ITS TOPOGRAPHY
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ROUTE H
23/4 miles
Keeping rather more to the right than in the
last route, but to the left of the straight ditch
below the Forest Hotel, enter the wood where a
small stream, with a winding course, leaves it.
Follow the left side of this for 300 or 400 yards,
then cross it and ascend a low rise to the Cuckoo
Pits. Immediately beyond these the Green Ride
is entered. This must be followed to the point
where it makes a sharp turn at right angles towards
Fairmead Road. Instead of turning with it keep
straight on to a wide opening in the thicket,
visible in front, in the direction of the spire of
High Beach Church. After crossing Almshouse
Plain, ascend the hill to High Beach, leaving
Fairmead Lodge on the right.
ROUTE I
3 miles
Those who prefer hard road or path to any of
the above alternatives must follow the " Ranger's "
road past the Forest Hotel as far as Connaught
Water. Then turn to the left along its margin
by the "red path." This leads into the road
along Fairmead Bottom to High Beach.
ROUTE J
LOUGHTON TO HIGH BEACH
21/4 miles
On leaving Loughton Station, keep a straight
course by the Station Road, through the village to
Staples Pond. Enter the Forest on the left of the
pond. A few yards from the head of the pond
diverge from the wide green ride by a narrow ride
on the left. This leads over a low rise to a rushy