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A view south from near Penny Royal Road
©John Winfield
Dist:0.1km<br/>At the side of the footpath which runs along the eastern edge of Danbury Common is Buell Well. This provided the drinking water for Danbury in the 18th and early 19th Centuries. On the right hand side of the photograph the foundations of the old pumping station are still visible. On the left hand side of the photograph it is just possible to see the pipe from the well, from which spring water gushes all year round, even in drought conditions. (If you a fancy a drink on a hot summer's day, do not take water from the pool below the pipe as this is mixed with ditch water!)
©Malcolm Reid
Dist:0.2km<br/>This house on the edge of Danbury Common only has vehicle access along a track which runs across the Common. This building is new, the original "Danecourt" having been demolished at the beginning of the 21st Century.
©Malcolm Reid
Dist:0.2km<br/>Danbury Common is 218 acres (87 ha) of heath and woodland owned by the National Trust It includes one of the largest areas of heath left in Essex. For more info see http://www.english-nature.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1002899.pdf
©Glyn Baker
Dist:0.2km<br/>For centuries Danbury Common was used for grazing cattle, goats and sheep, particularly in those areas where the ground is a poor quality gravel, ill suited to agriculture. This resulted in the generation of open heathland covered by small shrubs and heathers. The National Trust now maintains large areas of the Common as heath, encouraging the natural flora and the invertebrates which are attracted to the sunny open landscape. Heathland is rare in this part of Britain.
©Malcolm Reid
Dist:0.3km<br/>Gay Bowers Farm is at the end of a private road running north off Gay Bowers Road.
©Malcolm Reid
Dist:0.4km<br/>This Green Winged Orchids [[1282502]] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green-winged_Orchid Was in [[1282450]] an Essex Wildlife Trust Reserve http://www.essexwt.org.uk/visitor_centres__nature_reserves/danbury_ridge/
©Glyn Baker
Dist:0.4km<br/>These Green Winged Orchids [[1282502]] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green-winged_Orchid Were in [[1282450]] an Essex Wildlife Trust Reserve http://www.essexwt.org.uk/visitor_centres__nature_reserves/danbury_ridge/
©Glyn Baker
Dist:0.4km<br/>This Green Winged Orchid in [[1282450]] was notably shorter than those in the rabbit proof pen see [[1282546]]. I am sure it is not a coincidence! For info on the Essex Wildlife Trust Reserve that preserves these flowers see http://www.essexwt.org.uk/visitor_centres__nature_reserves/danbury_ridge/ you can learn all about the orchids at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green-winged_Orchid
©Glyn Baker
Dist:0.4km<br/>Wanding through Danbury Common, it may come as a surprise to find two cottages (one of them shown here) apparently in the middle of National Trust land. They are known as 'Pensioner's Box'. In fact they are on the edge of the Danbury Common but their only access is along a small track/bridleway which crosses through woodland of the Common.
©Malcolm Reid
Dist:0.4km<br/>It is by the side of Bicknacre Road.
©Robert Edwards
Dist:0.4km<br/>These [[1282573]] in [[1282450]] are well penned in to protect them from rabbits. Hitchcocks meadow’s is managed by Essex Wildlife Trust. For more info on the reserve see http://www.essexwt.org.uk/visitor_centres__nature_reserves/danbury_ridge/
©Glyn Baker
Dist:0.5km<br/>Track from Gay Bowers road to Gay Bowers Farm.
©Roger Jones
Dist:0.5km<br/>This Longhorn calf is playing its part in preserving [[1282450]] an Essex Wildlife Trust Reserve http://www.essexwt.org.uk/visitor_centres__nature_reserves/danbury_ridge/ the poor thing was being really pestered by flies.
©Glyn Baker
Dist:0.5km<br/>The Tennis courts are in the background
©Malcolm Reid

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