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Hatfield Forest Walk, Hatfield Forest

Loop Walk · Essex

100

XP

about 48 min walking

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

Circular walk around the lake and then through the forest. Paths can get muddy after wet weather. Dogs welcome, please keep dogs on lead near livestock and around the lake.

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166 m

116 m

66 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

26 m

Drop

31 m

Highest

110 m

Lowest

84 m

Which way round

Anticlockwise: No steep climbing, no steep descents.

Clockwise: No steep climbing, no steep descents.

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

How the 3.8 km splits

Flat

2.1 km

Climbing

0.8 km

Descending

0.9 km

Link it with other walks

Capability Brown Walk, Hatfield Forest

Shares 1.4 km of path · meets at km 0.4, 2.8, 3.2

3.24 km

Hatfield Forest Tree Walk, Hatfield Forest

Shares 1.1 km of path · meets at km 0.1, 0.4, 1.1…

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Hatfield Forest and Flitch Way Walk, Hatfield Forest

Shares 1.0 km of path · meets at km 0.2, 2.2, 3.1…

6.87 km

Three Forests Way

Shares 0.9 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 0.4, 0.6…

97.53 km

Hatfield Forest Buttercup Walk, Hatfield Forest

Shares 0.8 km of path · meets at km 0.1, 0.4, 1.3…

3.99 km

Harcamlow Way

Shares 0.7 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 0.6, 2.4…

221.77 km

London to Walsingham

Shares 0.5 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 0.4, 0.6…

268.97 km

Takeley to Wall Wood Circular Walk, Hatfield Forest

Crosses at km 0.4, 1.8, 2.8…

14.24 km

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