Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🛝Family🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome7 ha
Getting here
51.55377, 0.70628
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Black-headed Gull, Magpie, Swift +76 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Black-headed Gull, Magpie, Swift +76 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Roach Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Tilbury to Southend-on-SeaWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
Southend RingWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Southend-on-Sea to Wallasea IslandWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
26 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 53Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 53Local cycle route
Route 57Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 57Local cycle route
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
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Wildlife to spot
22,365 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
22,365 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Magpie · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull · Rock Dove +31
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GannetMorus bassanus2025
- Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
🦌Mammals7 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Badger · Hedgehog +2
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- BadgerMeles meles
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Holly Blue · 2-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Batman Hoverfly
- Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
22,365 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Magpie · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull · Rock Dove +31
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GannetMorus bassanus2025
- Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
🦌Mammals7 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Badger · Hedgehog +2
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- BadgerMeles meles
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Holly Blue · 2-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Batman Hoverfly
- Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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