Best walks to or from Stanford-le-Hope
Essex · South East England | Walks by train
MapBeautiful walks starting or ending at Stanford-le-Hope Station.
Tilbury Town Station to Stanford-le-Hope Station
The path along the estuary was gorgeous, beautiful views. A largely estuary-side route on a temporary alignment, with a lower-traffic exit from Tilbury Station using a new footbridge, a road section with HGV traffic near Tilbury Fort, a gorgeous path along the estuary with shorebirds and wildflowers and old wharves. A field path replaces part of the original near Stanford-le-Hope. Passes Coalhouse Fort (with a café and park) and Tilbury Fort (with grazing ponies and a star-shaped moat); inside the forts you must pay. Salt-marsh wildflowers and shorebirds along the estuary. The route is part of the Thames Estuary Path; East Tilbury has a station, pubs and shops for breaking the walk.
16km. Gentle ascents.
A road section near Tilbury Fort carries HGV traffic. The first part out of East Tilbury along the road is a drag and may be quieter outside school pickup time.
Lunch: There is a café at Coalhouse Fort park, roughly mid-route.
End-of-walk reward: the World's End.
Documented by Slow Ways — download GPX route
West Horndon Station to Stanford-le-Hope Station
Easy: 11km, gentle ascents.
Documented by Slow Ways — download GPX route
Stanford-le-Hope Station to Basildon Station
A fairly direct and easy-to-navigate route with very few off-road paths; some roads are quiet but others are much busier.
Easy: 7km, gentle ascents.
The plotted route tries to take you onto the A13 near the Five Bells roundabout where there is no footpath and it is not safe; cross the bridge over the A13 instead. A following stretch of 50mph road has no footpath for most of its length, leaving only a grass verge with overhanging branches and brambles.