Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite, 380m south east of Butler's Gate 0 ha
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Open directionsv ✦ Scheduled Ancient Monument — Nationally protected archaeological site on the National Heritage List for England (NHLE). Scheduled monuments represent the best surviving examples of England's irreplaceable archaeological heritage.
Anti-aircraft battery scheduled monument
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 ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Black-headed Gull, Collared Dove +75 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Black-headed Gull, Collared Dove +75 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Weissia brachycarpa var. obliqua, Creeping Feather-moss, Schreberian Earth-moss +25 more · last seen 2023; Plants — Weissia brachycarpa var. obliqua, Creeping Feather-moss, Schreberian Earth-moss +25 more · last seen 2023
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Common Darter, Hornet Hoverfly +32 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Common Darter, Hornet Hoverfly +32 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍄 Mushroom foraging
Good match
Fungi — Pertusaria leioplaca, Unguiculariopsis lesdainii, Parmelia ernstiae · last seen 2014; Fungi — Pertusaria leioplaca, Unguiculariopsis lesdainii, Parmelia ernstiae · last seen 2014
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Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 4 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Roach Valley Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map King Charles III England Coast Path: Tilbury to Southend-on-Sea Walking route ▾
Named route Ref ECP National walking route
Show on map Southend Ring Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map King Charles III England Coast Path: Southend-on-Sea to Wallasea Island Walking route ▾
Named route Ref ECP National walking route
Show on map Shopland Hall Road public footpath · 234 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 234 m Path type: service
Show on map 25 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Prittle Brook Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map National Cycle Route 16 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 16 National Cycle Network
Show on map Route 53 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 53 Local cycle route
Show on map Route 57 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 57 Local cycle route
Show on map National Cycle Route 16 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 16 National Cycle Network
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 42 m ▾
Named route Ref 16 Length 42 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface concrete
Show on map 3 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos Drainage channel beside footpath east of Butler's Farm
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Wildlife to spot
4,214 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 4,214 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 48 species
winter spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Black-headed Gull · Jay · Lapwing +43
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Magpie Pica pica Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Jay Garrulus glandarius Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2024 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2023 Robin Erithacus rubecula Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Swift Apus apus2021 Redshank Tringa totanus2021 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus2021 Knot Calidris canutus2021 Curlew Numenius arquata2021 Teal Anas crecca2021 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna2021 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola2021 Dunlin Calidris alpina2021 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Greenfinch Chloris chloris Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2021 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Eider Somateria mollissima2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2024 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2024 Coot Fulica atra2024 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2022 Skylark Alauda arvensis2021 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2021 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2021 Turnstone Arenaria interpres2020 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2020 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2020 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2020 Rabbit · Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Water Vole
Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2023 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2024 Water Vole Arvicola amphibius2022 Slow-worm
🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2024 ▾
Great Crested Newt
Great Crested Newt Triturus cristatus Common Blue Damselfly · Hornet Hoverfly · Firebug · Common Darter · Dark-edged Bee-fly +23
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum2020 Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2025 Firebug Pyrrhocoris apterus2025 Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2023 Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major2024 Marmalade Hoverfly Giant Hogweed
Giant Hogweed Heracleum mantegazzianum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 4,214 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 48 species
winter spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Black-headed Gull · Jay · Lapwing +43
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Magpie Pica pica Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Jay Garrulus glandarius Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2024 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2023 Robin Erithacus rubecula Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Swift Apus apus2021 Redshank Tringa totanus2021 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus2021 Knot Calidris canutus2021 Curlew Numenius arquata2021 Teal Anas crecca2021 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna2021 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola2021 Dunlin Calidris alpina2021 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Greenfinch Chloris chloris Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2021 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Eider Somateria mollissima2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2024 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2024 Coot Fulica atra2024 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2022 Skylark Alauda arvensis2021 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2021 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2021 Turnstone Arenaria interpres2020 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2020 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2020 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2020 Rabbit · Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Water Vole
Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2023 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2024 Water Vole Arvicola amphibius2022 Slow-worm
🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2024 ▾
Great Crested Newt
Great Crested Newt Triturus cristatus Common Blue Damselfly · Hornet Hoverfly · Firebug · Common Darter · Dark-edged Bee-fly +23
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum2020 Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2025 Firebug Pyrrhocoris apterus2025 Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2023 Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major2024 Marmalade Hoverfly Giant Hogweed
Giant Hogweed Heracleum mantegazzianum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Episyrphus balteatus2025
Episyrphus balteatus2025
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2024
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2024
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata2021
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata2021
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Jersey Tiger Euplagia quadripunctaria2025
Jersey Tiger Euplagia quadripunctaria2025
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea2025
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea2025
Volucella inanis Volucella inanis2025
Volucella inanis Volucella inanis2025
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus2025
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus2025
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2025
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2025
Sphaerophoria scripta Sphaerophoria scripta2025
Sphaerophoria scripta Sphaerophoria scripta2025
Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni2025
Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni2025
Marbled White Melanargia galathea2025
Marbled White Melanargia galathea2025
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2024
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2024
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2023
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2023
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus2021
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus2021
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata2021
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata2021
Wasp Beetle Clytus arietis2021
Wasp Beetle Clytus arietis2021
Chrysolina oricalcia Chrysolina oricalcia2021
Chrysolina oricalcia Chrysolina oricalcia2021
Phyllobius virideaeris Phyllobius virideaeris2021
Phyllobius virideaeris Phyllobius virideaeris2021
Fine Streaked Bugkin Miris striatus2021
Fine Streaked Bugkin Miris striatus2021
Box Tree Moth Cydalima perspectalis2020
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