Connect Colchester with Slow Ways
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Essex
Slow Ways linking Colchester and Bures, Coggeshall, Hadleigh, Halstead, Manningtree, Tiptree, Wivenhoe
England / Essex / Colchester
Colchester’s seven Slow Ways are 39% checked
Help connect Colchester
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 Colchester’s Slow Ways.
Walk to Colchester from further afield
Slow Way | Route | To do | ||||||||
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Bures—Colchester
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Burcol one |
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U U |
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Double check | Distance 166km/103mi | Ascent 159m | Descent 151m | |
Bures—Colchester
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Burcol two |
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U U |
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Pioneer me | Distance 164km/102mi | Ascent 168m | Descent 160m | ||
Coggeshall—Colchester
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Cogcol one |
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U U |
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Pioneer me | Distance 16km/10mi | Ascent 103m | Descent 100m | ||
Coggeshall—Colchester
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Cogcol two |
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U U |
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Pioneer me | Distance 21km/13mi | Ascent 160m | Descent 157m | ||
Colchester—Hadleigh
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Colhad one |
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U U |
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Pioneer me | Distance 25km/16mi | Ascent 316m | Descent 308m | ||
Colchester—Manningtree
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Colman one |
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U U |
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Double check | Distance 20km/12mi | Ascent 130m | Descent 152m | |
Colchester—Wivenhoe
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Colwiv one |
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U U |
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Review me | Distance 6km/4mi | Ascent 49m | Descent 73m | |
Halstead—Colchester
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Halcol one |
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U U |
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Double check | Distance 24km/15mi | Ascent 193m | Descent 183m | |
Tiptree—Colchester
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Tipcol one |
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U U |
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Pioneer me | Distance 17km/11mi | Ascent 120m | Descent 144m |
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Collective progress
36% of Colchester’s seven route options are drawn, reviewed, surveyed and/or verified
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5 people have contributed to Colchester’s Slow Ways
3 people have pledged to walk and review a route
0 people have surveyed a route in Colchester
216km out of 460km have been walked and reviewed
229km of reviews have been shared in Colchester
Latest Updates
(There's a bus that runs between Halstead and Colchester every half hour on weekdays, stopping at each of the villages, if you can't manage the whole route). The route as shown through the industrial estate can't be taken, as the estate is surrounded by a fence so you can't access it from the pathway, and the old railway line becomes impassable at this point....
Nick Barlow
Footpath on Colchester side of this is currently closed (Autumn 2022) because of building works. No estimate given locally for reopening....
Jude
The route starts from Wivenhoe rail station and the first section follows a path along the River Colne, passing through a nature reserve. Towards the end of the route I had to improvise slightly at the car park when the prescribed route could not be accessed....
Tracy K
The path from Brook Street railway tunnel to the Moors can be overgrown at times. I propose an diversion along the north bank of the Colne, croosing to Spurgeon Street to reach St Leonards Church...
Zenicepian
The path from Brook Street railway tunnel to the Moors can be overgrown at times. I propose an diversion along the north bank of the Colne, croosing to Spurgeon Street to reach St Leonards Church...
Zenicepian
The path between Crown Lane North and Wick Lane goes through the middle of a quarry and is steep and very rutted on the south side and equally steep but loose shingle on the north side....
Timothy Hull
David Emerson added Burcol one, a new walk from Bures to Colchester
Walk this routeDavid Emerson added Burcol two, a new walk from Bures to Colchester
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Cogcol one, a new walk from Coggeshall to Colchester
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Cogcol two, a new walk from Coggeshall to Colchester
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Colhad one, a new walk from Colchester to Hadleigh
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Colman one, a new walk from Colchester to Manningtree
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Colwiv one, a new walk from Colchester to Wivenhoe
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Halcol one, a new walk from Halstead to Colchester
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Tipcol one, a new walk from Tiptree to Colchester
Walk this routeColchester’s Slow Ways starting point
Grid ref
TL9961025221
Lat / Lon
51.88980° / 0.89934°
Easting / Northing
599,610E / 225,221N
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Fancy stretching your legs a bit more?
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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 Colchester'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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