Parking is either side of the Ford at Hurrells Lane at approx.
N51 44.180 E00 32.760
The entire loop is about 3 miles long, along well marked
footpaths. It's a beautiful area, and popular with people fishing,
walking and enjoying a range of rural pursuits, so some discretion
may be needed from time to time. The walk is dog friendly, but
please keep on leads where appropriate as there are horses and cows
on route.
The Lt.Baddow Loop is best tackled in the following
order(anti-clockwise):
The route is well used and fairly obvious. Click on the images
below to see the entire loop with photos in Google Maps, or Google
Earth if you have it installed. The 'GeocachingNetworkKML' is
required to view cache locations in Google Earth (downloadable from
"My Account").
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#3 - Alice's Ghost
This cache is located on
Grace's
Walk. Graces was the home of Sir Henry Mildmay who married
Alice Harris(1588-1615). After 6 years of marriage, Alice drowned
herself in Sandon Brook near here because her husband "was unkind
to her", and ever since her ghost has haunted the area.
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