We offer walks in London and Home Counties, accessible by public transport.
Roger B.
The "Gainsborough Line" is a railway branch line linking Marks Tey in Essex with Sudbury in Suffolk. We shall explore the countryside around this route, known to the painter Gainsborough.
This walk is between the second and third stations on the line. The station at Chappel and Wakes Colne is a railway museum. The walk is along the valley of the River Colne in the morning to our lunch stop. In the afternoon we follow woods and hills to Bures. (SWC C/W1/46).
Gainsborough Line section 3 will be on Saturday 10th August.
Lunch: Picnic lunch in churchyard at Colne Engaine. Drinks and toilets in nearby Five Bells pub.
Train: Liverpool St 9:02; Stratford 9:09; Arr. Marks Tey 9:57; (Ipswich train). Change Marks Tey 10:01; Arr. 10:07; (Sudbury train). Return from Bures. Buy return to Bures.
Please sit at front of Ipswich train as only 4 minutes to connect to Sudbury train.
Chappel And Wakes Colne Railway Station, Essex
Bures Railway Station, Essex
