Around Sawbridgeworth
Turn right from the car park into Bell Street. Go straight across the junction of The Square and Knight Street into Church Street passing the 1652 Church House, clad in painted weatherboarding, to enter Great St Mary’s churchyard. After visiting the church, continue downhill to the south-east corner of the churchyard and into a close of quirky, 1920s brick and flint cottages. Continue on the path, now between garden boundaries, turning right at the public footpath sign towards Sheering Mill Lane. At the lane turn left to leave the town.
Turn right beside Lock Cottage on to the tow path of the River Stort Navigation. Follow the tow path for nearly 2 miles (3.2km), initially on the Hertfordshire bank and then across a footbridge to the Essex bank. You will pass Feakes Lock along this pretty stretch with water-meadows, willows and dragonflies, and also get glimpses of Pishiobury Park.
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