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Essex
Creeks & unexpected quiet.
77 remarkable places
Hatfield ForestA little less ordinary
Tidal creeks, saltmarsh and ancient woodland beyond the familiar commuter routes.
The Wildland edit, Essex.
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Places with a past.
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8.4Mixed-habitat reserve
Hatfield Forest
Bush End Road, Takeley, near Bishop’s Stortford, Essex CM22 6NE
8.2Ancient woodland
Epping Forest
Between east London and Epping, Essex
8.1Forest
Epping Forest
Loughton, Essex
8.0Ancient woodland
Hatfield Forest
Bush End Road, Takeley, Bishop’s Stortford, Essex, CM22 6NE
7.9Mixed-habitat reserve
RSPB Wallasea Island
Wallasea Island, Rochford, Essex SS4 2HD
7.8Chapel
The Chapel of St Peter-on-the-Wall
East End Road, Bradwell-on-Sea, Essex CM0 7PN
7.4Mixed-habitat reserve
Chafford Gorges Nature Park
Drake Road, Chafford Hundred, Grays, Essex RM16 6RW
7.4Mixed-habitat reserve
Abberton Reservoir Nature Discovery Park
Rows Farm, Church Road, Layer-de-la-Haye, near Colchester, Essex CO2 0EU
7.4Mixed-habitat reserve
Thurrock Thameside Nature Park
Mucking Wharf Road, Mucking, Stanford-le-Hope, Essex SS17 0RN
7.4Ancient woodland
Norsey Wood Local Nature Reserve
Outwood Common Road, Billericay, Essex CM11 1HA
7.4Mixed-habitat reserve
RSPB Rainham Marshes
New Tank Hill Road, Purfleet, Essex RM19 1SZ
7.3Castle
Hadleigh Castle
Castle Lane, Hadleigh, Benfleet, Essex SS7 2AP
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