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Waytemore Castle Mound – Bishop's Stortford Town Centre loop from Stansted Mountfitchet

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Stansted Mountfitchet

Waytemore Castle Mound – Bishop's Stortford Town Centre loop from Stansted Mountfitchet

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Waytemore Castle Mound – Bishop's Stortford Town Centre loop from Stansted Mountfitchet

02:28

22.7km

90m

Running

Hard run. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 21, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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210 m

Cycle Stortford Meeting Point

Highlight • Parking

This is where we meet up for rides.

Tip by

7.12 km

The history of Waytemore Castle is shrouded in mystery. It is thought that it was a Saxon fortress built in the 10th century against invasion by the Danes but there is no record of it in the Domesday Book of 1086, a thorough survey and record of England commissioned by William the Conqueror after his victory at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. Now all you can see of the castle is the mound on which it stood and the stream to the south and west which would have been a much larger moat. The ruins on top are much later than 10th or 11th century. It has never been excavated for archeological research so who knows what secrets it holds.

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7.61 km

Bishop's Stortford Town Centre

Highlight • Religious Site

Bishop's Stortford is a large commuter town that expanded rapidly from the Second World War onwards. It's home to the motte-and-bailey castle remains of Waytemore Castle, which stand above the River Stort in the centre of the town. Being an important market town, there are many old pubs, including the timber-framed, 16th-century Black Lion.

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7.83 km

Waterside Stortford Canal Trail

Highlight • Trail

Waterside Stortford is a 5.6km, flat trail which runs from Bat Willow Hurst Country Park to the north of the town, through the centre here, to just beyond Twyford Mill lock in the south. There are information points throughout the trail providing more information about the features of the trail.

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9.25 km

River Stort

Lake

11.8 km

Thorley Wash Nature Reserve

Nature Reserve

16.6 km

Bridge The Gap Café

Highlight • Cafe

Really well worth a stop off, you cant miss it, its just on the other side of the Zig-Zag Bridge!
Great Coffee and nice chatty staff..
Add it to your Coffee List stop off.

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17.5 km

The River Stort

Highlight • River

The River Stort passes through Bishops Stortford on its was through Essex and Hertfordshire from the village of Langley to the River Lea. From the town the river has been made navigable, known as the Stort Navigation.

Tip by

17.8 km

Castle Park

Highlight • Rest Area

A gorgeous park and green space for a pit stop, maybe a picnic, r&r and then get back on it! Coffee shop is close as well.

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22.7 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

10.4 km

6.03 km

3.35 km

1.68 km

851 m

358 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

6.14 km

5.61 km

4.64 km

3.65 km

1.97 km

638 m

Elevation

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Monday 31 August

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Waytemore Castle Mound – Bishop's Stortford Town Centre loop from Stansted Mountfitchet

Coffee Stop

Cycle Stortford Meeting Point