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Essex
Slow Ways linking Basildon and Billericay, Brentwood, Canvey Island, Leigh-on-Sea, Rayleigh, Stanford-le-Hope, West Horndon, Wickford
England / Essex / Basildon
Basildon’s eight Slow Ways are 34% checked
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Walk to Basildon from further afield
| Slow Way | Route | To do | ||||||||
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Basildon—Canvey Island
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Bascan two |
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U U |
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Pioneer me | Distance 14km/9mi | Ascent - | Descent - | ||
Basildon—Leigh-on-Sea
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Baslei one |
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4 X |
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Verify me | Distance 16km/10mi | Ascent 131m | Descent 154m | ||
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Basildon—Rayleigh
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Basray two |
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U U |
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Pioneer me | Distance 16km/10mi | Ascent - | Descent - | ||
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Basildon—Wickford
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Baswic one |
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U U |
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Pioneer me | Distance 10km/6mi | Ascent 56m | Descent 76m | ||
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Billericay—Basildon
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Bilbas one |
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U U |
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Pioneer me | Distance 10km/6mi | Ascent 106m | Descent 57m | ||
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Brentwood—Basildon
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Brebas one |
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U U |
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Pioneer me | Distance 16km/10mi | Ascent 97m | Descent 172m | ||
Stanford-le-Hope—Basildon
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Stabas one |
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U U |
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Double check | Distance 8km/5mi | Ascent 44m | Descent 74m | |
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Stanford-le-Hope—Basildon
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Stabas two |
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U U |
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Pioneer me | Distance 10km/6mi | Ascent 137m | Descent 114m | ||
West Horndon—Basildon
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Wesbas one |
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4 X |
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Review me | Distance 13km/8mi | Ascent 133m | Descent 113m |
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Collective progress
39% of Basildon’s eight route options are drawn, reviewed, surveyed and/or verified
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3 people have contributed to Basildon’s Slow Ways
1 people have pledged to walk and review a route
2 people have surveyed a route in Basildon
36km out of 113km have been walked and reviewed
51km of reviews have been shared in Basildon
Latest Updates
The route to this point is a mix of wide gravel paths and narrow muddy paths, not suitable for wheels. Once the route gets to Pitsea it becomes much more urban and trickier to navigate, the stretch across the golf course in particular, GPS track helped me it here....
Alex Thornton
Daisy C added Stabas two, a new walk from Stanford-le-Hope to Basildon
Walk this routeSlow Ways Cristie added Bascan two, a new walk from Basildon to Canvey Island
Walk this routeI chose to walk on the grass verge on the south side of the road, which was ok for most of the way2 The grass verge is not suitable for cycling, but there is a painted cycle path on the road that should be ok.....
Scott
Slow Ways Cristie added Basray two, a new walk from Basildon to Rayleigh
Walk this routeFrom Basildon station there is a short stretch of roadside walking before crossing a golf course. The path across the course is not well marked and easy to take a wrong turn. There is a viewpoint at Pitsea Mount and I took a short detour off path to the top to see a view across the estuary and the ruin of St Michael's church. A short suburban road ,across a patch of grass into a field beside the railway. From here the walk changes from suburban to open countryside. There is a slight rise in the path as it approaches Leigh-on-Sea and a short stretch by the road to the station....
Strider
A short walk though West Horndon (what a friendly village, 7 'good mornings' in 7 minutes) takes you to a narrow path that quickly opens out across open fields for a few km. Across a narrow bridge and through a farm/fishery the path turns into a track taking you to Fen Lane. Old Church Hill is very narrow but very quiet and goes up hill to a path though woods to open fields beside Hall Wood....
Strider
Slow Ways added Baslei one, a new walk from Basildon to Leigh-on-Sea
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Bilbas one, a new walk from Billericay to Basildon
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Brebas one, a new walk from Brentwood to Basildon
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Stabas one, a new walk from Stanford-le-Hope to Basildon
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Wesbas one, a new walk from West Horndon to Basildon
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Basildon’s Slow Ways starting point
Grid ref
TQ7035888349
Lat / Lon
51.56828° / 0.45668°
Easting / Northing
570,358E / 188,349N
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