Route Section LOOP Walk

Section 19 (Chingford to Chigwell)

Description:

Easy walking, though the early part may be muddy through Epping Forest, where you pass the historic Queen Elizabeth’s Hunting Lodge and cross the Epping Forest Centenary Walk. Later, much of the route follows pavements and tarmac paths through recreation grounds, in one of which is a lake created from a former gravel pit. The section finishes with a long walk beside a road (Chigwell Rise) down to Chigwell.

Distance:

4 miles ( 6.5 km)

Start:

Chingford (Rangers Road, GR 393-947)

Finish:

Chigwell High Road (GR 439-934)

Recommended direction:

West to east

Terrain and surface:

Fairly level all the way with one gentle climb soon after the start and a stepped footbridge at Buckhurst Hill. More than half is on a hard surface. One stile. 1.9km (1.2 miles) beside roads

Signage:

Signage complete both ways

Refreshments and toilets:

Pubs at Chingford, Epping New Road, High Road Woodford Green, Loughton Way and Chigwell. Cafés at Chingford and Chigwell. Public toilets at Chingford

Public transport and breakpoints:

National Rail: Chingford. LU: Buckhurst Hill, Chigwell (which is in travelcard zone 6). Buses at these points, also at Woodford Green High Road and Loughton Way

For more information on public transport please see Transport for London’s Journey Planner.

Links with other walks:

Epping Forest Centenary Walk

Map required:

Explorer 174 (route marked, NOTE at the end of section 19 the LOOP does not go northwards in Roding Valley Meadows Nature Reserve, parallel with the M11, but instead drops down into Chingford – we have contacted OS to correct their error)