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Stour Wood Stroll

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

Technical sheet
No. 4010737
A Ramsey and Parkeston walk posted on 09/09/20 by Aurelie-21. Update : 09/09/20
Calculated time Calculated time: 1h15[?]
Distance Distance : 4.23km
Vertical gain Vertical gain : 28m
Vertical drop Vertical drop : 30m
Highest point Highest point : 33m
Lowest point Lowest point : 1m
Easy Difficulty : Easy
Back to starting point Back to starting point : No
Walking Walking
Location Location : Ramsey and Parkeston
Starting point Starting point : N 51.93397° / E 1.18445°
Arrival Arrival : N 51.934656° / E 1.185793°
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Description

(D/A) Leave Stour Wood car park via the path to left of wooden shelter. Follow a wide path through wood and bear right when path divides. At the T-junction, turn left. At cross paths, go straight and then follow track to right. Pass cottage and turn left. Follow path through woodland and between fields. At T-junction with track, turn right and cross bridge over railway.

(1) Turn right and follow the path along edge of a field to river. When you reach a path running parallel to the river, turn right. Go through tall kissing gate and along edge of garden. Continue along edge of fields, keeping river to left. After some distance, follow path into woodland and take the left hand fork, following signs for Essex Way. Keep on path until railway bridge.

(2) Cross bridge and turn sharp right along permissive path. Follow path parallel with railway back into woodland. Ignore first left, but take second left, indicated by white arrow. Follow white arrows back to car park.(D/A)

Waypoints :
D : km 0 - alt. 31m - Stour Wood car park
1 : km 1.25 - alt. 23m - Bridge
2 : km 2.93 - alt. 22m - Bridge
A : km 4.23 - alt. 29m - Stour Wood car park

Useful Information

Paths and tracks can be muddy after rain. Because of grazing animals and ground nesting birds, please keep dogs on leads. The route follows Public Rights of Way and permissive routes.

Visorando and this author cannot be held responsible in the case of accidents or problems occuring on this walk.

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