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The Flitch Way

Map Ref: TL 759 226 to TL 519 212
​Braintree Station to Start Hill (near Bishops Stortford)


The Flitch Way runs for fifteen miles from Braintree station to Start Hill near Bishops Stortford and is an important greenway and wildlife corridor.  For most of the way it provides a safe traffic free environment for walkers, cyclists and horse riders and forms part of National Cycle Network Route 16. 

The name “Flitch Way” originated from the Flitch ceremony in Little Dunmow whereby couples who could prove that they had not argued in marriage after a year and a day would be awarded a flitch (side) of bacon.
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Whether you come to walk, bike, run or ride your horse, there is lot to see and enjoy along the Flitch Way including plentiful wildlife, countryside views and traces of our industrial heritage.  
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Carriage Museum Rayne
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Journey along the Flitch Way
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Braintree to Bishops Stortford line
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Daisy, Countess of Warwick
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National Cycle Network Route 16
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WWI
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Maid Marion
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Accessing the Flitch Way
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Improving the connection at Great Dunmow



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