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Maldon & Dengie Hundred Group

We are the Maldon and Dengie Hundred Ramblers. We open the way for everyone in our local community to enjoy the pleasures of walking.

Join the Ramblers and enjoy

  • unlimited free access to 50,000 Ramblers group walks
  • a library jam-packed with thousands of tried-and-tested routes
  • a welcome pack teeming with top tips plus our quarterly Walk magazine
  • exclusive discounts from our partners
  • knowing your support is opening up more places to walk and helping more people discover the joy of walking

Overview

This walk begins and ends in Great Totham, and takes in Shut Heath Wood. If we are lucky, the bluebells will still be out in Shut Heath Wood.

The walk is 5.9 miles long. Maldon and Dengie Ramblers' Sunday walks are normally between five and seven miles long and are circular walks.

Sunday, 7 April 2024
Start time:
10:00 am
Estimated finish time:
12:30 pm
Difficulty:
Easy Access
Distance:
9.5km / 5.9mi
Ascent:
N/A
Type:
circular

Shut Heath Wood is a nature reserve managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust. Half the site is managed as farmland, and the rest is ancient oak woodland with coppiced sweet chestnut and hornbeam, and an understorey of ash, elder and hazel.

Starting point

Grid reference:
TL 85741 11480
Nearest postcode:
CM9 8PT
what3words:
snowy.gears.sheets
Start time:
10:00 am

Park on the grass verge in School Road in Great Totham.

Join the Ramblers and enjoy

  • unlimited free access to 50,000 Ramblers group walks
  • a library jam-packed with thousands of tried-and-tested routes
  • a welcome pack teeming with top tips plus our quarterly Walk magazine
  • exclusive discounts from our partners
  • knowing your support is opening up more places to walk and helping more people discover the joy of walking