Howlands Marsh
Howlands Marsh is a 29.9-hectare nature reserve north-east of St Osyth in Essex. It is managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust. It is part of the Colne Estuary Site of Special Scientific Interest Special Protection Area and Ramsar site, and the Blackwater Flats and Marshes Nature Conservation Review site.Photo: Glyn Baker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Brightlingsea Library and East Essex Aviation Society and Museum.
Riddles Wood
Forest
Photo: Dudley Miles, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Riddles Wood is a 37.3-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Brightlingsea and Clacton-on-Sea in Essex. The site has varied ancient pedunculate oak and hazel in some areas and oak and hornbeam in others, as well as chestnut coppice.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Point Clear and Jaywick.
Point Clear
Village
Photo: Glyn Baker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Point Clear is a village in the civil parish of St Osyth, south-west of the village of St Osyth and on the other side of St Osyth Creek, a branch of the Colne Estuary in the Tendring district, in the county of Essex, England.
Jaywick
Suburb
Photo: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Jaywick is a coastal village in the Tendring district of Essex, England, 2 miles west of Clacton-on-Sea. It lies on the North Sea coast of England, 60 miles from London and 17 miles from Colchester.
Great Bentley
Village
Photo: RHaworth, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Great Bentley is a village and civil parish in the Tendring district of north east Essex, England, located seven miles east of Colchester. The parish includes the hamlets of Aingers Green and South Heath.
Howlands Marsh
- Type: Nature reserve
- Description: Essex Wildlife Trust Nature reserve
- Category: recreation area
- Location: St Osyth, Tendring District, Essex, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.8061° or 51° 48′ 22″ northLongitude
1.0574° or 1° 3′ 27″ eastOpen location code
9F33R344+FXOpenStreetMap ID
way 36871952OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserveWikidata ID
Q28404698
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