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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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interesting places

Here are some random sample locations of interest in Essex. Also take a look at sites shown on our sites map, geology site map and brownfield site map, with the site account and locate site facility.


locate Springfields or Orsett Camp Quarry
Old sand pit with excellent acid grassland/heathland regeneration

locate The Cliff, Burnham-on-Crouch
Small London Clay undercliff with small area of adjacent saltmarsh and old sea wall.

locate Newt pond lost in coastal realignment
Failed mitigation led to the flooding of a great crested newt breeding pond - located on map - in 2004 the newts had still not recolonised the pond due to high salinity - breeding ponds were reduced from 2 out of 5 to 1 out of 6 ponds. A detailed survey was not carried out prior to the coastal realignment but a detailed survey was carried out after the 'development' in 2004.

locate Chalkney Wood
Essex County Council and Forestry Commission ancient woodland with the greatest concentration of Small-leaved Lime trees in the county.

locate Essex Wildlife Trust at Abbotts Hall, Great Wigborough
The Wildlife Trust's headquarters.

locate East Tilbury Marshes
An extensive area former grazing marshes with very old landfill and a unique Thames foreshore.

locate St Osyth Park
A privately owned deer park with ancient origins and a uniquely important wildlife site in Essex.

locate PITSEA MARSH