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Braintree, Glemsford Pits (disused railway line), TL839463
 
 
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Status: SSSI
Access: Public footpath
Summary: old railway track with friable sandy banks and adjacent lichen heath surrounded by sallow and willow with a series of old sand/gravel extraction extraction workings (SSSI) mostly wooded.

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Reason for interest: Only modern site in Essex for several very rare bees

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page last edited on Sun Dec 16th 2007 by site user 174