Walks from Newport
MapBeautiful walks starting or ending at Newport Station.
Alternatively, view walks you can reach directly from Newport by train.
Great Chesterford to Newport
Rolling Essex farmland, grassy field edges, small woods, river valleys, historic market town, parkland and pylons over crop fields.
Time: 4h
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Reverse direction: Walking Post (inc. GPX).
Bishop's Stortford to Newport
Historic churches and fields of Essex, along the River Stort past Waytemore Castle and Hassobury Mansion.
Waytemore Castle: The earthwork remains of an 11th-century motte-and-bailey castle beside the River Stort.
Hassobury Mansion: An imposing Victorian country mansion glimpsed from the route near Manuden.
Time: 4h30–9h30
Walk details: Walking Post (tips, photos and local insights).
Newport to Audley End
Spoiled by a long trek along a busy road near Audley End.
Time: 4h–7h30
5 lunch spots: Saffron Walden — the Temeraire, Waffle, the Courtyard Tearoom, the Kings Arms, or the Eight Bells
1 end-of-walk reward: Audley End House and Gardens
Warnings: Follows a busy road for a sixth of the walk.
Source: Trains2Green.
Audley End to Newport
Road sections, Audley End parkland, farmland, river valleys, historic market town and woods.
Time: 3h30
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Source: A shorter variant of Great Chesterford to Newport – the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).