Visitor Centres and Nature Reserves

Visit a beautifully wild nature reserve with its woodlands, ponds and species rich grasslands, filled with amazing wildlife

Belfairs Woodland Centre was officially opened by BBC Springwatch presenter Martin Hughes-Games on 7 September 2013. The Woodland Centre provides a space for schools, groups and families to learn…

Step into this wonderful pocket of ancient woodland and meadows, filled with wildflowers in spring and butterflies in summer

A beautiful mosaic habitat, Cockaynes Wood is situated in an area which was once extensively used for sand and gravel extraction and now supports a whole array of amazing wildlife

On the edge of the Stour Estuary, you'll find the flourishing Copperas Wood Nature Reserve, filled with blooming wild flowers in the spring

Take a walk through this fantastic woodland that shows off one of Essex's best spring flower displays

Danbury Ridge Nature Reserves are a wonderful mosaic of woodland, common, heathland, streams and bogs

Step straight in to a fairy tale with this beautiful ancient woodland, filled with rare and fascinating marsh plants and flowers

Set in a stunning nature reserve of 461 acres which comprises woodland, meadows, lakes and former plotland gardens. There are beautiful wildlife gardens and a museum of Plotland Life.

Visit the largest remaining species-rich water meadow in Essex with its famous display of wildflowers and wonderful mosaic of habitats