Nature Discovery Centres and Nature Reserves

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

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

A rich mosaic of woodland, meadows and flower-rich acid grassland that forms an important wildlife corridor in an urban area

Once a railway stop on the Maldon-South Woodham Ferrers line, the disused remains have been claimed back by nature

Listen out for the drumming of woodpeckers, the singing trills of the nightingale and warblers and even the sounds of wood ant colonies scuttling along.

Wander around this spectacular woodland filled with rare and beautiful flowers such as Oxlips and Greater Butterfly Orchids

Wander through the ancient trees, passing by idyllic ponds and woodland flowers that fill this little pocket of nature