Walk Wild-Essex

Lays out fifty wildlife walks across Essex and East London, with enough guidance to get you round safely and enough information to get the most out of the experience.

A guide to 50 wildlife walks in Essex and East London. The app draws the route on satellite maps and, as you walk round, you can pull up directions for the section you are on. Turn on your location, and you can see if you stray off the route. The walks have been chosen as some of the best in the area to see wildlife, and you can pull up information on what to look out for on each section, plus details of nature reserves, country parks and the like that the walks pass through or near. Details of transport facilities, geographical features, pubs, picnic sites etc. are shown on the maps as well.

To help you choose, each walk is characterised in terms of length, the going, highlights and drawbacks, best time of year and how to get there – many can be reached by public transport as well as by car.

Use this app to get the most out of the Essex countryside and its wildlife, and get fit and healthy at the same time.