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 Chigborough Lakes nature reserve
One of a number of worked-out mineral extraction sites on terrace sands to the north of the River Blackwater.
locate Walton Naze undercliffs
Undercliffs with remarkable and important geology and wildlife.
locate The Cliff, Burnham-on-Crouch
Small London Clay undercliff with small area of adjacent saltmarsh and old sea wall.
locate Foxearth Meadows
River Stour floodplain
locate Walton Naze undercliffs
Undercliffs with remarkable and important geology and wildlife.
locate Northey Island
An island in the Blackwater estuary reached by a causeway and managed as a nature reserve by the National Trust.
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 Swaines Green
Area of four former agriculture fields unused since 1980s, now owned and managed as a nature reserve and Epping Forest buffer land by City of London Conservators and by Epping Town Council. Free public access.