Connect Grays with Slow Ways
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Grays’s four Slow Ways are 44% checked
Help connect Grays
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 Grays’s Slow Ways.
Walk to Grays from further afield
| Slow Way | Route | To do | ||||||||
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Aveley—Grays
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Avegra one |
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U U |
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Review me | Distance 8km/5mi | Ascent 63m | Descent 75m | ||
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Aveley—Grays
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Avegra two |
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U U |
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Review me | Distance 9km/5mi | Ascent 69m | Descent 81m | ||
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Grays—Chadwell St Mary
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Gracha one |
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U U |
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Pioneer me | Distance 5km/3mi | Ascent 44m | Descent 22m | ||
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Grays—Tilbury
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Gratil one |
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U U |
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Verify me | Distance 4km/2mi | Ascent 19m | Descent 11m | ||
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Grays—Tilbury
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Gratil two |
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U U |
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Review me | Distance 4km/3mi | Ascent 12m | Descent 19m | ||
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South Ockendon—Grays
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Sougra one |
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U U |
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Review me | Distance 8km/5mi | Ascent 108m | Descent 92m |
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Collective progress
46% of Grays’s four route options are drawn, reviewed, surveyed and/or verified
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3 people have contributed to Grays’s Slow Ways
0 people have pledged to walk and review a route
0 people have surveyed a route in Grays
33km out of 38km have been walked and reviewed
45km of reviews have been shared in Grays
Latest Updates
Nicer than GraTil 1 as you get some true respite from the A-road full of HGVs and that happens to be along a very pleasant and surprisingly scenic riverside path between housing estates, and was being used by a handful of locals....
Daisy C
Following the cycle path from Tilbury Town Station to the roundabout by Asda and McDonalds feels counterintuitive as you head towards the heavier traffic road, but it does mean that I had light controlled crossings for all the busy roads. Eventually it turned off onto Dock Road, less traffic and few HGVs here but still busy. There's a level crossing at Grays Station, so no need to use the footbridge but there is a small flight of steps between Seabrooke Rise and Sheffield Street, which is hidden from view as you approach, it feels as it it will be a dead end....
Daisy C
Walked this route in the summer.Apart from overgrown vegetation it is relatively easy with only one incline.It is generally well signposted and I would recommend it...
Rodway
I enjoyed the last bit of this as there was a walk/cycle way behind streets parallel to the gorges....
bobmatt3
Initially the route is pavement.Once you walk down the footpath in Stifford it can be muddy as you are walking in the valley of the river Mardyke.Some lovely views can be seen.Avoid going on the Travellers Site...
Rodway
Slow Ways added Gracha one, a new walk from Grays to Chadwell St Mary
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Sougra one, a new walk from South Ockendon to Grays
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Grays’s Slow Ways starting point
Grid ref
TQ6134177800
Lat / Lon
51.47616° / 0.32187°
Easting / Northing
561,341E / 177,800N
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Fancy stretching your legs a bit more?
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Facilities
Users have reported that the following facilities can be found within 1km of Grays'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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