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Chadwell Recreation Ground

📷 Robin Webster · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Dogs welcome

Getting here

51.48906, 0.36237

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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
  • ⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
  • 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

  • 🐕Dogs welcome
Bike parkingParking· Free

Best for

4 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Playing fields

Playing field

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Great Tit, Blue Tit, Robin +33 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Great Tit, Blue Tit, Robin +33 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Hornet Robberfly, Common Darter, Small Tortoiseshell +4 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Hornet Robberfly, Common Darter, Small Tortoiseshell +4 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

6 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
WealdwayWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
Saxon Shore WayWalking route262 km
Named routeLength 262 kmRegional walking route
Hoo Peninsula PathWalking route
Named route
Thames Estuary PathWalking route46.6 km
Named routeLength 46.6 kmNational walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Grain to WoolwichWalking route76 km
Named routeRef ECPLength 76 kmNational walking route
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Cycling

87 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 13Cycling route
Named routeRef 13National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 13Cycling route
Named routeRef 13National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 1Cycling route
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
National Cycle Network Route 137Cycling route
Named routeRef 137Point-to-pointNational Cycle Network
NCN 1Cycling route
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.6 km
Named routeRef 137Length 1.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Recreation ground, Chadwell St Mary

📷 Robin Webster · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Recreation ground, Chadwell St Mary

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱Grays Beach Riverside ParkUrban park3.1 km→✦Tilbury FortHistoric site4 km→🌱Orsett HeathUrban park0 m→🌱HorndonUrban park4.5 km→🌱Davy Down Riverside ParkUrban park4.9 km→🌱Barnmead MeadowUrban park600 m→

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