IOG Stour Valley 5/6: Stratford St Mary To Nayland

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 22.36 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 6h 55 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 192 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 185 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 57 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 4 m
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Description

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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/E : km 0 - alt. 6 m - Start on Lower Street
  2. 2 : km 0.15 - alt. 6 m - Turn right
  3. 3 : km 0.22 - alt. 4 m - Keep left
  4. 4 : km 0.9 - alt. 12 m - Keep right onto Essex Way
  5. 5 : km 1.58 - alt. 21 m - Keep right onto Essex Way
  6. 6 : km 1.91 - alt. 22 m - Turn left onto Essex Way
  7. 7 : km 2.62 - alt. 26 m - Turn left onto Essex Way
  8. 8 : km 2.65 - alt. 28 m - Turn right onto Essex Way
  9. 9 : km 2.87 - alt. 38 m - Turn right onto Essex Way
  10. 10 : km 3.79 - alt. 47 m - Turn right onto Essex Way
  11. 11 : km 4.74 - alt. 44 m - Turn sharp left onto Church Street
  12. 12 : km 5.28 - alt. 46 m - Turn right onto Essex Way
  13. 13 : km 5.43 - alt. 46 m - Turn right onto Essex Way
  14. 14 : km 5.72 - alt. 47 m - Turn right onto Essex Way
  15. 15 : km 6.01 - alt. 46 m - Turn right onto Burnt Dick Hill
  16. 16 : km 7.68 - alt. 15 m - Turn right
  17. 17 : km 7.87 - alt. 10 m - Turn right
  18. 18 : km 8.33 - alt. 12 m - Turn right onto Court Street
  19. 19 : km 8.63 - alt. 13 m - Turn right onto Birch Street, B1087
  20. 20 : km 8.72 - alt. 14 m - Turn left onto Gravel Hill
  21. 21 : km 8.97 - alt. 35 m - Turn left
  22. 22 : km 9.52 - alt. 33 m - Turn right
  23. 23 : km 9.96 - alt. 56 m - Keep right
  24. 24 : km 10.87 - alt. 41 m - Turn right
  25. 25 : km 11.19 - alt. 52 m - Turn right
  26. 26 : km 11.29 - alt. 49 m - Turn slight right
  27. 27 : km 12.46 - alt. 24 m - Turn right
  28. 28 : km 12.66 - alt. 23 m - Turn left
  29. 29 : km 13.49 - alt. 57 m - Turn right
  30. 30 : km 13.71 - alt. 56 m - Turn slight left onto Church Street, B1087
  31. 31 : km 13.79 - alt. 54 m - Turn left onto Polstead Street, B1068
  32. 32 : km 13.8 - alt. 54 m - Turn right onto Scotland Street
  33. 33 : km 14.21 - alt. 35 m - Turn right
  34. 34 : km 14.25 - alt. 38 m - Turn left
  35. 35 : km 15.26 - alt. 12 m - Turn left
  36. 36 : km 16.18 - alt. 51 m - Turn right onto Hudsons Lane
  37. 37 : km 16.2 - alt. 51 m - Turn left
  38. 38 : km 16.58 - alt. 51 m - Turn left
  39. 39 : km 16.9 - alt. 50 m - Turn sharp right
  40. 40 : km 17.24 - alt. 46 m - Turn left
  41. 41 : km 18.72 - alt. 15 m - Turn left onto B1068
  42. 42 : km 18.81 - alt. 15 m - Turn right onto Langham Mill Lane
  43. 43 : km 19.47 - alt. 8 m - Turn right onto Langham Mill Lane
  44. 44 : km 20.29 - alt. 11 m - Turn sharp left
  45. 45 : km 20.87 - alt. 10 m - Keep left
  46. 46 : km 22.14 - alt. 4 m - Turn slight left
  47. 47 : km 22.21 - alt. 6 m - Turn left onto Lower Street
  48. S/E : km 22.36 - alt. 6 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.

Other walks in the area

Walking Flatford Mill

Walker
Flatford Mill
↔13.97 km ↗+41 m ↘-40 m ◔4h 05 ▲Moderate
⚑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

Walker
Alton Water Reservoir
↔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

Walker
↔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

Walker
↔4.85 km ↗+9 m ↘-9 m ◔1h 25 ▲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 Into the Valley of Wherstead

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

The historic villages of Wherstead and Freston are great for exploring the unique farmed and estuary landscapes of the Suffolk Coast & Heaths AONB. The walks take in Freston Wood, a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).

Walking Wherstead Woodlands

Walker
↔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

Walker
↔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

Walker
↔6.45 km ↗+31 m ↘-31 m ◔1h 55 ▲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.

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