Harcamlow Way
A 141-mile long-distance walk in the East of England exploring the countryside, towns, and villages of Cambridgeshire, Essex, and Hertfordshire. With map, statistics, and GPX route file.
Statistics and Files
Grid Ref: TL 445 113
Distance: 141 miles (227 km)
Time: 56–68 hours
Duration: 9–14 days
Ordnance Survey Explorer Maps (1:25,000):
174 Epping Forest and Lee Valley
183 Chelmsford and The Rodings
194 Hertford and Bishop’s Stortford
195 Braintree and Saffron Walden
208 Bedford and St Neots
209 Cambridge, Royston, Duxford and Linton
210 Newmarket and Haverhill
226 Ely, Newmarket, Mildenhall and Soham
Summary
The Harcamlow Way is a figure-of-eight long-distance walk, mainly on tracks and green lanes, passing many places of historic interest while crossing low hills, woods, and arable land via Standon and Manuden to meet the crossover point at Newport. It continues through Saffron Walden and over the low Bartlow Hills to Horseheath and the Fleam Dyke to enter Cambridge. The return route passes through Melbourn and Chrishall back to Newport, continuing via Debden, Thaxted, Takeley, and Hatfield Forest. The route was originally devised in the 1970s by Fred Matthews and Harry Bitten. (Source: LDWA)