SWC 114: Laindon Circular T=swc.114
Distance: 12.9
miles or 20.8 km for those more metrically minded
Difficulty: 6 out of 10
Train: 9:41 Shoeburyness train from London
Fenchurch St. Station (West Ham 9:57
and Barking 10:03), arriving Laindon at 10:22. Return trains are at
27 and 57 minutes past the hour. Buy a day return to Laindon.
This is an energetic walk through the “hilly”
part of Essex, mostly through woods and a nature reserve with nice views across
the Thames valley….One of the previous walk reports intriguingly described
it as “pregnant with autumnal possibilities…” Hard to resist at this time of year,
especially with the short train travel……More information about the walk can be
found here.
The recommended
lunch stop is the well-regarded Bell
Inn (01375 642 463) in Horndon-on-the-Hill (a conservation area about 6 miles/10 km
into the walk). Tea is usually at the Langdon Visitor Center, but it appears to
currently be under renovation….I am sure we will find something, somewhere…..
Enjoy the walk!
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Sunday 3 November 2019
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6 comments:
No Circle or District line trains to Tower Hill (for Fenchurch Street) this weekend
For those in South London with access to the DLR, Tower Gateway is a stone's throw from Fenchurch Street.
It is also not that far from Bank and Aldgate
Or as I've just found out, Jubilee Line to West Ham.
The most recent comment on this walk from someone who did the walk in June said the middle section was impassible, as did some previous comments, due to nettles and brambles. Is this something to worry about/ take seriously?
Five familiar faces and one newcomer assembled at Laindon Station for the usual formalities and set off under w=initially-perfect-bright-blue-autumnal-skies. The route is actually quite hilly and explores a number of wooded nature reserves -- all showing some nice autumn color. The morning was particularly nice with the sunshine through the trees in the light woods....On the approach to Horndon-on-the-Hill, we caught-up with another familiar face having taken an earlier train....making for n=7 in total. Some dined at the Bell and others had sandwiches, but all regrouped for the afternoon stretch, again through some nice wooded countryside with views back to London -- though, the weather had become a bit misty by then...
It is a very enjoyable walk at this time of year with nice woods and some rolling hills -- all fields/path passible (though some a little overgrown) -- the only draw back being the close approach to the A13 just before lunch....
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