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Dist:0.4km<br/>This is the entrance to [[1253439]] a small nature reserve on the south bank of the River Crouch it is owned by Basildon Council and maintained in conjunction with Wickford Wildlife Society http://www.wickfordwildlife.co.uk/ they also work with Essex Wildlife trust in [[1253314]] and [[1253504]]
©Glyn Baker
Dist:0.4km<br/>The School is evident because of the playing field.Wickford and Shotgate are the towns shown in the picture.
©terry joyce
Dist:0.4km<br/>Taken on a rainy November afternoon, this shows the railway bridge over the A129, approaching Wickford. This bridge carries the branch line between Wickford and Southminster on the Dengie Peninsula.
©Trevor Harris
Dist:0.4km<br/>Residential development in the north-east corner of Wickford.
©Nigel Cox
Dist:0.4km<br/>A rather scruffy strip of secondary oak wood alongside the Southminster - Wickford railway line. A public open space administered by Basildon Council
©John Myers
Dist:0.5km<br/>The bird box in Giddings Copse was almost certainly placed with the advice of the Wickford Wildlife Society http://www.wickfordwildlife.co.uk/
©Glyn Baker
Dist:0.5km<br/>On the A129 entering Shotgate from Rawreth.
©terry joyce
Dist:0.5km<br/>That is what the sign reads on the right of the picture. This is Hodgson Way leading onto the industrial estate, although there is quite a lot of houses too.
©terry joyce
Dist:0.5km<br/>This is the point where the single Branch line from Wickford to Southminster railway line crosses the A129. The photo was taken looking towards Shotgate
©Glyn Baker
Dist:0.6km<br/>Southminster branch-line bridge
©John Myers
Dist:0.6km<br/>Downstream of Wickford and viewed looking downstream.
©Nigel Cox
Dist:0.7km<br/>One of the ponds in [[1253314]] nature reserve managed by Essex Wildlife Trust http://www.essexwt.org.uk/visitor_centres__nature_reserves/shotgate_thickets/
©Glyn Baker
Dist:0.7km<br/>This discarded eggshell was in [[1253314]] nature reserve which is owned by Essex Wildlife Trust http://www.essexwt.org.uk/visitor_centres__nature_reserves/shotgate_thickets/
©Glyn Baker
Dist:0.7km<br/>This pond lies in the Shotgate Thickets nature reserve, tucked between the elevated railway line and the elevated banks of the river Crouch. It is managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust http://www.essexwt.org.uk/sites/Shotgate Thickets.htm .
©John Rostron
Dist:0.7km<br/>This Comma (Polygonia c-album)was flitting around [[1253314]]
©Glyn Baker

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