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Hatfield Forest Buttercup Walk, Hatfield Forest

Loop Walk · Essex

150

XP

about 51 min walking

Easy
3.99 km
Loop
01:30
Graded from its length and climb.

Trail takes you through the best places to see buttercups in May or June. Mostly level ground through grassy plains and woodland paths, some tree routes and gates. Paths can get muddy. Dogs on leads near livestock and around the lake.

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165 m

115 m

64 m

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Heights: Copernicus DEM GLO-30 © DLR e.V. 2010–2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014–2018, provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA.

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Leisurely walk

Mostly flat, no real climbs.

Climb

23 m

Drop

22 m

Highest

105 m

Lowest

84 m

Which way round

Clockwise: No steep climbing, no steep descents.

Anticlockwise: No steep climbing, no steep descents.

No steep ground — the same effort whichever way you go.

How the 4.1 km splits

Flat

2.3 km

Climbing

0.9 km

Descending

0.9 km

Link it with other walks

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Hatfield Forest Tree Walk, Hatfield Forest

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Capability Brown Walk, Hatfield Forest

Starts here too · Shares 1.7 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 1.7, 3.4

3.24 km

Hatfield Forest Walk, Hatfield Forest

Shares 1.1 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 1.3, 1.8…

3.25 km

Takeley to Wall Wood Circular Walk, Hatfield Forest

Shares 1.1 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 0.2, 0.8…

14.24 km

Three Forests Way

Shares 0.2 km of path · meets at km 1.3, 3.5, 3.7…

97.53 km

Harcamlow Way

Crosses at km 1.4, 3.4, 3.7

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Crosses at km 1.4, 3.4, 3.7…

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