Connect Brightlingsea with Slow Ways
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more walks and reviews are needed to fully connect Brightlingsea to the verified network. Can you give a hike and help?
Give a hike!England / Essex / Brightlingsea
Brightlingsea’s three Slow Ways are 42% checked
Help connect Brightlingsea
Many Slow Ways have several route options. Some will be better than others, or good for different reasons.
Our goal is for each Slow Way to have at least one route that is verified and surveyed. To be verified – and get its snail badge – a route needs at least three positive reviews.
Give a hike and help get a for every one of Brightlingsea’s Slow Ways.
Walk to Brightlingsea from further afield
| Slow Way | Route | To do | ||||||||
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Brightlingsea—Clacton-on-Sea
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Brigclac one |
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U U |
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Pioneer me | Distance 13km/8mi | Ascent 63m | Descent 57m | ||
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Brightlingsea—Clacton-on-Sea
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Brigclac two |
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U U |
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Pioneer me | Distance 16km/10mi | Ascent 77m | Descent 71m | ||
Brightlingsea—Manningtree
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Briman one |
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U U |
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Review me | Distance 19km/12mi | Ascent 113m | Descent 118m | ||
Wivenhoe—Brightlingsea
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Wivbri one |
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U U |
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Verify me | Distance 10km/6mi | Ascent 69m | Descent 64m | ||
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Wivenhoe—Brightlingsea
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Wivbri two |
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U U |
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Pioneer me | Distance 10km/6mi | Ascent 91m | Descent 86m |
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Collective progress
35% of Brightlingsea’s three route options are drawn, reviewed, surveyed and/or verified
5/5
2/5
0/5
0/5
3 people have contributed to Brightlingsea’s Slow Ways
2 people have pledged to walk and review a route
0 people have surveyed a route in Brightlingsea
29km out of 68km have been walked and reviewed
58km of reviews have been shared in Brightlingsea
Latest Updates
Even better if you time it walking in to the setting sun....
Clive
Then onto Frating Abbey Farm to join the footpath heading south west to Thorrington and Glebe farm....
Clive
For multiple reasons – difficult terrain, narrow overgrown paths, camber and the odd step - this is not a route that can really be recommended for wheelchair users! Midway along Alresford Creek (w3w: ///gobblers.gains.firelight), Wivbri one diverts from the riverbank and takes a slightly more direct inland route before joining up with it again. This route section though is very narrow, highly overgrown, and lacks the views from the riverbank as well. - In addition to the above, tricky (for a chair), rutted mixed terrain along the riverbank for significant sections of the route, also likley to be muddy and slippery in the wet...
Rowena Macaulay
At one point the farmer has blocked the entrance with some equipment - I think due to unwanted travellers - but you can still get by onto the path....
Kim Swift
Slow Ways added Brigclac one, a new walk from Brightlingsea to Clacton-on-Sea
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Brigclac two, a new walk from Brightlingsea to Clacton-on-Sea
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Briman one, a new walk from Brightlingsea to Manningtree
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Wivbri one, a new walk from Wivenhoe to Brightlingsea
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Wivbri two, a new walk from Wivenhoe to Brightlingsea
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Brightlingsea’s Slow Ways starting point
Grid ref
TM0861716807
Lat / Lon
51.81096° / 1.02496°
Easting / Northing
608,617E / 216,807N
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Fancy stretching your legs a bit more?
If you’ve polished off all of the routes between Brightlingsea and its neighbours, how about walking its whole web?
This includes the great ring of routes that join its neighbours to each other!
Facilities
Users have reported that the following facilities can be found within 1km of Brightlingsea's meeting point
Public toilet
Wheelchair accessible toilet
Supermarket or convenience shop
Restaurant, cafe or pub
Accommodation
Accommodation for under £50 a night
Campsite
Bothy
Free wifi
Mobility scooter hire
Off-road wheelchair hire
Disabled Parking
Train station
Bus stop
Ferry
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