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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–Oct · highs 12–21 °C (54–70 °F)
- J7°2°59
- F7°1°45
- M10°3°47
- A12°4°49
- M16°8°56
- J19°11°53
- J21°13°51
- A21°13°58
- S18°11°58
- O14°8°70
- N10°4°68
- D7°2°60
Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.
How we pick months
Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.
Trail facts
- Length (signed)
- 130 km · 81 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 132 km · 82 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Best months
- Apr–Oct
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Region
- Essex
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- Regional route
- Route centre
- 51.8277, 0.7025
- Route start
- 51.6938, 0.1139
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 4740591
- Wikidata
- Q5399826
- Official info
- visitessex.com/discover/rural/TheEssexWay.aspx
How it’s scored
Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.
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London LOOP (Section 20)
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London LOOP (Section 19)
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London Outer Orbital Path
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