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River Stort Navigation – Side Wood Trail loop from Epping

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River Stort Navigation – Side Wood Trail loop from Epping

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River Stort Navigation – Side Wood Trail loop from Epping

03:40

60.1km

400m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 28, 2026

Tips

Includes segments that go up or down a series of steps

You may need to carry your bike.

After 94 m for 27 m

After 60.0 km for 27 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

Get Directions

15.5 km

The White Hart

Highlight • Pub

16.2 km

Roydon Marina Village

Highlight • Settlement

Can find Beautiful houses there

Tip by

16.5 km

River Stort Navigation

Highlight • Cycleway

The route ahead, a nice quite stretch from the bridge.

Tip by

21.5 km

Bury Plantation

Forest

21.8 km

The Wilderness

Forest

26.3 km

Side Wood Trail

Highlight (Segment) • Forest

Beautiful bluebells in spring!

Tip by

35.0 km

Long Westbound Climb

Highlight (Segment) • Climb

One of those climbs, westbound, which isn't particularly steep, but it's how long it goes on for.

Tip by

36.8 km

Awkward Climb

Highlight (Segment) • Climb

An awkward climb westbound. Awkward because it's steep, but the cars can get pretty fast, which increases the disparity between your speed and theirs. You will also need to pull …

Tip by

38.5 km

Downhill westbound

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Ride westbound for the downhill. Deceptively tiring eastbound, especially the first half, followed by a slight uphill grade which doesn't let your legs recover.

Tip by

40.5 km

High Lane

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

There's actually more uphill travelling northbound, but it isn't particularly steep. Southbound, the climb that begins at the northern end of High Lane is evil.

Tip by

60.1 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

53.4 km

2.72 km

1.90 km

1.60 km

348 m

165 m

Surfaces

52.4 km

4.99 km

2.16 km

367 m

199 m

< 100 m

Elevation

Nothing selected – click and drag below to see the stats for a specific part of the route.

Highest point (110 m)

Lowest point (30 m)

Weather

Friday 10 July

28°C

16°C

0 %

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Max wind speed: 19.0 km/h

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River Stort Navigation – Side Wood Trail loop from Epping

The White Hart

Roydon Marina Village

River Stort Navigation

Side Wood Trail

Long Westbound Climb

Awkward Climb

Downhill westbound

High Lane

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