No.25 JOY OF

KM Miles Directions 27 16.9 Fork left (☞ ) 28 17.6 At the T-junction in Finchingfield, turn left into the village From Elsenham railway station, turn right onto Station 0 0 ☞ Just before the bridge in Finchingfield turn right Road ( Elsenham) 28 17.8 (☞ ) 0.6 0.4 At the mini roundabout turn left (☞ ) Easy to miss! Turn left (☞ Spains Hall / Steeple 1.1 0.7 Fork right onto Hall Road (☞ Gaunt's End) 29 17.9 Bumpstead) 4.3 2.7 Turn left (☞ Broxted / Thaxted) Keep following this lane (look out for the rare Essex Oxlip 6.1 3.8 At the T-junction turn right (☞ Church End) flower in the verges!) 8.3 5.2 At the unsigned three-way junction, turn left 37 22.8 At the four-way junction, turn left onto the B1054 9.1 5.7 At the T-junction, turn right 40 25.0 In Hempstead, follow the road to the right (☞ S. Walden) At the four-way junction by the red letterbox turn left (☞ In Radwinter, turn left onto Church Hill (☞ Wimbish 10 6.3 43 26.8 Tilty) Green) 11 7.1 Go straight on (☞ Stanbrook) Follow the road through Wimbish Green and Upper 13 7.9 Go straight on (☞ Thaxted) Green At the T-junction by the red letterbox, turn right onto the B At the T-junction by the red letterbox, turn right 15 9.4 48 30.0 1051 (☞ Thaxted) (☞ ) At the T-junction in Thaxted, turn right 49 30.4 Take the second left turn (☞ Debden / Newport) 16 10.3 (☞ ) 51 31.9 Follow the road ahead (☞ Newport) 17 10.4 Shorty after, turn left (☞ The Bardfields) 53 33.0 Easy to miss! Turn left (☞ Widdington) Follow the road through Little Bardfied and into Great 54 33.9 At the T-junction, turn left (☞ Widdington) Bardfield Follow the road through Widdington At the T-junction in turn left 23 14.6 57 35.6 At the T-junction shortly after the railway bridge, turn left (☞ Finchingfield) 59 36.6 Follow the road around to the left, past the cycling 'uts By the war memorial, fork right onto Brook Street 24 14.7 (☞ Braintree) Follow the road ahead (☞ Elsenham) 24 14.9 Turn left by the stream (☞ Waltham Cross) 60 37.4 Follow the road to the right (☞ Elsenham Station) At the four-way junction by the red letterbox, turn sharp 62 38.6 Arrive back at Elsenham railway station 26 15.9 left (☞ Finchingfield)

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