Hiking routes around Braintree

No national or international trail comes within 15 km; the longest-distance routes here are regional. Essex Way passes through Braintree: 3 sections with 132 km mapped in all, 46 km of them within 15 km. London to Walsingham passes through Braintree: 10 sections with 269 km mapped in all, 1.8 km of them within 15 km. Of the routes listed here, the longest is Centenary Circle, 34 km long. Most of the 8 local routes are short walks: 4 of them are under 10 km.

• Essex WayRegional · 3 sections46 km within 15 km · 132 km in all
• Colne Valley PathLocal24 km within 15 km · Great Yeldham to Colchester
• John Ray WalkLocal16 km within 15 km
• Centenary CircleRegional9.9 km within 15 km · 34 km in all
• Round ChapelLocal7.1 km within 15 km
• Margery Allingham WalkLocal6.9 km within 15 km
• Admiral McHardy WayLocal5 km within 15 km · about 14 km in all
• Grange Barn and Paycocke's House Circular Walk, Grange BarnLocal4.8 km within 15 km
• Paycocke's Tudor Coggeshall Walk, Paycocke's House and GardenLocal3.6 km within 15 km
• London to WalsinghamRegional · LW · 10 sections1.8 km within 15 km · 269 km in all · S Magnus the Martyr, Lower Thames Street, London to Walsingham Abbey
• London to Walsingham - stage 04Local · LW041.8 km within 15 km · Thaxted to Clare

Each name opens the route on Waymarked Trails.

• Routes from Waymarked Trails, which draws the hiking routes mapped on OpenStreetMap (data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); counted on Oct 19, 2026.
• Only routes someone has mapped as a route on OpenStreetMap are counted. Signposted paths no one has mapped, and walks without waymarks, are not.
• Lengths within 15 km are measured on Waymarked Trails’ simplified lines and take in a route’s branches and variants; a path two routes share counts for each. A route’s length in all follows its main line along the mapped ways, and those marked “about” come from the simplified lines.

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