Three Forests Way

Circular via Epping, Hatfield and Hainault Forests 96km/60 miles EASY

Devised by local Ramblers to commemorate the Queen's Silver Jubilee in 1976, originally as a challenge walk linking three Essex forests, remnants of the great hunting forests of the Area. It also visits the Roding and Stort Valleys.

Connects with Epping Forest Centenary Walk and Essex Way, Forest Way, Harcamlow Way, Lea Valley Walk, London LOOP, St Peter's Way, Stort Valley Way (see Lea Valley Walk)

Highway authorities Havering, Essex, Redbridge

Parks and countryside Corporation of London Open Spaces, Hainault Forest (see East London Parks)

Tourist Information Centres

• Bishops Stortford 01279 655831, www.bishopsstortford.org
• Waltham Abbey 01992 652295

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Public transport.

The route is served by London Underground's Central Line at Loughton and some other points, with regular trains to Stratford, Liverpool Street and Central London and numerous local buses, with regular bus services to Chipping Ongar. The section along the Stort Navigation runs parallel to the railway line between Broxbourne and Bishops Stortford with stations at Roydon, Harlow Town, Harlow Mill and Sawbridgeworth. Between these points there are some local buses, especially in the Harlow area.

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Landranger Maps 166, 167, 177
Explorer Maps 174, 175, 183, 194, 195
The route is marked on the most recent editions of these maps.

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