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Cheshunt to Broxbourne Walk

River Lee Country Park and Waltham Abbey.

Easy Hertfordshire

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  • Cheshunt to Broxbourne walk | 🇬🇧 Hiking UK | England
    Hiking In London, Jun-20

    River Lee Country Park and Waltham Abbey

    Length

    Main Walk: 17½ km (10.9 miles). Three hours 55 minutes walking time. For the whole excursion including trains, sights and meals, allow at least 7½ hours.

    OS Map

    Explorer 174. Cheshunt, map reference TL365022, is in Hertfordshire, 7 km NE of Enfield. Waltham Abbey is in Essex.

    Toughness

    2 out of 10 (1 for the Short Circular Walk).

    Features

    The Lea Valley is a wide floodplain which has long been both an important transport corridor and a natural boundary (eg. between the Saxons and the Danes in the Dark Ages). Its rivers provided water and power for many mills and factories, although nowadays the journey out of London seems to offer an unbroken line of light industrial estates, warehouses and retail parks. This does not exactly lift the spirits when seen from the train, but on the Herts/Essex border just before Cheshunt the view abruptly changes to the tree-lined lakes of River Lee Country Park. There are good opportunities for bird-watching in this wetland landscape of rivers and filled-in gravel pits, and several locations where orchids can be seen in late May and June. A series of sculptures are dotted around the park and the walk route goes past many of them.

    This walk is covered by our Club's insurance. Our Club is registered on The British Mountaineering Council (BMC)

    © Club Hiking in London. Ltd (CASC) in collaboration with Saturday Walkers Club.

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