Sandy Wood

Sandy Wood is a forest in Fairstead, Braintree District, England. Sandy Wood is situated near the hamlet Fuller Street, as well as near Gamble’s Green.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Parish Church of All Saints and Sandylay and Moat Woods.

Parish Church of All Saints

Church

Photo: Trevor Alder, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Sandylay and Moat Woods is a 7.5-hectare nature reserve east of Great Leighs in Essex. It is owned and managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust. These adjacent woods are mainly coppiced small-leaved lime, with a small stream and many flowering plants, including wood anemones, sweet violets, spurge laurel, stinking iris and early purple orchid.

Terling Stores And Post Office

Convenience store

Photo: Robin Webster, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Terling Stores And Post Office is a convenience store.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Boreham and Chatham Green.

Boreham

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Boreham is a village and civil parish in the Chelmsford district of Essex, England. The village is approximately 3.7 miles north-east of the centre of Chelmsford. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 3,973.

Chatham Green

Hamlet

Photo: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Chatham Green is a hamlet in the civil parish of Little Waltham and the Chelmsford district of Essex, England. The hamlet is 1.5 miles north from Little Waltham village, and approximately 4 miles north from the county town of Chelmsford.

Fuller Street

Hamlet

Fuller Street is a hamlet in the civil parish of Fairstead and the Braintree District of Essex, England. The hamlet's public house is the Square and Compasses.

Sandy Wood

Type: Forest
Location: Fairstead, Braintree District, Essex, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.8082° or 51° 48′ 30″ north

Longitude

0.5399° or 0° 32′ 24″ east

Open location code

9F32RG5Q+7X

OpenStreetMap ID

way 157423858

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Gamble’s Green and Flacks Green.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: The Moors and Terling Spring.

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