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Canvey Heights Country Park

1 ha

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha

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51.52470, 0.61890

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 393m away — 2 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 393m away — 2 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Black-headed Gull, Oystercatcher, Carrion Crow +95 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Black-headed Gull, Oystercatcher, Carrion Crow +95 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Hiking

Good match

Named hiking route nearby: King Charles III England Coast Path: Tilbury to Southend-on-Sea

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Firebug, 7-spot Ladybird, Dark-edged Bee-fly +11 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Firebug, 7-spot Ladybird, Dark-edged Bee-fly +11 more · last seen 2026

Free

Forest walks

Good match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

6 signed routes nearby · 9 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Blue WalkWalking route

Named route

Curlews, Convicts & ContrabandWalking route

Named route

Hoo Peninsula PathWalking route

Named route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Grain to WoolwichWalking route76 km

Named routeRef ECPLength 76 kmNational walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Tilbury to Southend-on-SeaWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

14 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

National Cycle Route 16Cycling route

Named routeRef 16National Cycle Network

Prittle Brook CyclewayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

National Cycle Route 16 (proposed)Cycling route

Named routeRef 16National Cycle Network

National Cycle Route 16Cycling route

Named routeRef 16National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route20 m

Named routeRef 16Length 20 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route177 m

Named routeRef 16Length 177 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface cobbles

Wildlife to spot

25,716 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

25,716 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds56 species

winter

2026

Teal · Oystercatcher · Black-headed Gull · Carrion Crow · Shelduck +51

TealAnas crecca
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
MagpiePica pica2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
KnotCalidris canutus2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Brent GooseBranta bernicla
Common GullLarus canus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
OystercatchersHaematopodidae
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Great TitParus major2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
CootFulica atra2025

🐝

Insects1 species

spring

2026

Dark-edged Bee-fly

Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

25,716 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds56 species

winter

2026

Teal · Oystercatcher · Black-headed Gull · Carrion Crow · Shelduck +51

TealAnas crecca
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
MagpiePica pica2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
KnotCalidris canutus2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Brent GooseBranta bernicla
Common GullLarus canus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
OystercatchersHaematopodidae
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Great TitParus major2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
CootFulica atra2025

🐝

Insects1 species

spring

2026

Dark-edged Bee-fly

Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Robert Eva · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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