No. 2 Reservoir, Great Marsh Farm

No. 2 Reservoir, Great Marsh Farm is a reservoir in Great Bentley, Tendring District, England. No. 2 Reservoir, Great Marsh Farm is situated nearby to the village Thorrington, as well as near Aingers Green.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Great Bentley railway station and Riddles Wood.

Great Bentley railway station

Railway station

Photo: RHaworth, CC BY 2.5.

Great Bentley railway station is on the Sunshine Coast Line, a branch of the Great Eastern Main Line, in the East of England, serving the village of Great Bentley as well as the nearby settlements of Brightlingsea, Frating, Thorrington and St Osyth.

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.

Howlands Marsh

Nature reserve

Photo: Glyn Baker, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Great Bentley and Point Clear.

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 village is scattered round an extensive level or common, of 43 acres, on the eastern side of the vale of a rivulet, seven miles east-south-east of Colchester.

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.