Essex: 40 Favourite Walks

Essex is full of surprises. Not only is it one of the largest counties in England by population and area, it’s also home to Britain’s first city, several bustling market towns, hundreds of countryside villages and, with its many estuaries and islands, over 900km of coastline. The 40 walks in this guide show Essex in all its glory, and all its gaudiness; oil refineries and ports overlooking large stretches of salt marshes; country estates mixing with industrial estates; and pounding motorways flowing underneath thick forests pulsating with wildlife