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EFC Centre at Wat Tyler Country ParkOur centre is available for visits on a pre-booked basis on Wednesdays between 10am - 4pm. The Club’s activities and displays are also usually open to the public on the first Saturday of the month 11am - 4pm.

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Purfleet-on-Thames

previous pageSignificant local geological sites. Bluelands and other local sites have a wide range of fossils and other geological data, giving one of the best records in Europe of the last 450,000 years covering the Hoxnian, ‘Purfleet’, ‘Aveley’ and Ipswichian Interglacials. The use of two local names highlights the geological importance of this area. This record gives the best information to understand the climate of the present interglacial and the possible outcomes of the human interference with our climate. Bluelands Quarry itself and the adjacent Greenlands Quarry give the most complete record of the ‘Purfleet’ Interglacial. They have good exposure of the cold-warm-cold sedimentary sequence of deposition supported by an extensive faunal record. These exposures are critical for teaching and scientific research. The succession of archaeological industries has led to much debate, still continuing today, and has increased knowledge of our human ancestry. Ice Age fossils from sites in Essex and Kent (Essex Field Club, Green Centre, W. George) Grays Romford Wansunt Pit Lion Pit Bowman’s Lodge Pit Globe Pit Barnfield Pit Aveley Purfleet Road Crayford Belhus Park Baker’s Hole Pearson’s Pit Ilford Hornchurch Purfleet Gravesend Trafalgar Square Stratfordnext page