42 EPPING FOREST. 



low 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 Comiaught 

 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. 



2\ 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 



