British Walking Federation
SAFFRON STROLL
ORGANISED BY
HAVAC WALKERS
CONTACT : Mr
P Addison, 38 Peterborough Avenue, Upminster, Essex RM14 3LL
Tel:
01708 250841 Email:
peter.addison@tesco.net
DISTANCE:
13km
ENTRY FEE: £1.50 per person (Cheques payable to Havac Walkers)
AWARD: Cloth Badge at £2.00 each
START VENUE:
Swan Meadow car park, off Bridge Street, Saffron Walden
(Map:
154
GR: 534384)
CAR PARKING: At start venue (Parking
charges apply)
ROUTE DESCRIPTION (Updated
02 July 2010)
Exit car park via main pedestrian exit
(by dark green toilet block). Cross road at marked crossing place, through metal
posts, onto a footpath to pass between pond on left and high wall on right.
Continue to main road. Cross road
with care and turn left.
Just
passed the Eight Bells public house car park, turn right through metal gate into
Bridge End Gardens. Follow footpath to a ‘T’ junction and turn right through a
gateway, uphill, through an archway into a narrow passage, passing the Fry Art
Gallery on right.
Exit the passage and turn left into Castle Street then
right into Museum Street passing the museum entrance on the left and church on
the right. Continue to next cross roads. Cross into Market Hill and down to the
Market Square. On the right is the old Corn Exchange now a library and directly
in front the Town Hall.
Question 1 - On the Town Hall right
hand side first floor side wall is a blue plaque. Who was burnt at the stake?
Turn right into King Street and keep
ahead to the main road. Cross
road with
care and turn left along the High Street, at
traffic lights turn right
into Abbey Lane. Pass the United Reform
Church on right, then Almshouses, founded by King Edward VI, also on right.
Go through iron gates into Audley Park
and bear left on path uphill. Keep straight
ahead up this path to reach an iron gate to the right of a cottage. Leave the
park via the gate and turn right on road. Pass the entrance to Audley End House,
on right, and continue along road, miniature railway on left.
Cross a ‘weak’
bridge to road junction and turn left onto a roadside footpath. Continue to next
road junction and turn right on road
with care
along avenue of Horse Chestnut trees, sign-posted to Littlebury Green. After
approx. 1Km, just before motorway bridge, turn right through metal gate.
Continue uphill along a grass track to road. Turn right on
road into Littlebury. At cross roads, cross
with care
to the church.
Question 2 - Just inside the
Churchyard gate on the right, under the 1st
tree, is a gravestone. What year did Joseph Rickard die?
Continue ahead downhill church on left.
At next road junction turn right and cross river-bridge. Immediately over bridge
turn left at footpath finger post on left, go through hedge into playing field.
Keep along bottom edge of field to exit in corner by children’s play equipment,
onto a narrow path. At junction
with track turn left and keep straight on to
main road (track may be overgrown towards its end).
Turn left on road and ahead
with great care for
approx. 1 Km, (walk on verge where possible)
towards Little Chesterford. Just before Springwell Nurseries, turn right at
concrete footpath finger post by farm on right. Continue uphill on track passing
under pylon wires to top of rise. At top of track turn right along path.
Question 3 - As you turn right there is a row of wooden
electricity poles running parallel with path. How many overhead wires are
supported by them?
Continue along
path with ditch/hedge on left, eventually Saffron Walden comes into view.
Continue to a metalled farm road and turn left. After about 150m, turn right
onto a path between fields, sign-posted to Saffron Walden.
When path reaches edge of town, turn right uphill, tall
hedge and house on left. Follow path around field edges keeping hedge on left
then wall on left. Finally turn right to main road.
Cross road
with care and turn left,
pass the Eight Bells public house on left. Turn right into Freshwell Street and
back to car park and end of walk.
When you have completed this trail
please use the Permanent
Trail Entry Form
The organisers are not liable for accidents,
thefts and/or damage to property. Every effort will be made by the organisers
to make this a safe, enjoyable and memorable event.
This trail is registered until 31 December
2010.