7.5 acres of garden, based on ecological planting: the right plant for the right place. Created by award-winning gardener, author and lecturer Beth Chatto OBE VMH, who won 10 gold medals at the Chelsea Flower Show, in the 70s and 80s. Read more...
There are currently up to 250 seals in the Walton backwaters, a healthy breeding population which has risen from only 5 in 1986. A boat trip through the backwaters behind the Naze, known as Hamford Water Nature Reserve, where the seals enjoy resting on the mudbanks. In addition to seals, a variety of birds can be spotted including the Wigeon, Read more...
Just around the corner from The Naze Centre you’ll find John Weston Nature Reserve, an important site for passing birds in the spring and autumn Read more...
Skippers Island is one of the last remaining places in Essex with a true feeling of wilderness – a remote island in the Walton Backwaters, there is a sense of peacefulness, only interrupted by the calls of waders and the sound of the rising and falling tide. Read more...
Visit this beautiful woodland in spring to be fully immersed in a sea of colour, as the wildflowers that carpet this ancient woodland show off their bright flowers. Read more...
Take a walk around one of the best coastal grazing marshes in Essex, with its amazing display of wintering wildfowl and rare saltmarsh plants Read more...
This enchanting nature reserve was once a working gravel pit but for the last 50 years has been transformed into a flourishing wildlife haven. Read more...
