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 VANGE & FOBBING MARSHES
locate Northey Island
An island in the Blackwater estuary reached by a causeway and managed as a nature reserve by the National Trust.
locate Blue House Farm, North Fambridge
Essex Wildlife Trust coastal grazing marsh reserve. Situated along the banks of the River Crouch at North Fambridge. It is bordered by the river to the south, Wild and Ulens Farms to the north (beyond the Wickford-Southminster railway line), Bridgemarsh Island (saltings) to the east and Fambridge village and Fleet Farm to the west.
locate Mistley, The Walls
The Walls is the highway running east/west along the river Stour between Mistley, New Rd at Mistley Towers and Manningtree, Quay St.
locate Hadleigh Castle
Ancient monument with remarkable landslip invertebrate fauna and an important geological site.
locate Mistley, The Walls
The Walls is the highway running east/west along the river Stour between Mistley, New Rd at Mistley Towers and Manningtree, Quay St.
locate Flitch Way
A disused railway line with a variety of interesting wildlife habitats along its length forming a linear nature reserve. See also The Friends of Flitch Way website.
locate Blue House Farm, North Fambridge
Essex Wildlife Trust coastal grazing marsh reserve. Situated along the banks of the River Crouch at North Fambridge. It is bordered by the river to the south, Wild and Ulens Farms to the north (beyond the Wickford-Southminster railway line), Bridgemarsh Island (saltings) to the east and Fambridge village and Fleet Farm to the west.