Essex Walks
These walks around Burnham-on-Crouch in Essex offer a perfect mix of riverside scenery and town charm.
The shorter route is a gentle, family-friendly stroll along the River Crouch, past the Burnham Yacht Club harbour and through Riverside Park, ideal for a relaxing outing.
For those looking for a longer adventure, the extended route continues along the Saltmarsh Coastal Trail out to Burnham Wick before looping back through the town’s high street, where you can enjoy refreshments at the various pubs and cafés.
Both walks start conveniently from Burnham-on-Crouch railway station, making them easy to reach by train.
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Walk information
This first route is an easy family-friendly walk that takes you around local park land, along the River Crouch, past the Burnham Yacht Club harbour and on a stroll through the Riverside Park.
Train Station:
Burnham-on-Crouch
Based on 5 user ratings
An outstanding walk
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Great short walk taking in lot of different scenery.
Perfect walk with kids. Not at all busy. Free parking, great views of the boats. Added bonus it was near a great play ground for the kids to play with while we ate ice cream!
Walk information
If you want to stretch your legs and really explore the area around Burnham-on-Crouch, this second route is an epic adventure for you.
This route enjoys the harbour and Riverside park from the first route, but it also takes you along the Saltmarsh Coastal Trail for a long walk out East into Burnham Wick before looping and heading back through the town's high street itself where there are pubs and various eateries for refreshments.
Based on 12 user ratings
An outstanding walk
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Preferred the shorter walk, the Wick has little of interest. All the more interesting stuff is on the shorter Burnham walk
The start is a little hidden, walk towards marina - on your right is a waymark in yellow next to a chain across a track . At the end you can cut back quicker to the Station if you go by train . Lovely walk . Beware NO SHADE best for an overcast day
Could do with a postcode or what 3 words location for the parking, there is actually quite a lot of free parking in Burnham once you look. We parked on a side road on the way to the boat marina where the walk starts. Overall we really enjoyed this walk and will do it again.
This walk starts in the shadow of the impressive yachts down at the club. There are plenty of places to stop for a drink (or the loo) and some good stretches to let the dog off the lead.
Very easy to follow the route on the app. A scenic and quiet walk. Enjoyable.
Very enjoyable walk around the Burnham area, paths were well marked although we went very slightly wrong at the end so cut a corner off. Route measured just over 8 miles on my GPS.
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