Essex Walks
We have 4 wonderful and varied Hatfield Forest walks ranging from a short family friendly stroll of 1.7 miles in length to a longer, more energetic trek of 6.9 miles.
Download the Essex Walks App to follow these routes with real-time GPS navigation.
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Walk information
This is a short family friendly stroll around the wonderful Hatfield Forest.
It's a short walk, but packs in some woodland, open parkland and lakeside walking to create a great varied walk for all the family.
Walk information
This second route is a slightly longer route that still enjoys the lake and woodland, but also takes you through the buttercup plains that turn into a wonderful sea of yellow in the spring.
Walk information
The third option is the walk for you if you have more time and really want to really explore the forest.
It takes you on a big loop that covers most of the forest, visiting the lake and buttercup fields on the way.
Walk information
This is the longest route from Hatfield Forest and it is a varied walk of two halves.
The first half explores the wonderful Hatfield Forest as with the other routes, but the second half of the walk instead ventures out into the open for a lovely walk in the pretty countryside to the east of Hatfield Forest (including a stroll along the Flitch Way disused railway line).
Please note, there is around 500m of roadside walking on this route.
These Hatfield Forest walks start at coordinates: 51.855254, 0.233861
Navigate the walks
It's like sat-nav, but for footpaths.
Choose a walk and follow the pointer showing your live position on the route map, so you always know you're on the right path.
The app works without a phone signal, so you can keep following the route wherever the walk takes you.
On a computer? Scan the QR code with your phone's camera to get the Essex Walks app.
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3.75-4.25 miles
3 miles
1-1.5 miles
0.75-2.5 miles
1.75-6.25 miles
4.5 miles
3.5-5.75 miles
3-4.25 miles
1.5 miles
3.5-5.5 miles
5.5-9.25 miles
2-5 miles
1.5 miles
2 miles
1.75-5.5 miles
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