Watton at Stone — Ware
Watwar two
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By Tony Parsons on 23 Apr 2021
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Geography information system (GIS) data
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Maximum elevation
Minimum elevation
Start and end points
Watton at Stone
Grid Ref
TL3020919292
Lat / Lon
51.85704° / -0.11068°
Easting / Northing
530,209E / 219,292N
What3Words
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Ware
Grid Ref
TL3600013998
Lat / Lon
51.80809° / -0.02872°
Easting / Northing
536,000E / 213,998N
What3Words
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| Watton at Stone | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | TL3020919292 |
| Lat / Lon | 51.85704° / -0.11068° |
| Easting / Northing | 530,209E / 219,292N |
| What3Words | fuels.adults.speech |
| Ware | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | TL3600013998 |
| Lat / Lon | 51.80809° / -0.02872° |
| Easting / Northing | 536,000E / 213,998N |
| What3Words | launch.items.mime |
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review
Porcovolente
19 Aug 2021We walked this route from Ware to Watton in August '21. Mostly it is footpaths and lanes through undulating countryside but with a couple of stretches of main road.
This route would not be suitable for pushchairs due to the quality of some of the paths. Mountain bikes would cope but some of the pathways are overgrown, with hidden holes. The paths either side of the A602 are particularly so with almost waist high nettles and thistles (I've included a photo, where it is hard to discern the path running through the centre of the image).
The route starts by running along Ware's main street where there are plenty of shops and cafes but then it follows the main road out of town. I don't know the area well enough but I think the route could be inproved by diverting down side roads from the first roundabout.
Once in the countryside the route is relatively easy to follow although we had to retrace steps a couple of times by being to eager to take turnings.
There were a couple of places where I had to really zoom in on the gpx file as even our OS map wasn't clear enough - I had a printout of the route over two A4 sheets but it was soon obvious that it wasn't providing enough information.
Halfway through the route the village of Chapmore End has a pub but apart from that there is nowhere to get food until Watton which has at least one shop and pub (the pub marked on the OS map at Stapleford has been converted into housing - this is where the other stretch of main road is).
Overall a pleasant enough walk with a variety of farmland, woodland and fallow ground, a few good views and no major obstacles.
The route ends in the village of Watton-At-Stone. We continued on about another half mile to the station which was easy to find and signposted from the village (not on the same line as Ware).
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