The Longest Play Trail in Essex - Great Notley Play Trail

Essex Parks
Feb 9, 2024
2 min read

Updated: Nov 14

Have you visited the longest play trail in Essex? Great Notley Country Park has a brilliant play trail. The trail is a 1.2km loop with various pieces of play equipment and playgrounds along the route. The pathways are paved and mostly flat. The Great Notley Play Trail is accessible and buggy friendly.

We love the Great Notley Play Trail as the play area is great to scooter and cycle between. This is a great place to scooter and cycle with kids in Essex.

Check out the Reel of our visit to Great Notley Country Park

Where is the Great Notley Play Trail?

📍Great Notley Country Park⁣

Braintree⁣

CM77 7FS⁣

Maps Link

Climbing frame great notley country park

🅿️ Parking at Great Notley Country Park

Up to 1 hour £2.80

Up to 2 hours £4

Up to 4 hours £5.20

All day £6.30

Pay via MiPermit - Cde 702106

Sand pit playground great notley country park

Playgrounds at Great Notley Country Park Play Trail

Along the play trail route there are lots of different play equipment such as a large climb on seesaw, climbing frames, swings, a zip wire, and slides. There is also a play area with slides and little wooden houses.

There is a large sand pit play area, with a rope climbing frame, a slide into the sand and lots of sand equipment including diggers and pulleys.

The variety of play equipment make it suitable for children of all ages.⁣

Where to eat and drink at Great Notley Country Park Play Trail

There is a cafe inside the visitor centre (The Skylark Cafe) with a limited selection of cold food and cold and cold drinks, ice creams. The Skylark Cafe is usually open from 8.30am to 3.30pm on weekends and 9.30am to 3.30pm during the school holidays. The cafe is dog friendly.

Toilets on the Great Notley Country Park Play Trail

There are toilets (including accessible and baby change) inside the cafe at Great Notley Country Park.⁣ There are no other toilets along the route.

What else is there to do at Great Notley Country Park?

There are plenty of things to do at Great Notley Country Park - feed the ducks and in the school holidays enjoy inflatable fun days or experience Sky Ropes! Sky Ropes is a two-level high ropes course. A junior course is also available.

Seasonal Trails at Great Notley Country Park

There are often FREE seasonal trails at Great Notley Country Park throughout the school holidays. You can check out the Explore Essex website for the latest events.

Essex Character Trails

There are plenty more Character Trails in Essex including