Pound Wood

Pound Wood is a 22.3 nature reserve in Daws Heath in . It is owned and managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust. Much of this site is ancient woodland, with some old secondary woodland.
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Photo: Dudley Miles, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Nature reserve
  • Description: Essex Wildlife Trust Nature reserve
  • Also known as: “Pound Woods”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hadleigh Castle and Tile Wood.

Photo: JohnArmagh, Public domain.
is a ruined fortification in the county of , overlooking the from south of the town of . Built after 1215 during the reign of Henry III by Hubert de Burgh, the castle was surrounded by parkland and had an important economic and defensive role.

Nature reserve
Photo: Dudley Miles, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a 6.5-hectare nature reserve in Daws Heath in . It is managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust. The wood is ancient, having been mentioned in the Anglo-Saxon period.

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is a grade II listed Tower mill at , , which has been restored as a landmark and is used as a museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Leigh-on-Sea and Rayleigh.

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is a beautiful old fishing port on the London side of on the south coast of . Visitor venues in Leigh can be divided into three zones.

Town
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is a market town and civil parish in the , , England. It lies between and , 32 miles east of central . At the 2021 census, the parish had a population of 32,248 and the built-up area had 32,380.

Town
Photo: Edward Clack, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a town in the borough of Castle Point, in the south-east of , England. It lies on the A13 road between , and . The A127 'Southend Arterial Road' bypasses the town to the north.

Pound Wood

Latitude
51.5679° or 51° 34′ 5″ north
Longitude
0.6239° or 0° 37′ 26″ east
Operator
Essex Wildlife Trust
Open location code
9F32HJ9F+5H
Open­Street­Map ID
way 33101463
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­nature_reserve
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­wood
Wiki­data ID
Q24896416
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Highlights include St Michael’s and All Angels, Daws Heath and Daws Heath Evangelical Church.

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