Terling, a pleasant Essex country village with a very pretty
church, its own manor house and a smock windmill. This series of
caches will take you on a walk in and around the village and
includes part of the Essex Way path to the quiet little church at
Fairstead. The walk back through pleasant countryside goes past the
18th century Terling windmill.
Terling can be reached by turning off the A12 at Hatfield
Peverel and is about 2½ miles North West from there.
This is an anti-clockwise circular walk of about 4 miles from
the recommended Parking Co-ordinates at the village hall. The walk
is generally along clearly marked and well maintained footpaths and
consists of ten caches and an optional extra cache. A further
existing cache can be found along the route. The main walk can be
completed in about two hours and incorporates part of the Essex
Way.
Touring Terling caches 2 to 9 may contain part of the
coordinates for the Touring Terling Final cache, these are no
longer needed the co-ords published are now the final
location.
TOURING
TERLING: 1 - RED DEFIBRILLATOR BOX
TOURING
TERLING: 2 - WINDMILL VIEW
TOURING
TERLING: 3 - NEW WOOD FOR OLD
TOURING
TERLING: 4 - CHURCH MICRO 768 FAIRSTEAD
TOURING
TERLING: 5 - WINDMILL VIEW TOO!
TOURING
TERLING: 6 - THISTLE CORNER
TOURING
TERLING: 7 - PRIVATE VIEW
TOURING
TERLING: 8 - RIDLEY HALL
TOURING
TERLING: 9 - WINDMILL APPROACH
TOURING
TERLING: 10 - FINAL
TOURING
TERLING EXTRA: CHURCH MICRO 446 TERLING
Number 2: WINDMILL VIEW
The village comprises two main areas, Terling and Gambles Green.
The latter is a mixture of old properties and newer buildings,
including the house converted to a windmill which from the cache
you should see off to your left. The name Terling is pronounced
'Ter-ling' or 'Tar-ling'. This is the topic of many good natured
disputes!
From the start of the footpath (waypoint) you are following the
Essex Way. The path is wide and well maintained. There are various
turns but staying on the path and following the yellow direction
arrows will keep you in the right direction. The cache container is
small and cylindrical. Continue on the path for the next cache.