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Ride-UK The National Bridleroute Network

UK: East of England: Essex: Epping Forest

Various tracks are made available in parts of Epping Forest by the owners, the Corporation of London. Byelaws came into force on 1 Oct 03 requiring users of the tracks to have a licence (see below).

Status: Open (permit required)

Promotion
A map is available on the Corporation of London's web site.

Further details of the horse riding licence scheme are available from the Epping Forest Information Centre at High Beach, Loughton, Essex. Tel: 020 8508 2266. Email: epping.forest@corpoflondon.gov.uk.

Ordnance Survey
This section lists the Ordnance Survey maps at the two most useful scales, covering the area of the route. Clicking on any of them will enable the reader to purchase the map on line from Amazon.

Explorer Map 174: Epping Forest & Lee Valley

Landranger Map 177: East London, Billericay and Gravesend

Where to stay
A useful book entitled Bed and Breakfast for Horses which lists places to keep a horse overnight can be purchased from the British Horse Society.

Further Information
Information about riding in the Forest can be found on the Corporation of London's Epping Forest site.