Walks And Walking – Kelvedon To Coggeshall Essex Walking Routes
A delightful UK walking route around the Essex countryside to contain Coggeshall Hall, the Grange Barn, Coggeshal Abbey and walking along the Blackwater River through plenty of open fields from Kelvedon to Coggeshall and back.We set off at about 9am with Tedi safely in his child carrier and our usual outdoor clothing. Mary made a quite very good point currently by picking out walking trousers against my walking shorts option on the basis that walking by means of farmland countryside likely means a lot of biting insects and nettles. As usually, Mary was proper as I got stung by many beasts and plant life!
Starting from Kelvedon Train Station we turned left at the bottom of the vehicle park walking for an exceptionally brief although to turn correct at the first footpath sign by the river. At the metal gate we turned ideal to fork left at the waymark on the left. We then walked through the gooseberry fields to an additional waymarker and by means of a gap with a blackcurrant field on our right. We then reached a footpath sign on our proper and continued straight on to a wide path passed a terracota coloured residence on our suitable and straight on once more to a concrete signpost and on to yet another on our left and by way of wheat fields as the path bends proper to a sign post and style.We the headed straight on up the road passing Scrips Road on our left and on in to Coggeshall Hamlet.
We then turned ideal down Pointwell Lane to a sign post and cattlegrid and turned left by the waymarker on the shed door to cross the Pointwell Mill Bridge and via a metal gate on to a wide grassy path using the river on our left to the bridge crossing Pointwell Spill Weir. We then walked straight on to a style crossing a meadow to another style using the river still on our left to fork left and then turn left across a bridge to stables and Coggeshall Abbey. We then continued straight on up the gravel lane to St Nicholas’ Chapel on our right where horses were grazing making it a lovely photograph!
A milestone let us know we had been now on a part of The Essex Way so we carried on upwards to reach the road by the Grange Barn (the oldest barn in Europe and built in 1140). We then turned ideal and along to Grange Hill bridge prior to turning ideal at the White Hart pub just opposite the Hapel Inn and its neighbouring bright blue tower.We then followed the road as it began to bend round to the correct passing various tudor style buildings careful not to miss our correct hand turn down the waymarked alley and cutting across playing fields to a metal gate.
We then turned left and walked up the hill until we reached and turned appropriate just prior to reached the A120 road by the ROse Cottage to a signpost in front of us to the correct taking us suitable and across a little wooden bridge in to fields where we then turned left at the next waymarkand the turning correct to follow the field edge suitable the way round to the next waymarker where we turned suitable cutting across the pathway via the fields to the awaiting waymarker in view.
We then turned left at this waymarker and then straight across at the next signpost using the pathway bending perfect at the signpost to a wide grassy track to the farm buildings and Skye Green. We turned left up the road to the junction where we turned right at the massive white signpost within the middle of the road. Following passing a little terrace of houses we saw the signpost taking us proper besides the bungalow. Here we turned left to follow the field edge to a signpost and across yet another small wooden bridge where we turned correct and then left to cut across the field pathway to a signpost and yet another by the gap inside the hedges to cross an additional field towards some houses with the feint sight of the church tower just behind.
At the signpost we turned appropriate and then left at the next signpost to the road at Church Farm. We then turned proper passing the All Saints Church on our proper. At the T-junction we turned correct and then a saw the next signpost by an old wooden gate to walk downhill and on to duck board to meet the river on our ideal and then the cricket pitch on our left. Following the river pathway we then reached Rye Hill House and around the other side of the cricket pitch until we saw the railway bridge.
Walking under the bridge we then turned perfect in to Sherwood Drive and suitable once more when we reached Feering Hill and passing the Railway Inn with all outside seats occupied by the rivers edge! By this time the weather had picked up considerably and it was obtaining particularly hot so we were glad to turn proper on to Station Road until we reached the station vehicle park.
We then drove round to The Angel Kelvedon for some hand cut chips and neighborhood ale, which went down approach to swiftly, as we looked back on a splendid 3 hour and about 8 miles of stunning Essex countryside along with the outsanding villages of Coggeshal and Kelvedon.
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