8.4 miles (13.5 km)
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Directions
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1: Take the footpath south of the beer garden on the east side of the car park. Walk uphill and diagonally SE across the field and go through a gate in the hedgerow. Head SSE until you reach another gate at the edge of woodland. With the woodland on your left, head SE until the path crosses a field and goes through a gap in the hedgerow to the B158. (540m)
2: Cross the road and turn left, walking NE along the east side of the B158 towards the right-hand bend in the road at the point where Wild Hill goes off to the left. (315m)
3: Turn right along a footpath which follows a private road heading SE. After 140m the footpath veers left to reach a wooden footbridge and a gate. Go through the gate and head NE with the woods on your right until you reach Hornbeam Lane. (415m)
4: Turn right on Hornbeam Lane and head SW, past stables on your left following the lane as it becomes a track. (1.3km)
5: When you reach Cucumber Lane, turn right and continue until you meet Tyler's Causeway. (460m)
6: Turn left and walk east for 65m and take the path on the right and head S ignoring a path on your right before the track turns left. (350m)
7: Follow the path left and head SE until you reach a footpath on the left. (980m)
8: Take this path and head N downhill and up again until you reach Tyler's Causeway. (990m)
9: Turn left for 100m and take the footpath on your right. Continue until you reach a bridleway. (680m)
10: Turn left and head NNW to where the road bends to the right and the bridleway continues to your left. (At this point you could take a slight detour to The Beehive pub by turning right and walking to Epping Green; this adds 350m.) (450m)
11: Take the bridleway N to Little Berkhamsted Lane. (810m)
12: Turn left for 100m. Take a bridleway on your right. Head NW along a ridge and through woodland, before reaching the golf course. (1.1km)
13: Head W and round the club house until you reach School Lane, Essendon. (750m)
14: Turn left on School Lane and head W to the B158. (200m)
15: Turn left. After 70m take the footpath on the right heading SW alongside the cricket pitch before dropping down to a footbridge and uphill to a byway. (980m)
16: Turn right and head NW to West End Lane. Turn left until you reach a footpath on your left just before The Candlestick. (660m)
17: Take the footpath SE until you reach a bridleway. Turn right and head S and SW until you reach West End Lane. (1.6km)
18: Turn left on West End Lane and follow it S and SW until you reach Wildhill, where you turn left and return to The Woodman. (940m)