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A House for Essex – Dovercourt Lighthouses loop from Wrabness

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A House for Essex – Dovercourt Lighthouses loop from Wrabness

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5.0

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A House for Essex – Dovercourt Lighthouses loop from Wrabness

07:04

27.3km

130m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: July 11, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

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Suffolk and Essex Coast and Heaths National Landscape

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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488 m

A House for Essex

Highlight • Structure

A House for Essex is a stunning piece of art by FAT Architecture and Grayson Perry. Part of the 'Living Architecture' programme, it is rented out as holiday accommodation and the inside is a gallery of further artwork.

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2.42 km

Chicken of the Woods Fungus

Highlight • Natural

3.11 km

Woodland Trails

Highlight • Trail

Definitely wear boots in the winter

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11.5 km

Dovercourt Lighthouses

Highlight • Historical Site

These unusual lighthouses were built around the 17th century and are a unique example of the first types of lighthouses dating to Roman and medieval times. The lighthouses would have …

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12.6 km

Beach

13.0 km

Banksy Mural of a Young Boy

Highlight • Monument

Far out of the way, but worth it. It's a Banksy original.

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14.4 km

Dovercourt Lighthouses

Highlight • Historical Site

These unusual lighthouses were built around the 17th century and are a unique example of the first types of lighthouses dating to Roman and medieval times. The lighthouses would have …

Tip by

14.4 km

Dovercourt Lighthouses

Highlight • Monument

Early forms of the lighthouse (roughly 1860s) that would have guided ships in Harwich. Restored in the 1980s they're now a local highlight and well worth stopping off at the explore.

Tip by

20.5 km

Whinny Grove

Forest

23.5 km

View from the Hide

Highlight • Other

27.3 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

12.4 km

12.0 km

2.35 km

287 m

222 m

Surfaces

9.84 km

7.77 km

4.72 km

3.60 km

1.04 km

287 m

Elevation

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Weather

Monday 20 July

21°C

12°C

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A House for Essex – Dovercourt Lighthouses loop from Wrabness

A House for Essex

Chicken of the Woods Fungus

Woodland Trails

Dovercourt Lighthouses

Banksy Mural of a Young Boy

Dovercourt Lighthouses

Dovercourt Lighthouses

View from the Hide

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