For those who enjoy an active vacation, we have lots of suggestions in Essex. Use our Travel Guide as a source of inspiration for planning your next adventure and browse through descriptions and route details of the most beautiful offroad routes.
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The 10 most beautiful offroad routes in Essex
Offroad
· South East England
107 mile Herts Essex Route
Difficulty
moderate
172.6 km
39:38 h
1,115 m
1,112 m
Some really excellent Green lanes with nothing too difficult. The Essex part of the route is superb - lots of long picturesque Green Lanes. Short Cottered Green Lane not always open.Miss out the bottom loop if you want to shorten it - a Buntingford start/end would be ideal.
Offroad
· East England
EPIC Chelmsford-Dunmow Route
Difficulty
moderate
115.4 km
24:50 h
601 m
598 m
Fairly gentle ride from chelmsford through to Dunmow, incorporating Millers Ford and Dunmow Ford. Various seasonal lane closures usually in effect from Nov - Mar
Offroad
· East England
Brentwood Massive
Difficulty
moderate
62.2 km
12:55 h
295 m
325 m
Brentwood Lanes, some can get a bit tricky in winter. The one by the golf course gets very rutted, but can be bypassed easily if you don't fancy it
Offroad
· East England
Pattiswick Route
Difficulty
moderate
23.5 km
3:41 h
57 m
42 m
can do solo for sure, not too taxing. coppy wood is very scratchy so beware
Offroad
· East England
Secret Suffolk quad extended
139.9 km
12:45 h
580 m
650 m
Extended variant of route. Gt Bradley is impassable by cars currently but rest of route can be driven.
Offroad
· East England
Dunmow Lane
Difficulty
easy
2.2 km
0:12 h
0 m
20 m
Small Green Lane for Off Roading, not to scratchy! Pretty easy!
Offroad
· East England
15th Jan 2017 Chelmsford Lanes
Difficulty
moderate
22.3 km
5:11 h
96 m
116 m
8 Lanes with some driving in betweenFairly easy drove the lot in 2 wheel drive - Trees and bushes will scratch body workPrivate property after lane 6 - unsure if byway - use at your own riskLane 7 Ignore false private property signs - Defiantly a bywayEnjoy!
Offroad
· East England
Home out and about
Difficulty
moderate
263.1 km
60:19 h
1,314 m
1,254 m
This is a long run used weekly has a bit of everything
Offroad
· East England
Essex Gliding Club (Suffolk), winch flight
Difficulty
moderate
8.1 km
0:44 h
20 m
20 m
We operate one day during the week - usually Wednesdays, but we now pick the best looking day weather wise - Saturdays and Sundays from Ridgewell Airfield on days during the summer months whenever the weather is good enough to fly. A short flight is a highly memorable experience as you are launched high into the sky to fly silently over the Suffolk countryside. But it doesn’t have to end there – many choose to continue their gliding adventure and go onto fly solo – so why not try it today! Route By: Ben HowardRoute By: Ben Howard
Offroad
· East England
Essex Summer 18sept24
Difficulty
easy
89.7 km
8:10 h
284 m
264 m
This is a green road route and not an off-road route as Outdooractive state. Off-roading is illegal, in the UK, unless with the permission of the owner which is rarely given unless for money. All of the roads in this route are on public roads, either on a byway, UCR (unclassified road), A, B or C road and hence are not off-road in anyway or form. Hence this route is for recreational driving using a 4x4 car on a legal public highway.
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Pattiswick Route by Mark
January 23, 2022
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Brentwood Massive by Steve
December 16, 2021
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Nice route some tough parts. I rode my RE Himalayan through the route on semi road tyres. Was laughing my head off skidding the bike through the ruts. Bike nearly got stranded near the gold course. Had to dig him out. Weather was awful and many routes flooded. Great fun though.
My GoPro didn’t record but will be riding again soon
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C1 Chelmsford Lanes by Ignas
December 04, 2021
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