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Basildon

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

Drawn: 8/8
reviewed: 3/8
verified: 0/8
and surveyed: 0/8

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Walk to Basildon from further afield

Slow Way Route To do
Basildon—Canvey Island
Bascan two Pioneer me Distance 14km/9mi Ascent - Descent -
Basildon—Leigh-on-Sea
Baslei one Verify me Distance 16km/10mi Ascent 131m Descent 154m
Basildon—Rayleigh
Basray two Pioneer me Distance 16km/10mi Ascent - Descent -
Basildon—Wickford
Baswic one Pioneer me Distance 10km/6mi Ascent 56m Descent 76m
Billericay—Basildon
Bilbas one Pioneer me Distance 10km/6mi Ascent 106m Descent 57m
Brentwood—Basildon
Brebas one Pioneer me Distance 16km/10mi Ascent 97m Descent 172m
Stanford-le-Hope—Basildon
Stabas one

Double check Distance 8km/5mi Ascent 44m Descent 74m
Stanford-le-Hope—Basildon
Stabas two Pioneer me Distance 10km/6mi Ascent 137m Descent 114m
West Horndon—Basildon
Wesbas one 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

9/9

drawn

3/9

reviewed

2/9

surveyed

0/9

verified

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

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Stanford-le-Hope—Basildon

Daisy C added Stabas two, a new walk from Stanford-le-Hope to Basildon

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Basildon—Canvey Island

Slow Ways Cristie added Bascan two, a new walk from Basildon to Canvey Island

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I 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

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Basildon—Rayleigh

Slow Ways Cristie added Basray two, a new walk from Basildon to Rayleigh

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From 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

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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

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Basildon—Leigh-on-Sea

Slow Ways added Baslei one, a new walk from Basildon to Leigh-on-Sea

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Basildon—Wickford

Slow Ways added Baswic one, a new walk from Basildon to Wickford

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Billericay—Basildon

Slow Ways added Bilbas one, a new walk from Billericay to Basildon

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Brentwood—Basildon

Slow Ways added Brebas one, a new walk from Brentwood to Basildon

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Stanford-le-Hope—Basildon

Slow Ways added Stabas one, a new walk from Stanford-le-Hope to Basildon

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West Horndon—Basildon

Slow Ways added Wesbas one, a new walk from West Horndon to Basildon

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Basildon, Mon 25 September

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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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