Aubrey Buxton

Stansted

Map Ref:  TL 521 264
Public Transport - hourly bus service along the B1383; get off at the Alsa Lodge turning.
Dogs allowed if under effective control.

Directions - Just north of Stansted.  Turn east off the B1383 on to Alsa Street.  The entrance is 200m up a private road (with white gateposts at its end) on the right.

A beautiful nature reserve which was originally the pleasure park to Norman House.  This 24 acre reserve is high woodland with grassland on a sandy/gravel soil.  It has three man-made ponds and three further ponds dug in the 1950s when it was a wildlife park.  It was donated to Essex Wildlife Trust by Lord and the late Lady Buxton in 1976.

What to look for:
Cowslip, wild Strawberry and Common Spotted Orchid grow in the meadows along with the uncommon Lesser Lady's Mantle and Adderstongue Fern.  The many bird species include Nuthatch, all three species of Woodpecker and a number of summer visitors.  A large number of butterfly species have been recorded and in good years numbers can be impressive.

Black Poplars, our rarest Essex tree,  have been planted to replace storm damaged trees. 

Access
Accessible at all times.

Did you know?
Black Poplars have been planted to replace storm-damaged trees.  This species formerly played an important part in country life but it is now the most scarce native tree in the county of Essex.