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There is no charge to download the leaflets the Friends of the Flitch Way have produced.  
​We hope the information helps in your enjoyment of the Flitch Way and other areas we help manage. If you have found them helpful, a donation of £2.00 would help raise funds for the Friends charity which exists to raise awareness of the Flitch Way and to help our volunteers maintain it and the other special places we look after for everyone to enjoy.
Flitch Way Leaflet
The essential guide to the Flitch Way produced by the Friends of the Flitch Way and Associated Woodlands showing points of interest and refreshment along the 15 mile route. Reprinted 2017 and 2019.   Please note the Cafes at Little Canfield and Takeley are no longer open.
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Flitch Way Wildlife Trail
The 4 km trail starts at Rayne Station and heads out towards Felsted.  
​Copies of the leaflet are also available from the Carriage Museum.
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Blackwater Rail Trail Leaflet
On old leaflet showing the route of the Blackwater Rail Trail between Witham and Maldon.  Please be aware that the contact details are out of date.
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 ​Flitch Way Felsted Station / Little Dunmow alternative routes
Alternative on-road route through Little Dunmow.
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Alternative pedestrian route through Flitch Green.  Note there is a kissing gate which means this is not suitable for pushchairs or wheelchair users.
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​Current Flitch Way Great Dunmow  Connections
Current cycle and pedestrian connections across Great Dunmow​
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Flitch Way Planned Connection at Great Dunmow
Status map showing the new planned route connecting the Flitch Way across Great Dunmow.  Updated February 2023
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Great Notley & Rayne via Flitch Way
Family friendly 5 mile walking/cycling circular route linking Great Notley and Flitch Way Country Parks.
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Little Canfield via Flitch Way
3 mile circular walk through the fields and along the Flitch Way starting from the Green Cafe.
little_canfield_walk.pdf
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Flitch Way south circular cycle route​
43 mile circular route on Flitch Way and quiet lanes through Canfield, High Easter, Pleshey and Littley Green with several bike friendly places to stop en route. Click image to download PDF or GPX directions.
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Flitch Way north circular cycle route
31 mile circular route on Flitch Way and quiet lanes through Saling, Lindsell, Great Easton and Molehill Green with several pubs and cafes along the way.  Click image to download PDF or GPX directions.
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Code of conduct for shared-use paths
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YouTube and film clips

These are some our favourite YouTube and old film clips about the Flitch Way.  Please let us know if you have any other suggestions....
The Flitch Way
ITV Anglia broadcast an article on walking the Flitch Way on 6 September 2019 and interviewed some of the Friends on the way.
Paul Whitewick finds the Flitch Way in his quest to travel the old railway line from Braintree to Bishops Stortford.
Video about the History of the Flitch Way & Model Railway Exhibition event held on 4 May 2015 by DT Films.
Fast motion cycle ride from Braintree to Birchanger along the Flitch Way by NoddingCatChannel.​

The Elopement by Day and Knight Photography, and the accompanying photo shoot around Rayne Station and Carriage Museum.
Braintree harmony trio Next of Kin filmed the video for the song "Can't find me" at Rayne Station in 2013. The song featured on the TV show the X-factor.  The band have since changed their name to the Bass Brothers and are now known as Essex County Music.
Paolo Morena performing in and around Rayne Station as part of the Rayne Festival celebrating Stage 3 of the 2014 Tour de France.

Blackwater Rail Trail 
​Short film by Edward Thorp (British Film Institute archive) of the Witham to Maldon East railway.
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A compilation of archive films from 1957 to 1963 of the Witham to Maldon line by "The Lost Railways of East Anglia".


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