South Woodham Ferrers
Essex
Slow Ways linking South Woodham Ferrers and Burnham-on-Crouch, Chelmsford, Maldon, Rayleigh, Rochford, Wickford
Progress towards triple-checked route options for South Woodham Ferrers’s six Slow Ways: 42%
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Chelmsford—South Woodham Ferrers
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Chesou one |
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U U |
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Review me | Distance 17km/11mi | Ascent 104m | Descent 128m | ||
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Rayleigh—South Woodham Ferrers
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Raysou one |
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U U |
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Review me | Distance 12km/8mi | Ascent 75m | Descent 131m | ||
Rayleigh—South Woodham Ferrers
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Raysou two |
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U U |
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Double check | Distance 11km/7mi | Ascent 71m | Descent 127m | |
South Woodham Ferrers—Burnham-on-Crouch
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Soubur one |
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U U |
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Pioneer me | Distance 24km/15mi | Ascent 185m | Descent 191m | ||
South Woodham Ferrers—Burnham-on-Crouch
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Soubur one |
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U U |
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Double check | Distance 24km/15mi | Ascent 134m | Descent 140m | ||
South Woodham Ferrers—Maldon
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Soumal one |
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U U |
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Double check | Distance 15km/9mi | Ascent 122m | Descent 98m | ||
South Woodham Ferrers—Maldon
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Soumal two |
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U U |
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Pioneer me | Distance 14km/9mi | Ascent 140m | Descent 114m | ||
South Woodham Ferrers—Rochford
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Souroc one |
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U U |
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Pioneer me | Distance 19km/12mi | Ascent 153m | Descent 155m | ||
Wickford—South Woodham Ferrers
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Wicsou one |
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U U |
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Pioneer me | Distance 10km/6mi | Ascent 82m | Descent 87m |
Collective progress
39% of South Woodham Ferrers’s routes are drawn, reviewed, surveyed and/or verified
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5 people have contributed to South Woodham Ferrers’s Slow Ways
0 people have pledged to walk and review a route
0 people have surveyed a route in South Woodham Ferrers
80km out of 147km have been walked and reviewed
91km of reviews have been shared in South Woodham Ferrers
Latest Updates
It's easy to follow on marked footpaths and bridleways with some road walking....
Clare
We only followed to battlesbridge but was very accurate up to that point....
KR5
This route will not work as there is no crossing on the river crouch at that point...
KR5
River Crouch crossing between Ferry Road, Hullbridge and Marsh Farm Road, SWF does NOT exist!!! First river crossing on foot is upstream at Battlesbridge road bridge - there is NO crossing downstream other than the foot ferry at BOC....
John Myers
In entering Purleigh, from south, it would be more interesting and less road walking to take path leading to the Purleigh Hall, Church and The Bell (food available). A longer alternative route in to Maldon would be to go from Purleigh to Mundon (interesting church), then footpaths north to the Promenade Park....
tony77
tony77 added Soumal two, a new walk from South Woodham Ferrers to Maldon
Walk this routeVery dangerous section along the Lower Burnham Road, NOT recommended for walkers - instead head further north on Honey Pot Lane, west along the old railway track and south through South Woodham Ferrers...
Carole Randall
Slow Ways added Chesou one, a new walk from Chelmsford to South Woodham Ferrers
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Raysou one, a new walk from Rayleigh to South Woodham Ferrers
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Raysou two, a new walk from Rayleigh to South Woodham Ferrers
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Soubur one, a new walk from South Woodham Ferrers to Burnham-on-Crouch
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Soubur one, a new walk from South Woodham Ferrers to Burnham-on-Crouch
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Soumal one, a new walk from South Woodham Ferrers to Maldon
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Souroc one, a new walk from South Woodham Ferrers to Rochford
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Wicsou one, a new walk from Wickford to South Woodham Ferrers
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South Woodham Ferrers’s Slow Ways starting point
Grid ref
TQ8041897748
Lat / Lon
51.64958° / 0.60651°
Easting / Northing
580,418E / 197,748N
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