Οι καλύτερες διαδρομές και πεζοπορίες High Roothing

Cafe in an upmarket garden centre.

Only used nowadays for half-wheelers and those who don’t pull through in pace lines.

Open 9am-5pm Tue-Sun, closed Mon.

Short but pretty avenue of trees.

This beautiful tree-lined avenue is located along a quiet country road in White Roding. Look over to the west and you'll see a solitary tree standing tall amidst a sea of rapeseed flowers, a very lovely scene indeed.

Have been back a couple of times in August 2023, and it is still as bike friendly as it was when I first visited.

Running for 15 miles between Bishop's Stortford and Braintree, the Flitch Way is totally traffic free and very flat. It is a fantastic place to hike with a good surface. The railway was opened in 1869 but closed 83 years later in 1952. It continued to operate for freight only until 1972. There is a cafe, toilets and visitors centre to the east of here at Rayne.

Within Priory Church in Little Dunmow lies the tomb of Matilda Fitz Walter, said to be Maid Marian of the legend of Robin Hood. The story goes that Matilda fell in love with an unknown warrior who came to her 18th birthday banquet. During the same celebration, Prince John also fell for her and when his advances were turned down resorted to violent means in attempt to marry her. After Prince John killed her father, Matilda fled into the forest and was met by the warrior. He revealed himself as Robin Hood, the outlawed Earl of Huntingdon. The couple were married but Matilda was later killed by Prince John (by then King) who sent her a poisoned bracelet that rotted her wrist through to the bone!