Essex Walks
At High Woods Country Park, these walks offer a mix of shady woodland trails, open green spaces and a peaceful lakeside setting.
Choose a shorter family-friendly circuit that neatly packs in the park’s highlights, or a longer loop that explores more of the woods and surrounding parkland for a relaxed and varied day outdoors.
Download the Essex Walks App to follow these routes with real-time GPS navigation.
Walk information
This is a lovely short family-friendly stroll around the pretty High Woods Country Park.
It is a nice varied walk for such a short walk as well, with beautiful woodland, open parkland and a stroll around the lake all packed in.
Based on 3 user ratings
A very popular walk
Real feedback from people who have completed this walk using the Essex Walks app.
First-hand experiences
Spot on distance wise
Walk information
This second route is a longer walking loop that explores most of the High Woods county park.
It of course enjoys lots of woodland walking, but also visits the lake and strolls through some pretty open parkland.
Based on 2 user ratings
An outstanding walk
Real feedback from people who have completed this walk using the Essex Walks app.
First-hand experiences
I clocked it as 2.9 miles in 1 hour 5 minutes so the estimate seems a bit out. One path up the hill a bit tricky to find at first.
Lovely mix of marked paths and worn trails in the grass leading to vantage points over the hills in less traversed areas
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