Four Best Essex Snowdrop Strolls

Visit Weald Country Park to enjoy stunning displays of snowdrops.

Head to the Belvedere car park and mound. Wind your way up the small hill to the historic folly and back round into the park through the path that takes you out through the azaleas and rhododendrons (which will flower later in the spring).

Enjoy the views across the landscape, and stroll across the grass to the visitor centre and café.

Warm up with a hot drink before heading back to the Belvedere car park.

Enjoy the boards along the way which detail some history of the old Weald Hall and folly of which the snowdrops may be a legacy.

Alternatively, you can enjoy the snowdrops at the entrance of the park as you come off Weald Road to the visitors centre car park*.

*View from the car as you drive in, please do not go here on foot.

At Belhus Woods, snowdrops appear along the edges of the tracks, and within the glades that the rangers have been creating in the woodlands over the dark winter months.

Start at the car park, and pop into the café for a hot drink to take on your walk.

Head into the woodlands. You can find snowdrops throughout the park within all of the wooded areas. Maybe pick a path you don’t normally go down and see where it takes you . . .

Enjoy a trip to the heritage site of Cressing Temple Barns.

Book a table at The Barns Tiptree Tea Room, amble around the atmospheric site, taking in the Knights Templar, Grade 1 listed, 13th century barns and head to the restored Tudor walled garden for snowdrop spots.

To extend your walk take the moat trail through the trees for more of the pretty flowers.

Park at the Lakes car park at Danbury Country Park.

Head towards the water and take the stone path between the Top and Middle Lake.

Look towards the Middle Lake, behind the fence, in the tangle of bramble, twenty years ago or so this used to be bursting with snowdrops. Whilst the displays are not quite as magnificent as they used to be, the squirrels may have eaten the bulbs, you should spot some of these pretty flowers pushing through.

Wind through the woods around the Lower Lake and the Ice House and see how many more you can spot amongst the leaves.