Interesting Places

Here are some random sample locations of interest in Essex. Also take a look at sites shown on our sites map, geology site map and brownfield site map, with the site account and locate site facility.

locate Crabknowe Spit
One of the few areas in Essex with an albeit small dune system.

locate Weald Country Park
A country park with an ancient landscape and important wood pasture, but overmanaged grasslands. There is a large lake with a dam and extensive woodlands in the northern part, with several planted copses of various conifers. There are several car parks around the boundary and also footpaths. This Park is managed by Essex.

locate Steeple Creek (shingle)
Shingle foreshore on side of inlet in Blackwater estuary.

locate Broaks Wood
Forestry Commission woodland open to the public.

locate Northey Island
An island in the Blackwater estuary reached by a causeway and managed as a nature reserve by the National Trust.

locate Walton Naze undercliffs
Undercliffs with remarkable and important geology and wildlife.

locate Star Lane Brick Pits, Great Wakering
Old brick pits with rare invertebrates recorded.

locate Essex Wildlife Trust at Abbotts Hall, Great Wigborough
The Wildlife Trust's headquarters.