Three Forests Way

The Three Forests Way was devised in 1977 by the West Essex branch of the Ramblers Association to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II.

It extends almost to Stansted Airport in the north, to Roydon to the west, south to Chigwell, and east to Fyfield.

[2] Several long distance and local paths intersect or follow the same route as the Three Forests Way for part of their course.

[2] There are some accessible railway stations on the west side of the path, and some villages have bus services.

[2] The Three Forests Way passes through the following locations (the order assumes starting at Chipping Ongar in an anticlockwise direction):[3] Chipping Ongar, High Ongar, Fyfield, Claydon's Green, Abbess Roding, White Roding, Hatfield Broad Oak, Hatfield Forest Country Park, Great Hallingbury, Little Hallingbury, Lower Sheering, Sawbridgeworth, Harlow, Roydon, Broardley Common, Nazingwood Common, Epping Green, Upshire, Epping Forest, Loughton, Chigwell, Chigwell Row, Hainault Forest Country Park, Lambourne, Abridge, Theydon Mount, Stanford Rivers, Chipping Ongar The Three Forests Way adjoins several long-distance paths:[2][3]