
  41. 41 : km 30.9 - alt. 14 m - Keep right onto A133
  42. 42 : km 30.96 - alt. 14 m - At roundabout, take exit 3 onto A133
  43. 43 : km 36.23 - alt. 25 m - Keep left onto A133
  44. 44 : km 36.32 - alt. 26 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Colchester Road, A133
  45. 45 : km 39.85 - alt. 29 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Colchester Road, A133
  46. 46 : km 44.67 - alt. 32 m - Turn sharp left onto School Road
  47. E : km 44.81 - alt. 32 m

Useful Information

Always stay careful and alert while following a route. Visorando and the author of this walk cannot be held responsible in the event of an accident during this route.

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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
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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 Two Colnes Circular

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↔8.46 km ↗+50 m ↘-50 m ◔2h 35 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Earls Colne (Essex)

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Walking Stour Wood Stroll

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↔4.23 km ↗+28 m ↘-30 m ◔1h 15 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Ramsey and Parkeston (Essex)

This walk takes in woodland, farmland, quiet meadows and the River Stour where saltmarsh and mudflats provide habitats for wildlife.

Walking Woodland and River Ramble

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↔6.45 km ↗+31 m ↘-31 m ◔1h 55 ▲Easy
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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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