Riddles Wood
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.Photo: Dudley Miles, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Howlands Marsh and The Flag Inn.
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.
Great Bentley railway station
Railway station
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Clacton and Little Clacton.
Clacton
Photo: Pkuczynski, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Clacton in Essex, also known as Clacton-on-Sea, is the largest town in the Tendring Peninsula. It's between Jaywick and Holland-on-Sea.
Little Clacton
Village
Photo: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Little Clacton is a village and civil parish in the Tendring district of Essex, England. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 3,065.
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.
Riddles Wood
- Type: Forest
- Description: woodland in Essex, England
- Category: protected area
- Location: St Osyth, Tendring District, Essex, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.8208° or 51° 49′ 15″ northLongitude
1.0877° or 1° 5′ 16″ eastOpen location code
9F33R3CQ+83OpenStreetMap ID
way 71893323OpenStreetMap feature
natural=woodWikidata ID
Q24896023
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