Wooden Bridge Over the Pond – Bishop's Stortford Town Centre loop from Bishop's Stortford
Wooden Bridge Over the Pond – Bishop's Stortford Town Centre loop from Bishop's Stortford
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Wooden Bridge Over the Pond – Bishop's Stortford Town Centre loop from Bishop's Stortford
05:19
20.3km
160m
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: May 6, 2026
Waypoints
Start point
Train Station
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1.30 km
South Mill Lock (River Stort Navigation)
Highlight • Trail
Tip by
2.04 km
Broom's Plantation
Forest
9.19 km
Horse Farm
Highlight • Structure
Tip by
9.75 km
Wooden Bridge Over the Pond
Highlight • Bridge
Tip by
11.0 km
The Bull Pub
Highlight • Pub
11.4 km
St. Andrew's Church, Much Hadham
Highlight • Religious Site
If you're seeking food while on a hike here, there's the Bull Inn or the Hoops Inn at the nearby hamlet of Perry Green, home to the Henry Moore Foundation Estate. There's also a local convenience store on the main Tower Hill road.
Tip by
19.2 km
Corn Exchange
Highlight • Monument
Tip by
19.3 km
Black Lion
Highlight • Historical Site
"2. Mid C16 double fronted house. Exposed post and panel timber-framing, steep red tile pitched roofs. Two and a half storeys. North elevation to Bridge Street has jettied first floor and jettied second floor twin gables. Ground floor has central door flanked by modern mullion and transom windows in original positions and one old mullioned 2-light window. Two modern mullioned oriels on first floor and band of 5 blocked original mullioned 2-light windows. Cable moulded bressummer and carved angle post. Gables have mullioned 2-light windows and pendants to apexes and wall plates. Early C17 extension to west. Two storeys, one bay. Jettied first floor with C19 horizontal sash window. East elevation to Devoils lane has original mullion windows on ground and first floors. Plastered 2-storey, one bay, jettied extension to south with ground and first floor C18 sash windows. Further extension to south. Early C17, matching west extension of north elevation. Two storeys. Jettied, half-timbered first floor with one old mullioned window and 3 modern casements. Interior. Exposed dragon beam in ground floor, much restoration. (RCHM (1911) 65)." (historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1101601?section=official-list-entry)
Tip by
19.6 km
Bishop's Stortford Town Centre
Highlight • Religious Site
Tip by
20.3 km
End point
Train Station
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
10.2 km
6.00 km
2.86 km
1.03 km
163 m
Surfaces
10.6 km
3.17 km
2.89 km
1.99 km
799 m
781 m
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