Tile Wood

Tile Wood is a 6.5-hectare nature reserve in Thundersley in Essex. It is managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust. The wood is ancient, having been mentioned in the Anglo-Saxon period.

Photo: Dudley Miles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rayleigh Windmill and Hadleigh Castle.

Rayleigh Windmill

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

Hadleigh Castle is a ruined fortification in the English county of Essex, overlooking the Thames Estuary from south of the town of Hadleigh. 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.

Rayleigh Castle

Scenic viewpoint

Photo: John Myers, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Rayleigh Castle was a masonry and timber castle built in the town of Rayleigh in Essex, England in the 11th century shortly after the Norman Conquest of 1066. All that exists today are the earthwork remains of its large motte-and-bailey.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Leigh-on-Sea and Canvey Island.

Leigh-on-Sea

Photo: Chris j wood, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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

Canvey Island

Photo: Oneblackline, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Canvey Island is a town, civil parish and island in the Thames Estuary. It forms part of the Castle Point district of Essex, England. It is separated from the mainland of south Essex by a network of creeks, but is connected to the mainland by bridges.

Hadleigh

Town

Photo: Edward Clack, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hadleigh is a town in the borough of Castle Point, in the south-east of Essex, England. It lies on the A13 road between Thundersley, Benfleet and Leigh-on-Sea. The A127 'Southend Arterial Road' bypasses the town to the north.

Tile Wood

Type: Nature reserve
Description: Essex Wildlife Trust Nature reserve
Categories: forest and recreation area
Location: Rayleigh, Rochford District, Essex, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.5716° or 51° 34′ 18″ north

Longitude

0.6178° or 0° 37′ 4″ east

Open location code

9F32HJC9+J4

OpenStreetMap ID

way 33101592

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

Wikidata ID

Q24896529

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