Gwen’s Hide

Gwen’s Hide is a bird hide in Layer-de-la-Haye, City of Colchester, England. Gwen’s Hide is situated nearby to the tourism office Essex Wildlife Trust Visitor Centre, as well as near Abberton Reservoir.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Abberton Reservoir and Layer Marney Tower.

Abberton Reservoir

Reservoir

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Abberton Reservoir is a pumped storage freshwater reservoir in eastern England near the Essex coast, with an area of 700 hectares. Most of its water is pumped from the River Stour.

Layer Marney Tower is an incomplete early Tudor country house, with gardens and parkland, dating from about 1523, in Layer Marney, Essex, England, between Colchester and Maldon. Layer Marney Tower is situated 2½ miles west of Gwen’s Hide.

Church of St Mary the Virgin

Church

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Church of St Mary the Virgin is situated 1½ miles southeast of Gwen’s Hide.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Layer de la Haye and Great Wigborough.

Layer de la Haye

Village

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Layer de la Haye, sometimes hyphenated as Layer-de-la-Haye, is a village and civil parish in the City of Colchester district of Essex, England. It is the largest and easternmost of the three neighbouring parishes called Layer, the others being Layer Breton and Layer Marney. Layer de la Haye is situated 1½ miles north of Gwen’s Hide.

Great Wigborough

Village

Photo: Glyn Baker, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Great Wigborough is a village in the civil parish of Great and Little Wigborough in the City of Colchester district of Essex, England. The place-name 'Wigborough' first appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as Wicgebergha and Wighebergha. Great Wigborough is situated 1½ miles south of Gwen’s Hide.