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 Wat Tyler Country Park
Dry Thorn Scrub Semi improved and unimproved grassland (Neutral with calc element). Wetlands. (Reedbeds - Open Water - Ponds - Salt Marsh - Salt water Creeks Mudflats).
locate Jacksons Wood
Remnant ancient woodland close to M25 motorway, unmanaged.
locate Spital Road allotments
Containing over 70 plots, this is one of three allotment sites in Maldon.
locate Garnetts Wood
An important ancient woodland with Small-leaved Lime.
locate Backwarden, Danbury
An important part of the Danbury ridge with small surviving heather areas and associated invertebrates.
locate Belton Hills
Important surviving south-facing scarp with landslip characteristics.
locate East Tilbury Fort and silt lagoons
A complex of habitats around the fort, including old silt lagoons.
locate Northey Island
An island in the Blackwater estuary reached by a causeway and managed as a nature reserve by the National Trust.