Walks you can reach from Liverpool Street by train
Middlesex · South East England
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Bishop's Stortford to Harlow Town (Hertfordshire)
45 minutes direct from Liverpool Street.
Recommended
Waterway: four fifths along the River Stort Navigation.
Time: 4h–7h30
2 lunch spots: the Three Tuns, or Full of Beans Cafe (2h–4h in)
1 end-of-walk reward: the Moorhen
Adapted from: The Rough Guide to Walks in London & the South East (3rd edition).
Reverse direction: the Saturday Walkers Club and Slow Ways (inc. GPX).
Cheshunt Circular via Royal Gunpowder Mills (Hertfordshire)
15 minutes direct from Liverpool Street.
Flat river floodplain, gravel-pit lakes, water meadows, country park sculptures, farmland and a market town.
Time: 3h30
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Broxbourne Circular via Waltham Abbey (Hertfordshire)
30 minutes direct from Liverpool Street.
Flat river floodplain, towpaths, water meadows, lakeside paths, woodland strips, farmland fields and open parkland.
Time: 4h
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Harlow Town Circular via Hunsdon (Essex)
30 minutes direct from Liverpool Street.
Flat, easy farmland, open fields, riverside and quiet villages.
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Laindon Circular via Langdon Hills (Essex)
45 minutes direct from Liverpool Street.
Hilly Essex countryside, ancient and modern woods, flower-rich meadows, farmland, panoramic Thames Estuary views and conservation village.
Time: 5h
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Rayleigh Circular via Rayleigh Mount (Essex)
45 minutes direct from Liverpool Street.
A heritage trail from the station around the historic town of Rayleigh, whose origins predate Saxon times — its name means 'a clearing of deer', it appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, and by 1222 its forests were royal hunting grounds. Takes in Rayleigh Mount and the parish church.
Walk details: Essex & South Suffolk Community Rail Partnership (local insights).
Benfleet Circular via Leigh-on-Sea (Essex)
45 minutes direct from Liverpool Street.
Hilly woodland, narrow grassy paths, open estuary waterscape, wide flat creek-side track and gentrifying seaside town.
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Rochford Circular via Rochford (Essex)
45 minutes direct from Liverpool Street.
A circular across countryside and along part of the sea wall, returning along the banks of the River Roach to the attractive historic market town of Rochford.
Rochford
Time: 4h
Lunch: Passes a convenient pub for refreshment.
Walk details: Essex & South Suffolk Community Rail Partnership (local insights).
Manningtree Circular via Parish Church of Stratford St Mary (Essex)
1 hour direct from Liverpool Street.
River valley, water meadows, arable fields, light woodland, estuary embankment, quaint villages and Constable-painted landscapes.
Time: 5h
Warnings: Can flood after rain.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Ingatestone to Battlesbridge (Essex)
30 minutes direct from Liverpool Street.
Wid Valley fields, riverside paths, cattle farm estate, bluebell woods, tree-lined tracks, open fields with far views and Crouch Valley finish.
Time: 5h30
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Wickford to Battlesbridge (Essex)
30 minutes direct from Liverpool Street.
Rolling grassy fields, quiet lanes, scattered woods, reservoir nature reserve, river valley and tidal mudflats.
Time: 4h30
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Bishop's Stortford to Newport (Hertfordshire)
45 minutes direct from Liverpool Street.
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).