One Way

London to Constable Country

This long but relatively one-way flat cycling route leaves London via the City, skirting the top of East London and heading straight through Epping Forest and the wider northern Essex countryside, before ultimately reaching the ‘Constable Country’ of Dedham Vale National Landscape and the Stour Estuary at the Suffolk border. 

Starting point: Café Society, Vauxhall Bridge.

Suggested intermediate café stop:  Snug Café, High Easter (62km).

Suggested lunch stop: Constable Park Café, Brantham. 

Return by train from Manningtree to Liverpool Street.

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