Great Tey Walk

This is one of the shortest walks we have done only 2.5 miles,The walk started from the Chequers in Great Tey and the pub has been there for about 400 years, it was originally a merchant's house.

Details of Walk

• Date of Walk: 28/06/2009

• Distance: 2.47 Miles

• Level of Difficulty: A Easy Walk 

• Car Park: The Chequers or on the Roadside CO6 1JS

• Refreshments: The Chequers

• Photos taken on walk

From the pub we went down the side of the building and entered the churchyard of St Barnabas, the church has a Norman crossing tower which is regarded as among the finest pieces of architecture in the county. You can see many Roman bricks in the walls and arches, also if you look around the village there are houses and cottages dating back to the 15th,16th and 17th century.We carried on through the churchyard until we came out into Brook Road here we turned right taking us down to Tey brook which is the name for the upper waters of the Roman river rising near Great Tey, Little Tey and Marks Tey which runs into the river Colne at Rowhedge. When we came to the rectory on the left which has a large moated garden we turned left and followed the boundary, going past the end of the garden we turned right across a field heading for a solitary tree and then we headed towards a small group of tall trees by a brook where we crossed the brook over a bridge made of old railway sleepers.

We then turned right following a good farm track to Teybrook Farm passing a really old thatched barn which is now a really popular restaurant and venue called The Barn Brasserie. Once here we turned right on to the road and after a few yards we turned left over the fence and went past a corrugated shed. From here it is up hill passing Chase Cottage which is thatched and a pond in the garden then it is over a field to the corner with a railed bridge over the stream. The bridge was sited here years ago after a lot of persuasion from the Ramblers Association in Essex and is part of the Essex way. From here we followed this route down into Great Tey which eventually brought us into the recreational field by the church.