
The County of Essex
Part or all of Essex is in Suffolk Coast & Heaths AONB, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Part or all of Essex is in Dedham Vale AONB, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Essex's Surrounding Counties
Other counties neighbouring Essex include: Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Greater London, Kent and Essex .
Essex is a county with a great selection of places to visit including towns, castles, woodlands, airports, historic buildings, cities, villages, country parks, shopping centres, parks and nature reserves.
Towns to visit in Essex county include Colchester, Epping, Maldon, Southend-on-Sea, Saffron Walden, Braintree, and Basildon.
Essex features a number of interesting castles including Colchester Castle.
Essex features a number of interesting woodlands including Epping Forest, and Bedfords Park.
There are a several good airports in Essex county like London Southend Airport, and London Stansted Airport.
Essex features a number of interesting historic buildings including Audley End House and Gardens, and Chelmsford Cathedral.
Essex features a number of interesting cities including Chelmsford.
Essex's best villages can be found at Hatfield Peverel.
Country Parks to visit in Essex county include Thorndon Country Park, and Hainault Forest Country Park.
There are a several good shopping centres in Essex county like Lakeside Shopping Centre.
There are a several good parks in Essex county like Bedfords Park.
Bedfords Park is a great place to visit in Essex if you like nature reserves.
Towns and Villages in Essex
- Chadwell St Mary
- Creeksea
- Fordham Heath
- Orsett
- St Lawrence Bay
- Abbess Roding
- Aldham
- Althorne
- Ashdon
- Aveley
- Baker Street
- Bardfield Saling
- Basildon
- Beauchamp Roding
- Belchamp Otten
- Belchamp Walter
- Bentfield Bury
- Berechurch
- Billericay
- Birdbrook
- Blackmore End
- Boreham
- Bowers Gifford
- Bradfield
- Bradwell Juxta Coggeshall
- Braintree
- Brentwood
- Buckhurst Hill
- Bumble’s Green
- Canewdon
- Castle Hedingham
- Chelmsford
- Chigwell
- Chrishall
- Clavering
- Colchester
- Coopersale
- Cornish Hall End
- Coxtie Green
- Danbury
- Debden Green
- Doddinghurst
- Duddenhoe End
- East Mersea
- Eight Ash Green
- Elmstead Market
- Epping Green
- Farnham
- Felsted
- Flitch Green
- Fordstreet
- Frinton and Walton
- Fyfield
- Goldhanger
- Grays
- Great Bentley
- Great Burstead
- Great Dunmow
- Great Henny
- Great Leighs
- Great Oakley
- Great Tey
- Great Waltham
- Great Yeldham
- Greensted Green
- Halstead
- Hastingwood
- Hatfield Peverel
- Helions Bumpstead
- Herongate
- High Laver
- Highwood
- Horsley Cross
- Howe Street
- Ingatestone
- Ivy Chimneys
- Kelvedon Hatch
- Kirby-le-Soken
- Landermere
- Langham
- Latton Bush
- Layer Marney
- Leigh Beck
- Lindsell
- Little Baddow
- Little Braxted
- Little Canfield
- Little Dunmow
- Little Hallingbury
- Little Horkesley
- Little Oakley
- Little Totham
- Little Warley
- Littlebury
- London Stansted Airport (STN)
- Lower Sheering
- Maldon
- Manuden
- Marks Tey
- Matching Tye
- Messing
- Mistley Heath
- Mount Bures
- Mundon
- Newlands
- North Benfleet
- North Fambridge
- Norton Heath
- Paglesham
- Pattiswick
- Pentlow
- Point Clear
- Quendon
- Ramsden Heath
- Rayleigh
- Rettendon Common
- Rivenhall
- Roundbush Green
- Roydon
- Salcott
- Sewards End
- Sheering
- Sible Hedingham
- South Hanningfield
- South Woodham Ferrers
- St Lawrence
- St. Osyth
- Stanford Rivers
- Stanway
- Stebbing
- Stisted
- Stow Maries
- Sturmer
- Tendring
- Thaxted
- Theydon Garnon
- Thorpe-le-Soken
- Thurrock
- Tillingham
- Tollesbury
- Tolleshunt Knights
- Toppesfield
- Tye Green
- Ugley Green
- Vange
- Waltham Abbey
- Weeley
- West Bergholt
- West Mersea
- White Colne
- Wicken Bonhunt
- Wickham St Paul
- Willingale
- Witham
- Woodham Ferrers
- Woodhatch
- Writtle
- Chignal St James
- East Horndon
- Great Notley Garden Village
- Sewardstone
- Ulting Wick
- Abridge
- Alphamstone
- Ardleigh
- Ashen
- Aythorpe Roding
- Ballards Gore
- Barling
- Battlesbridge
- Beaumont-cum-Moze
- Belchamp St Paul
- Benfleet
- Bentfield Green
- Berners Roding
- Birch
- Black Notley
- Bobbingworth
- Borley
- Boxted
- Bradfield Heath
- Bradwell on Sea
- Braiswick
- Brightlingsea
- Bulmer
- Bures Hamlet
- Canvey
- Chadwell St Mary
- Chickney
- Chigwell Row
- Clacton-on-Sea
- Coalhill
- Cold Norton
- Coopersale Street
- Corringham
- Crays Hill
- Debden
- Dedham
- Dovercourt
- Earls Colne
- East Tilbury
- Elmdon
- Elsenham
- Epping Upland
- Faulkbourne
- Finchingfield
- Fobbing
- Foxearth
- Frinton-on-Sea
- Galleywood
- Good Easter
- Great Baddow
- Great Braxted
- Great Canfield
- Great Easton
- Great Holland
- Great Maplestead
- Great Saling
- Great Totham
- Great Warley
- Greenstead Green
- Hadleigh
- Harlow
- Hatfield Broad Oak
- Hawkwell
- Hempstead
- Heybridge Basin
- High Ongar
- Horkesley Heath
- Howe Green
- Hullbridge
- Ingrave
- Jaywick
- Kenningtons
- Lakeside Shopping Centre
- Langenhoe
- Langley Upper Green
- Lawford
- Layer-de-la-Haye
- Leigh on Sea
- Linford
- Little Bardfield
- Little Bromley
- Little Chesterford
- Little Easton
- Little Henham
- Little Laver
- Little Sampford
- Little Walden
- Little Wigborough
- Littlebury Green
- Loughton - Essex
- Magdalen Laver
- Mallows Green
- Margaretting
- Matching
- Mayland
- Mill Green
- Molehill Green
- Mountnessing
- Navestock
- Newport
- North End
- North Weald
- Norton Mandeville
- Panfield
- Pebmarsh
- Pilgrims’ Hatch
- Purfleet-on-Thames
- Radwinter
- Ramsey
- Rayne
- Rickling
- Rivenhall End
- Rowhedge
- Runwell
- Salcott-cum-Virley
- Sewardstonebury
- Shellow Bowells
- Silver End
- South Ockendon
- Southend-on-Sea
- St Osyth
- Stambourne
- Stanford-le-Hope
- Stapleford Abbotts
- Steeple
- Stock
- Strethall
- Takeley
- Tendring Heath
- The Rodings
- Theydon Mount
- Thorrington
- Tilbury
- Tilty
- Tolleshunt D'Arcy
- Tolleshunt Major
- Totham Hill
- Tylers Cross
- Ulting
- Virley
- Walton-on-the-Naze
- Weeley Heath
- West Hanningfield
- West Tilbury
- White Notley
- Wickford
- Wickham St. Paul
- Wimbish
- Wivenhoe
- Woodham Mortimer
- Wormingford
- Chignall Smealy
- East Tilbury
- High Garrett
- South Fambridge
- Abberton
- Aingers Green
- Alresford
- Arkesden
- Ashingdon
- Baddow Park
- Bannister Green
- Barnston
- Beacon End
- Beazley End
- Belchamp St. Paul
- Bentfield
- Berden
- Bicknacre
- Birchanger
- Blackmore
- Bocking Churchstreet
- Bovinger
- Boxted Cross
- Bradwell
- Bradwell-on-Sea
- Bran End
- Broxted
- Bulphan
- Burnham-on-Crouch
- Canvey Island
- Chappel
- Chignall St. James
- Chipping Ongar
- Clapgate
- Coggeshall
- Colne Engaine
- Copford
- Coryton
- Cressing
- Debden Green
- Dengie
- Downham
- East Hanningfield
- Easthorpe
- Elmstead
- Epping
- Fairstead
- Feering
- Fingringhoe
- Ford End
- Frating
- Fryerning
- Gestingthorpe
- Gosfield
- Great Bardfield
- Great Bromley
- Great Chesterford
- Great Hallingbury
- Great Horkesley
- Great Notley
- Great Sampford
- Great Wakering
- Great Wigborough
- Greensted
- Hadstock
- Harwich
- Hatfield Heath
- Hazeleigh
- Henham
- High Easter
- High Roding
- Horndon On The Hill
- Howe Street
- Hutton
- Inworth
- Kelvedon
- Kirby Cross
- Lamarsh
- Langford
- Latchingdon
- Layer Breton
- Leaden Roding
- Lexden
- Liston
- Little Bentley
- Little Burstead
- Little Clacton
- Little End
- Little Henny
- Little Maplestead
- Little Tey
- Little Waltham
- Little Yeldham
- London Southend Airport (SEN)
- Lower Nazeing
- Maggots End
- Manningtree
- Margaretting Tye
- Matching Green
- Maylandsea
- Mistley
- Moreton
- Mucking
- Nazeing
- Noak Hill
- North End
- North Weald Bassett
- Orsett
- Parkeston
- Peldon
- Pleshey
- Purleigh
- Ramsden Bellhouse
- Rawreth
- Rettendon
- Ridgewell
- Rochford
- Roxwell
- Saffron Walden
- Sandon
- Shalford
- Shotgate
- South Benfleet
- South Weald
- Southminster
- St. Lawrence
- Stambridge
- Stansted Mountfitchet
- Stapleford Tawney
- Steeple Bumpstead
- Stondon Massey
- Stroud Green
- Takeley Street
- Terling
- Theydon Bois
- Thornwood Common
- Threshers Bush
- Tilbury Juxta Clare
- Tiptree
- Tolleshunt D’Arcy
- Toot Hill
- Twinstead
- Ugley
- Upshire
- Wakes Colne
- Warley
- Wendens Ambo
- West Horndon
- Wethersfield
- White Roding
- Wickham Bishops
- Widdington
- Winter Gardens
- Wix
- Woodham Walter
- Wrabness
Lakes near
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Rivers in Essex
- Bain - Lower
- Bain - Middle
- Bain - Upper
- Bain (Grimblethorpe arm)
- Barlings Eau
- Billinghay Skirth - Roman Canal (Timberland to Billinghay)
- Boreham Tributary
- Bourne Brook
- Bucknall Catchwater
- Can
- Car Dyke North and Delph System
- Car Dyke South and Delph System
- Chainbridge Tributary
- Chelmer (d/s confluence with Can)
- Chelmer (Gt. Easton - R. Can)
- Chelmer (u/s Gt. Easton)
- Chignall Brook
- Colne (d/s Doe's Corner)
- Colne (Gt. Yeldham - Doe's Corner)
- Colne (u/s Gt. Yeldham)
- Doddinghurst Brook
- Dorrington Dike
- Dunston Beck
- Dunston Beck
- Faldingworth Beck
- Farroway Drain
- Goltho Beck
- Goulceby Beck
- Haltham Beck
- Haverings Grove Brook
- Holland Brook
- Kyme Eau
- Layer Brook
- Legsby Beck
- Lower Witham
- Mardyke
- Mardyke (East Tributary)
- Mardyke (West Tributary)
- Metheringham Beck
- Nettleham Beck
- Pebmarsh Brook
- Roman River
- Roxwell Brook
- Ruskington Beck
- Salary Brook
- Sandhill Beck
- Sandon Brook
- Sandon Brook (East arm)
- Sandon Brook (West arm)
- Scothern Beck
- Scrivelsby Beck
- Sixpenny Brook
- Slea
- St Osyth Drain
- Stainfield Beck
- Stainfield Beck - East Arm
- Stainfield Beck - West Arm
- Stainton Beck
- Stambourne Brook
- Stebbing Brook
- Tenpenny Brook
- Ter
- Tile House Beck and Old River Witham
- Toppesfield Brook
- Waring
- Wid (Doddinghurst Brook - Shenfield STW)
- Wid (Ingatestone Hall - Margaretting Hall)
- Wid (Margaretting Hall - R. Can)
- Wid (Shenfield STW - Ingatestone Hall)
- Witham 1st and 3rd IDBs draining to the River Witham
Lakes in Essex
- Gundulph Pool
- Lake at Stoke Marsh
- Lake between Allhallows and Lower Stoke
- Cliffe Pools
- Hope Fleet
- Decoy Fleet
- Salt Fleet
- Cliffe Fleet
- Grangewaters
- Aveley Lakes
- Cobblers Mede Lake
- Pitseahall Fleet
- Blue Lagoon
- Prittlewood Priory
- Part of New England Creek
- Part of New England Creek? (grid ref inaccurate)
- Old Hall Pond
- New England Creek or New England Creek
- Childerditch Pond
- New Hall Pond
- Gravel Pit
- Stannetts Creek Lagoon
- Pond at Lion Wharf
- Connaught Water
- Pond at edge of Hanningfield reservoir
- Dammer Wick Farm
- Wake Valley Pon
- Teardrop Lake
- Hanningfield Reservoir
- Reservoir
- Walthamstow Reservoirs
- Cheshunt Lake
- Pond off Mundon Creek
- Wintry Wood
- Seventy Acres
- Marshhouse Decoy Pond
- Serpentine Lake
- Limbourne Creek
- Holyfield Lake
- Ramsey Marsh
- Reservoir
- Millers Green
- Chigborough Mere
- Pochard Lake
- Main Lake
- Pennyhole Fleet or Pond on Old Hall Marshes
- Matching Pond
- Pond on Old Hall Marshes
- Pond on Old Hall Marshes
- Pond on Old Hall Marshes
- Joyces Head Fleet
- Decoy Pond
- Braxted Reservoir
- Little Braxted Moat
- Mill Dam lake
- Braxted Park House
- Dolphin Pond
- Water body on Langenhoe Marsh
- Leez Lodge Lakes
- Leez Lodge Lakes
- Fish Pond
- Halingbury Park
- Fingrinhoe Wick
- Mill Dam
- Abberton Reservoir
- Walton Mere
- Little Easton Pond
- Distillery Pond
- Darbys Hole
- Fish Pond
- Elsenham Hall Lake
- Pond near Old Moze Hall
- Ardleigh Reservoir
- Gosfield Lake
- Wormingford Mere
- Debden Park
- Rockells Farm
- Glemsford pits
- Glemsford pits
Hills in Essex
Woodland in Essex
- Thorndon Country Park
- Holland Mill Wood
- Tile Wood
- Telegraph Hill Nature Reserve
- Royal Greenwich Hospital
- Shalford Landfill Site
- Jacksons Wood
- Bridge Wood, Orwell Country Park
- Tylers Wood
- Ashground Plantation
- Folkes Lane Woodland
- Chimswell Wood
- Hazel Wood
- Grain
- Brentwood Woodlands
- The Grove
- Woodham Lodge
- Limewood
- Broadmeadow Wood
- Hockley Woods
- Grove Woods
- Pound Wood
- Chalkney Wood
- Pin Mill
- Hangmans Wood
- Castle Camps Millennium Wood
- Gunces Farm
- Fordham Hall Estate
- Lexden Gathering Grounds
- Wood Field - Elmsett
- Stour Estuary Nature Reserve
- Noak Bridge
- Jubilee Plantation
- Wheatley Wood
- Dunton Woods
- Nevendon Bushes
- Arger Fen
- Camerfield Wood
- Weeleyhall Wood
- Stonehall Wood
- Langdon Reserve
- Williams Farm
- Newbourne Springs
- Lower Wyburns
- Tylers Hall
- Heather Hills
- Bourne Mill and Mill House
- Lexden Gathering Grounds
- Little Haven
- Lodge Grove
- Great Common Wood
- Assington Thicks
- Godman Road
- Hillhouse Wood
- Bass Woods
- New England Wood
- Stour Wood
- Loshes Woodland
- Lower Belt Wood
- Hadleigh Great Wood, Dodds Grove SSSI and Belfairs Park
- Terrels Heath
- Loshes Woodland
- Darenth Wood and Ladies Wood
- Clay Hill Woodland
- East Town Park
- Istead Rise Recreation Ground
- Betts Woods
- Shorne Woods Country Park
- Friday Woods
- Jeskyns
- Little Hales Wood
- Havering
- Shadwell Wood
- Eden Rose Coppice Trust Ltd
- Braziers Wood
- Ganges Wood
- West Wood
- Jubilee Wood, Devonshire Road
- Lower Twydall
- Thrift Farm
- Pits Wood
- Hall Copse And Chilton Copse
- Aubrey Buxton
- Woodland by Harlow Outdoor Pursuits Centre
- Chalkney Wood
- Fingringhoe Wick
- Wood Field - Elmsett
- Abbey Grove
- Pages Wood
- Shipwrights Wood
- Wolves Wood and Ramsey Wood Reserves
- Gravel Wood
- Thrift Wood
- Warley Country Park
- Paddock Copse
- Ashenbank Wood
- Pattles Fen
Nature Reserves in Essex
- West Canvey Marsh
- Wallasea Island Wild Coast project
- Vange Marsh
- Stour Estuary
- Stanford Wharf
- South Essex Wildlife Garden
- Rainham Marshes
- Old Hall Marshes
- Cattawade Marshes
- Canvey Wick
- Bowers Marsh
- John Weston Nature Reserve
- The Naze Centre
- Copperas Wood Nature Reserve
- Skipper's Island Nature Reserve
- Great Holland Pits Nature Reserve
- Oakfield Wood Nature Reserve
- Wrabness Nature Reserve
- Weeleyhall Wood Nature Reserve
- Howlands Marsh Nature Reserve
- Colne Point Nature Reserve
- Cockaynes Wood Nature Reserve
- Fingringhoe Wick Visitor Centre
- Westhouse Wood Nature Reserve
- Bradwell Shell Bank Nature Reserve
- Lexden Gathering Grounds Nature Reserve
- Roman River Valley Nature Reserve
- Iron Latch Nature Reserve
- Abberton Reservoir Visitor Centre
- Abbotts Hall Farm
- Tollesbury Wick Nature Reserve
- Sergeants Orchard Nature Reserve
- Oxley Meadow Nature Reserve
- Lion Creek and Lower Raypits Nature Reserve
- Gunners Park and Shoebury Ranges Nature Reserve
- Tiptree Heath Nature Reserve
- Chigborough Lakes Nature Reserve
- Shut Heath Wood Nature Reserve
- Brookes Nature Reserve
- Blue House Farm Nature Reserve
- Maldon Wick Nature Reserve
- Stow Maries Halt Nature Reserve
- Belfairs Woodland Centre
- Two Tree Island Nature Reserve
- Pound Wood Nature Reserve
- Danbury Ridge Nature Reserves
- Woodham Fen Nature Reserve
- Thrift Wood Nature Reserve
- Little Haven Nature Reserve
- Sandylay and Moat Woods Nature Reserve
- Phyllis Currie Nature Reserve
- Shotgate Thickets Nature Reserve
- Newland Grove Nature Reserve
- Little Waltham Meadows Nature Reserve
- Hanningfield Reservoir Visitor Centre
- Crowsheath Wood Nature Reserve
- West Wood Nature Reserve
- Fobbing Marsh Nature Reserve
- Shadwell Wood Nature Reserve
- Thurrock Thameside Nature Park
- Stanford Warren Nature Reserve
- Horndon Meadow Nature Reserve
- Langdon Visitor Centre
- Thorndon Countryside Centre
- Aubrey Buxton Nature Reserve
- Chafford Gorges Nature Park
- Warley Place Nature Reserve
- Rushy Mead Nature Reserve
- Gernon Bushes Nature Reserve
- Roding Valley Meadows Nature Reserve