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Guiding you around your County walks Six circular walks around the Countryside Prepared for the Society by Wendy & David Moore & Essex County Council Public Rights of Way The Society

This booklet will help you explore the countryside walks around. The booklet contains six illustrated Walks: Thrift Waterhall Meadow Butt s Green Pheasanthouse Blake s Sandon Brook Each walk contains a detailed map and information to enable you to enjoy your walk. Saffron fron Walden Stansted Braintree Harwich Colchester Tendring DANBURY Harlow Epping Brentwood Chelmsford Maldon Basildon Rochford Benfleet

Follow the Waymarks Sandon Brook 5 6 Chelmsford Waterhall Meadow 2 Main Road Country Park Blake's Little Baddow The Generals Lingwood The Griffin Hotel PH Cricketers (NT) The Ridge 4 Pheasanthouse Scrubs DANBURY Eves Corner Maldon Road Community Sports and Social START 1 Anchor PH Royal Oak PH ham Walter Rd Thrift Byway Footpath Bridleway Restricted Byway Waymarker arrows are attached to fingerposts, stiles, gates and posts. Yellow arrows are used on Public Footpaths, Blue arrows are used on public Bridleways (look out for cyclists and horse riders). Red arrows are used on public Byways (look out for motor vehicles as well as cyclists and horses). Permissive Footpaths (arrow colours vary) are not official public rights of way. Most permissive paths are found in Country Parks and Nature Reserves and are provided by the landowner. Please remember the countryside is a work place so please keep to paths and use stiles and gates when crossing fences. Keep dogs on leads where animals may be grazing and take care when walking along, or crossing, roads. Butt's Green 3 Thorn Follow the Countryside Code. Be safe - plan ahead and follow any signs Leave gates and property as you find them Protect plants and animals, and take your litter home Keep dogs under close control. Consider other people For further information about Public Rights of Way in Essex Tel: 01245 437291 www.essexcc.gov.uk

Walk One wc Distance and time taken 5.6 miles (9.0 km) Approx. 2 1 2 hours. Refreshments Shops and pubs in Village. Royal Oak P.H. at ham Mortimer. Public Transport Traveline 0870 608 2608 Traffic Information 0845 600 0110 Toilets Community Car Park Thrift Community Association Sports and Social. Little Baddow Rd. (opp Runsell Ln). Ordnance Survey Maps Explorer 183 - Scrub s - Thrift - - Directions From the Community, walk to the rear of the car parks and up past the Armada Beacon to the Radio Mast. At the end of the path turn right and continue along past the to the. Cross over the road and turn right and after about 30 metres turn left down a concrete gravelled drive. Follow the drive for approximately 1 4 mile until a wooden fence is reached on the right. Turn right with the fence on your left and continue along this path. At the end of the path turn right to come out onto Little Baddow Road. Cross over and walk down Runsell Lane until Scrubs Nature Reserve is reached on your left. Enter the reserve (opposite Simmonds Way) via the boardwalk and continue straight ahead until you reach a large dip, known as Glacier Road. Follow the path down into the dip, turn left and follow the wide track until you reach the timber yard and turn left once timber yard fence is reached. Continue along the path skirting around the timber yard and pass through a kissing gate. Turn left onto the track, walk to the end by a house called Robin and turn right. Follow this track along the side of the golf course until the ham Walter Road is reached. Cross straight over the road to a stile, cross over and continue ahead into Thrift. Carry on for approximately 1 2 mile, and where path forks take the right-hand path crossing over a bridge. Continue along this path ignoring other paths branching off at the end of the wood, join a well made wide path. Continue along this path to come out at the Royal Oak P.H. on the. Turn right and walk for approximately 200 metres before crossing the road and passing through a gate into the fields. Follow this path to Tyndales and continue ahead to the road. Turn right and take the second right into Tyndales Lane. At the cross-roads continue straight ahead, turning right at the end and then immediately left into Gay Bowers Road. After approximately 100 metres turn right into a track, pass Ivy Cottage and turn right at the end. Walk approximately 30 metres and cross a stile on your left into an open field. Follow the line of poles across the field and up to the farm. On arriving at a gate turn right over a stile and then immediately left over the next stile. Continue straight ahead and pass between the stables. Cross a stile and carry on straight ahead, through a staggered barrier, with a barbed wire fence on your left. Cross over another stile into the woods (you are now in, which is open access land). Carry straight on into the woods and turn right after crossing the bridges over a stream. Follow the path along the side of the stream past the site of the old pumping station on your left (the foundations are still visible). Continue ahead along this path ignoring other paths, until the road is reached. Turn left and after approximately 100 metres cross the road to follow the footpath opposite adjacent to a mission building. Turn right after 100m by a manhole cover and follow the path to Penny Royal Road. Cross the road and walk up the path towards the church. Turn right before the Radio Mast, pass the Armada Beacon and return to the Community.

Ling Fir Tree Lane Firtree Poors' Piece Twitty Fee Robin Clarke's Golf Course Walk One ham Walter Lingwood Runsell Lane Clark's Nature Reserve Glacier Road Scrubs Timber Yard ham Walter Road Bellhill Simmonds Way Thrift Main Road The Griffin Hotel PH Little Baddow Road DANBURY Yard The Cricketers Radio Mast Beacon Penny Royal Road Community Mayes Lane Eves Corner Hitchcock's Meadows Nature Reserve Key Other path, track or bridleway Footpath Bridleway Courtesy path Stile or gate Footbridge Finger post Public conveniences Fence Pond or lake Stream View point 0 Scale 0.5 Kilometre Disused Pit Royal Oak PH Chelmsford Road Quarry Gay Bowers Lane 0 0.25 0.5 Mile Sporehams Lane drain cover Bicknacre Road The (NT) Old Pumping Station Gay Bowers Capons Lane Ivy Cottage Gay Bowers Road Blue House Tyndales Lane Mill Lane Southend Road Tyndales

Walk wc two Distance and time taken 5.5 miles (8.8 km) Approx. 3 1 2 hours. Refreshments Shops and pubs in Village. Public Transport Traveline 0870 608 2608 Traffic Information 0845 600 0110 Toilets Community Car Park & Country Park Blake s Community Association Sports and Social. Blakes. Ordnance Survey Maps Explorer 183 - Country Park - Blakes - Lingwood - Directions From the Community, walk to the rear of the car parks and up past the Armada Beacon towards the Radio Mast and at end of path turn left down the hill. At the bottom turn right, past the pub, walk to the cross-roads, cross over into Sporehams Lane and then take the footpath on the right-hand side going diagonally across the common over a small bridge to Fitzwalter Lane. Turn immediately right into Fitzwalter Lane and walk past the houses. After thelast house (Wildcroft) take narrow path on left to hill Road. Walk along hill Road and about 20m past the Park car park entrance go through a kissing gate on the right and take the footpath into the Park. Carry on straight ahead following the yellow arrow signs, go over a stream and leave the wood. Cross an open area and go through a kissing gate into the Youth Camp field, then immediately turn left at the fingerpost and follow the yellow arrows across the park. Turn right, just before a marker post indicating a junction of paths, taking the path just north of a dip and continue following the yellow arrows, past a pond to come out on the. Cross the into and continue until a footpath sign on your left is reached (opposite Elm Green Lane). Cross over the stile into the field and continue across the field to the next stile. Cross over into the wood and follow the main path over a bridge and past pipes, until you reach a field. Keep walking around the right-hand edge of the field until a stile is reached, cross the stile and turn left into Graces Lane and then almost immediately right again through a kissing gate into an old orchard. Take the path going straight on and continue through the disused orchard down into Blakes. Head over a stream and at the end of the wood cross a green and a drive and pass through the gap between the houses in front of you. Carry on along this path and cross a stile, bridge and a track. Go over another stile and head straight across the field towards a stile by a tall white post. Turn right into Chapel Lane, take the next footpath on the right and continue along this path turning immediately right after Belle Vue. Follow the path past a National Trust sign into Blake s and follow the Wildside walk signs through the wood. Cross over the third bridge (it has a brass memorial plaque on it). You then reach Chase. At the top of the slope turn right and continue for approximately 300 metres, before turning left into Lingwood just after the White House. Continue on along this path, passing a seat on the left, until you reach a white -topped marker post by another seat. Turn right and follow the Wildside walk signs until you reach a concrete driveway between two houses. Follow this drive until you reach the road, turn right and then cross over at the church. Take the path to the left of the church turning left after the Radio Mast, pass the Armada Beacon and return back to the Community.

Belle Vue Dunromin Blake's Chase Cottages Old school Scouts hut Ling LITTLE BADDOW The Generals Froggs Hall The Ridge Great Graces Old Orchard New Lodge Old Orchard Little Graces Good Graces The White House Hall Gravel Pit St Cleres Hall DANBURY Bellhill Dip Dukes School Memorial The Griffin Hotel PH Conference Camp hill Road Guides hut Radio Mast Beacon Community Runsell Lane Little Baddow Road Fir Tree Lane Mayes Lane Mill lane Parsonage Lane Chase Lingwood Main Road seat Elm Green Lane Well Lane Chapel Lane New Lodge Chase Chase Graces Lane Park Youth Country Park Yewtree Cottage Palace Redoubt Yard The Cricketers Eves Corner Footpath Bridleway Courtesy path Stile or gate Footbridge Finger post Public conveniences Fence Pond or lake Stream View point (NT) 0 0.5 Kilometre Scale 0 0.25 0.5 Mile Walk two Penny Royal Road The seat Bicknacre Road Sporehams Lane Southview Road Fitzwalter Lane The Heights Key Other path, track or bridleway hill

Walk wc three Distance and time taken 5.3 miles (8.6 km) Approx. 3 hours. Refreshments Shops and pubs in Village. Public Transport Traveline 0870 608 2608 Traffic Information 0845 600 0110 Toilets Community Car Park & Country Park Butt s Green Community Association Sports and Social. Blakes. Ordnance Survey Maps Explorer 183 - Thorn - Butt s Green - Country Park - Directions From the Community, walk to the rear of the car parks and up past the Armada Beacon towards the Radio Mast and at the top turn left down the hill. At the bottom turn right into the lane, pass the pub, and walk to the cross-roads and cross over into Sporehams Lane. Follow Sporehams Lane until you cross a bridge over the ford then look for Orchard End on the left (200m past the ford). Turn into Orchard End, pass between the houses, turn right then left and cross the field to Thorn. Turn left and look for a stile on the right just past the wood. Cross the stile and walk to the far left corner of the field then walk ahead keeping the hedge on your left until you reach a concrete road. Turn right and follow the road to the end. Turn right along the very busy Hanningfield Road and follow it until you reach Butts Green Road on the right. Walk down Butts Green Road and look for a bungalow on the right called The Turnpike. Turn into the footpath just after the bungalow and follow the track across the field until you reach a small bridge on the left. Cross the bridge through the hedge into the next field and follow the path, keeping the hedge to your left, until you reach a gap. Pass through the gap, cross a plank bridge into the trees, turn left and follow the path to the top of the rise. Bear right, keeping the hedge on your left, and look for a stile on the left. Cross the stile and bridge and walk straight across the field, turn right and walk along the edge of the field until you reach a stile. Cross the stile and follow the track to the end. Cross over another stile and the drive into an orchard and follow the hedge to the left and shortly you will see a gap with a bridge in it. Cross the bridge and stile then head towards the far right-hand corner of the field into a small wood, follow the track past a wooden shed and bear left until you reach the road. Turn left into Sporehams Lane and walk along the lane until you reach a fingerpost on the right. Cross into the field and walk straight across it, past the pylon, to a bridge. Cross over the bridge and follow the path across the field to the far hedge until you reach a gap into hill Road. Turn right into the road and walk along it until you reach a kissing gate on the left into Park beside Yewtree Cottage. Take the path into the park then take the right-hand fork heading up to the lakes, follow the track past the toilets, past the lakes and follow the path around the car park. Follow the main track (parallel to the road) through the woods, and after about 150 metres, just south of another car park, follow the track to the right until you reach hill Road. Turn left along the road and look for an unmarked footpath on the right just before the bend in the road to the left. Follow the path into Fitzwalter Lane and walk along the lane almost to the end. Just before the road look for a footpath post on the left and walk across the common until you reach Sporehams Lane. Turn left into the lane, walk to the crossroads and cross the main road, pass the Cricketers Arms P.H. and at the footpath post on the left follow the path up the hill towards. At the top turn right, pass the Armada Beacon and return back to the Community.

Footpath Bridleway Courtesy path Stile or gate Footbridge Finger post Butts Green Road Walk three Mayes Lane Lingwood DANBURY Bellhill The Griffin Hotel PH Radio Mast Beacon Community Elm Green Lane Main Road Hall Gravel Pit St Cleres Hall Dukes Memorial Well Lane Conference Park Youth Camp School Country Park Yard Penny Royal Road hill Road The Cricketers Eves Corner The Heights Southview Road Fitzwalter Lane The Sporehams Lane Bicknacre Road Sporehams Lane Palace hill Yewtree Cottage Thorn power lines Sporehams Lane BUTTS GREEN The Turnpike Sporehams orchard Hillcrest Great Gibcracks Chase Great Gibcracks Redoubt Paternoster Ford Hillbroom Cottages Orchard End 0 Scale 0.5 Kilometre Other path, track or bridleway Public conveniences Fence Pond or lake Stream View point 0 0.25 0.5 Mile East Hanningfield Road

Walk wc four Distance and time taken 5.8 miles (9.3 km) Approx. 3 hours. Refreshments Shops and pubs in Village. The Generals Arm P.H. at Little Baddow Public Transport Traveline 0870 608 2608 Traffic Information 0845 600 0110 Toilets Community Car Park Pheasanthouse Community Association Sports and Social. Blakes. Ordnance Survey Maps Explorer 183 - Lingwood - Pheasanthouse - Blake s - Lingwood - Directions From the Community, walk to the rear of the car parks and up past the Armada Beacon towards the Radio Mast. At the end of the path turn right, passing the to come out onto the. Cross over the road and turn left, walk for approximately 1 4 mile before turning right into Colemans Lane. Walk to the bottom of the lane and continue straight ahead uphill into Lingwood s At the top of the hill turn left and carry on straight ahead for a while then turn right onto a path just before a seat. Continue along this path to the end, coming out by the King Edward Scout Park. Cross the stile and turn right and follow the path with the ditch on your right to the main road. Cross over the road and walk down Fir Tree Lane past all the houses and into the wood continuing on until a cross roads is reached at a Nature Reserve sign. Go straight across and continue along the path with Pheasanthouse on your left. At another Nature Reserve sign, follow the main track round to the left and soon after take the left fork, looking for an old boundary bank on the left. Follow the path beside this bank through the trees and down the slope until you reach the corner of Pheasanthouse, then cross a bridge and a stile into the field. Follow the field edge to your right until you reach a gate at the top of the field by the farm and pond. Cross over a stile, bear left and walk up through the farmyard, cross over another stile and walk up the field towards woodland, with the wire fence on your left. Cross a stile at top of field, turn right, follow the track to the main road and take the footpath on the opposite side of the road. Follow this path around the fences of private gardens, to eventually arrive at a gravel track. Turn left and walk to end of track then take the left-hand of the two paths opposite to reach a seat where you can stop and enjoy the view over the Chelmer valley. From the seat return back to the main path and continue along it, past a large house on the left and then turn left at a waymarker post, passing tennis courts and continue to the main road. Cross straight over into Mill Lane and at the end turn right, then left into Parsonage Lane. Walk to the end of Parsonage Lane and take the left hand path into Blake s and continue along the path following the carved N.T. signs on the posts. Cross over a bridge (note the memorial plaque to Rod Dew, a former Maldon District Footpath Officer), and continue up the hill to come out at Blake s car park. Turn right into Chase and then left into Lingwood just after the White House. Continue on along this path, passing a seat on the left, until you reach another seat and white-tipped markerpost, turn right and follow the Wildside walk signs downhill until you reach a concrete driveway between two houses. Follow this drive until you reach the road, then turn right and cross over at the church. Take the path to the left of the church turning left after the Radio Mast, pass the Armada Beacon and return to the Community.

Froggs Hall Spring Elms Lane Birch Postmans Lane seat Pheasanthouse Pheasanthouse The Warren Mill lane Dunromin LITTLE BADDOW school The Generals Parsonage Lane The Ridge Chase Blake's Old Chase Cottages Firtree Chase Scouts hut Poors' Piece Ling Clark's Scrubs Nature Reserve Runsell Lane Simmonds Way DANBURY Little Baddow Road Walk Four Key Other path, track or bridleway Footpath Public conveniences Bridleway Fence Courtesy path Stile or gate Pond or lake Footbridge Stream Finger post View point 0 Scale 0.5 Kilometre 0 0.25 0.5 Mile Tennis Court Good Graces Fir Tree Lane The White House seat Lingwood Bellhill Elm Green Lane Memorial The Griffin Hotel PH Main Road Well Lane Youth Camp School Mayes Lane Country Park Radio Mast Beacon Community Penny Royal Road hill Road The Cricketers (NT) Eves Corner Hitchcock's Meadows Nature Reserve Guides hut Seat Griffin Meadow The Heights Yard Southview Road Redoubt Fitzwalter Lane Sporehams Lane

Walk wc five Distance and time taken 4.9 miles (7.9 km) Approx. 3 hours. Refreshments Shops and pubs in Village. Public Transport Traveline 0870 608 2608 Traffic Information 0845 600 0110 Toilets Community Car Park Country park. Sandon Brook Community Association Sports and Social. Country park. Ordnance Survey Maps Explorer 183 - Country Park - Sandon Brook - Country Park - Directions From the Community, walk to the rear of the car parks, up past the Armada Beacon towards the Radio Mast and at end of the path turn left down the hill. At the bottom turn right, pass the pub and walk to the cross-roads, cross over into Sporehams Lane and then take the footpath on the right-hand side going diagonally across the common over a bridge to Fitzwalter Lane. Turn right into Fitzwalter Lane, walk past the houses and after the last house (Wildcroft), take the narrow left-hand path to come out onto hill Road. Walk along hill Road and about 20m past the Park car park entrance go through a kissing gate on the right and take the footpath into the Park. Carry on straight ahead following the yellow arrow signs until you go over a stream and leave the wood. Cross an open area and go through a kissing gate into the Outdoor Pursuits field, then turn immediately left by the fingerpost and follow the yellow arrows across the park. Go straight on at a crossroads of paths and head into the trees. On reaching the drive to Palace, cross over the stiles, the road and the stile on other side. Walk ahead to an open area then across it until you reach a stile just inside wood. Cross over the stile into the wood and follow the yellow arrows to come out onto the opposite St Clere s Hall. Cross the (beware of traffic) and take the footpath just to the left of entrance of St Clere s Hall. Follow the white fence briefly until you reach a gate, turn left and walk across the lawn to the stile (in hedge). Cross over and turn right down the road (beware of traffic). Carry on until you reach a footpath sign on your left and turn into an old grass track and follow it past Old Hare until a large gap is reached on the left. Go through this gap and walk straight across the field towards Sandon Brook. Turn left by a bridge just before reaching Sandon Brook and head towards the end of Old Hare. Go along the end of the wood and then carry on across the field, heading towards the bushes just left of the white bridge and waterworks on the. Turn left then cross over the, walk down Hulls Lane and then turn left onto a track just after the cottages. Follow this track through a newly planted wood to the opposite side of the field then turn left and follow the hedge until a gap is reached. Go through the gap and then bear left following the path along the side of the trees and cross over a stile at the end of the wood and into a field. Walk up the middle of an avenue of trees (see the Palace ahead in the distance). Cross over the next two stiles under a hedge, then bear left crossing a drive, towards the next stile. Continue across several more stiles to arrive at another drive to Palace. Cross the drive into the park and when you reach a marker post at a crossroads of paths turn right. Carry on, following the yellow arrows, and pass through a kissing gate and cross to the wood. Follow the path through the trees, turn left and pass the Public Conveniences and pond on your left, and then from the car park follow a well worn path through the woods to reach Well Lane. Cross over the road and walk into The Heights. Turn right and go up the steps between the houses and along an alley, cross a road and then walk up the alley opposite. At end of the alley turn left and continue ahead, passing the top of Southview Road. Where the path forks, take the right-hand path and continue ahead to the church yard. At the end turn right, then left at the end and walk past the Armada Beacon to arrive back at the Community.

Hall Ling Walk five Old Hare Gravel Pit (still in use - beware of traffic) Sandon Brook Lingwood Sandon Bridge St Cleres Hall Dukes Elm Green Lane Memorial Main Road The Griffin Hotel PH Bellhill Hulls Lane Primrose Cottage Cherries (planted 1991) Conference Palace Dip Park Youth Camp hill Road School Country Park Well Lane The Heights Redoubt DANBURY Southview Road Yard The Cricketers Radio Mast Beacon Penny Royal Road Community Eves Corner Mayes Lane Key Footpath Bridleway Courtesy path Stile or gate Footbridge Finger post Other path, track or bridleway Public conveniences Fence Pond or lake Stream View point Yewtree Cottage hill Fitzwalter Lane Sporehams Lane Bicknacre Road The (NT) 0 0.5 Kilometre 0 Scale 0.25 0.5 Mile Paternoster Sporehams Lane

Walk wc Six Distance and time taken 6.2 miles (10.0 km) Approx. 3 1 2 hours. Refreshments Shops and pubs in Village. Public Transport Traveline 0870 608 2608 Traffic Information 0845 600 0110 Toilets Community Car Park Waterhall Meadow Community Association Sports and Social. Country park. Ordnance Survey Maps Explorer 183 - Lingwood - Blake s - Waterhall Meadow - Lingwood - Directions From the Community, walk to the rear of the car parks, up past the Armada Beacon towards the Radio Mast. At the end of the path turn right and walk past the church until you reach the. Turn left along the main road and look for a path to the left of a house called Griffin Meadow, on the other side of the road. Cross over and walk down this path into the trees, cross over a bridge and turn left when a track is reached. Pass between two bungalows at the end of the track into the woods and follow the path up into Lingwood. When you reach a marker post and seat then turn left. Follow the path for a while then turn right just before another seat. Continue along this path to the end, coming out by the King Edward Scout Park. Cross the stile, turn left and walk to the end of the track. Turn left onto Chase road and walk a short distance before turning right into Blake s car park. Take the right hand path and following the Wildside walk signs cross over a bridge, turn left, follow the path past two more bridges and, still following the Wildside walk signs, turn left over another bridge. Follow this path up to Belle Vue. Take the narrow path between the farm drive and a gate. Carry on along this track to the road then turn left into Chapel Lane. Walk down Chapel Lane and Hurrells Lane for approximately 1/2 a mile. Go over a bridge over a ford and turn left just after the ford into Waterhall Meadow Nature Reserve. Follow the path straight ahead through the meadow passing through a kissing gate at the end. Continue following the path through a wooded area with the stream away to your left. Cross a stile and take the path on the right of a hedge between two fields. On reaching Graces Walk turn left and walk to the end of the drive, passing Great Graces, to reach the road. Cross over the road and a stile, turn immediately right and pass over another stile. Turn right and follow the path around the old orchard with the road on your right. At the end of the path as it bears left turn, right and go out onto Graces Lane. Turn left and continue along Graces Lane to the end and turn into Chase. After approximately 25 metres turn right at the bridleway sign into Lingwood. Continue on along this path, passing a seat on the left, until you reach a white-tipped fingerpost and another seat, then turn right and follow the Wildside walk signs until you reach a familiar concrete driveway between two bungalows. Follow this drive until you reach the road, then turn right and cross over at the church. Take the path to the left of the church turning left after the Radio Mast, past the Armada Beacon and return to the Community.

(plante Walk Waterhall Meadows Nature Reserve Sandon Brook FORD Six Hurrells Lane New Lodge Chase Chapel Lane New Lodge Belle Vue Dunromin school LITTLE BADDOW The Generals Parsonage Lane Chase The Ridge The Warren Mill lane Froggs Hall Spring Elms Lane Postmans Lane Pheasanthouse Birch Long Spring Grace's Walk Great Graces Old Orchard Graces Lane Old Orchard Little Graces Good Graces Blake's Chase The White House Old Chase Cottages Guide hut Scout hut Fir Tree Lane Pheasanthouse Firtree Hall seat Ling Poors' Piece Sandon Brook Sandon Bridge Old Hare Gravel Pit St Cleres Hall Elm Green Lane Lingwood seat Bellhill Runsell Lane Clark's Scrubs Simmonds Way Nature Reserve Key Hulls Lane Footpath Bridleway Courtesy Path stile or gate Footbridge finger post other path, track or bridleway Public Conveniences fence pond or lake stream View point 0 0.5 Kilometre Primrose 0 Cottage Scale 0.25 0.5 Mile Dukes School Park Youth Camp Country Park Well Lane Memorial The Heights Main Road Griffin Meadow The Griffin Hotel PH Yard Radio Mast Beacon Community Mayes Lane Eves Corner Little Baddow Road DANBURY Cherries W

The Aims of the Society To involve the residents of in interests and pursuits to enrich village life. To ensure that changes in the village are undertaken with sensitivity to the character of. To protect the natural beauty of the local landscape and to promote its maintenance and care. To work for the preservation and protection of buildings and features of interest in. The information contained in this publication was, as far as known correct at the date of issue. The Publishers cannot, however, accept any responsibility for errors or omissions or changes in details given. Please remember that the countryside is constantly changing, eg, hedgerows and fencelines change and public rights of way can be diverted. Walkers are advised to follow the waymarks. Maps based upon Ordnance Survey mapping with the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty s Stationary office. Licence No.LA 076619 Crown Copyright. ISBN 1852811501. Essex County Council 3/99

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