![]() ![]() The walk across the golf course is incredibly pleasant as it follows the banks of the River Blackwater along the fairways. ![]() To get there we walked from our house in Witham to the Blue Mills Bridge then cut through Benton Hall Golf Course, using the public footpath. We picked up the Rail trail at the Wickham Mill Bridge just outside Wickham Bishops. Sadly, most of the old wooden public footpath signs have faded or become overgrown so the map is a handy guide to at least keep you roughly in the right direction. A decent pair of walking boots are recommended as is an ordnance survey map, as it makes navigation considerably easier. Most of the trail is over slightly rough, but relatively flat terrain. The Blackwater Rail Trail was decommissioned in the 1960’s due to lack of use and, despite having lived in the area for several years, we’d never heard of it, until I stumbled over it by chance during a Google session. Our walking trips usually involve a picnic with a bottle of wine or a pit stop at a pub for a pint and grub, so it was nice to discover a hidden gem of a walking trail that we could pick up without having to drive to get to.
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