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River Crouch – Hullbridge Waterfront loop from Wickford

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River Crouch – Hullbridge Waterfront loop from Wickford

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River Crouch – Hullbridge Waterfront loop from Wickford

07:34

29.4km

140m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 19, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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1.16 km

Wickford Heroes Arboretum

Forest

2.87 km

Railway Bridge at Giddings Copse / Shotgate Thickets

Highlight • Structure

Railway bridge bisecting the Giddings Copse/Shotgate Thickets nature reserve. You used to be able to climb the works stairs to gain access to the other side, but now you can …

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3.07 km

River Crouch

Highlight • River

T-junction at the River Crouch.

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3.62 km

Shotgate Farm Woods

Highlight • Forest

Small loop around a thicket of trees adjacent to Shotgate Farm road. A hidden path between the trees at the south east corner brings you out to the farm's main gate.

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10.9 km

Rayleigh Mount Nature Park

Highlight • Historical Site

Rayleigh Mount itself is a little nature park with a couple of ponds. There used to be a castle on to – the only Essex castle mentioned in the Domesday …

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11.3 km

Holy Trinity Church, Rayleigh

Highlight • Historical Site

The Church of England parish church of the Holy Trinity is at the top of Rayleigh High Street. A church existed on the site in Saxon times and the present …

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17.1 km

Alpaca Field

Highlight • Natural

Field of Alpacas, guarded by a sweet black cat.

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18.7 km

Hullbridge Waterfront

Highlight • River

Peaceful stretch of the River Crouch waterfront at Hullbridge, with a number of nice pubs and bars.

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22.7 km

Battlesbridge Bridge

Highlight • Historical Site

A steel supported iron bridge (the titular bridge of Battlesbridge) built in the 1870's, to replace a previous iron bridge that was destroyed when struck by a steam traction engine. …

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29.4 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

17.5 km

5.61 km

4.07 km

1.78 km

407 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

7.13 km

6.67 km

5.21 km

4.90 km

4.12 km

1.36 km

Elevation

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Highest point (70 m)

Lowest point (0 m)

Weather

Wednesday 24 June

28°C

18°C

0 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 19.0 km/h

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Comments

March 23, 2022,Rayleigh Loop

Beautiful day for a walk (even if Essex is covered in a pall of hazy smog this week). Finding Wheatley Wood has made getting to Rayleigh a hell of a lot easier. It's not at all marked from the western end at the Carpenter's roundabout, and the landowner's signs do their best to make you think there's no access. Pushed …

August 18, 2024,Hullbridge Loop

Found a way through fields that skips an absolutely awful bit of dangerous road between Hullbridge and Battlesbridge, so I'm quite chuffed with that lol.

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River Crouch – Hullbridge Waterfront loop from Wickford

Railway Bridge at Giddings Copse / Shotgate Thickets

River Crouch

Shotgate Farm Woods

Rayleigh Mount Nature Park

Holy Trinity Church, Rayleigh

Alpaca Field

Hullbridge Waterfront

Battlesbridge Bridge

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