Distance: 10 miles (16.1km).
Starting point: The Essex Way plaque on the High Lighthouse, St Helen’s Green, Harwich, CO12 3NH, grid reference TM261324.
Access: Ample on-street parking nearby. Harwich bus station (essexbus.info) and Harwich Town railway station are just opposite the starting point, on Station Approach. The walk also passes Dovercourt railway station.