Garnett’s Wood, High Easter – Essex County Council – TL63491845 – Access Free on foot at all times – Ancient coppice woodland, Small-leaved Lime, ponds and streams http://www.wildessex.net/sites/Garnetts%20Wood.htm

Flitch Way Dunmow Cutting – Runs from Hatfield Forest through Takely, Great Dunmow, Felsted to Braintree – Essex County Council – TL51942126 to TL71462210 – Access Free on foot at all times and a National Cycle Network route – The old railway line from Braintree to Bishop’s Stortford: now a linear country park with a mix of habitats, and good wildflowers in the cutting just west of Great Dunmow http://www.visitparks.co.uk/places/flitch-way/

Hatfield Forest – Hatfield Broad Oak – National Trust – TL547220 – Access Free on foot at all times, but with Car parking charges – SSSI: An incredible survival of a medieval Forest: the most important in England, though now suffering from the grazing pressure of too many deer. http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/hatfield-forest/

Wall Wood, Great Hallingbury – National Trust – TL52761868 – Access Free on foot at all times – Ancient woodland adjacent to Hatfield Forest – with the southernmost Oxlips in England, and Oxlip-Primrose hybrids. http://www.wildessex.net/sites/Wall%20Wood.htm

Woodside Green, The Hallingburys – National Trust – TL51791843 – Access Free on foot at all times – Ancient pasture http://www.wildessex.net/sites/Woodside%20Green.htm

Sawbridgeworth Marsh, Little Hallingbury – Essex Wildlife Trust – TL49391598 – Access Free on foot at all times – Natural springs feed this waterlogged marsh. Good for spring flowers including Early and Southern Marsh Orchids. http://www.essexwt.org.uk/reserves/sawbridgeworth-marsh

Rushy Mead, Great Hallingbury – Essex Wildlife Trust  – TL49791965 – Access Free on foot at all times – Wetlands by the River Stort. http://www.essexwt.org.uk/reserves/rushy-mead

Birchanger Wood, Birchanger / Bishop’s Stortford – Birchanger Woods Trust – TL50572246  – Access Free on foot at all times – Ancient coppice anemone and bluebell wood http://www.wildessex.net/sites/Birchanger%20Wood.htm

Turners Spring, Stansted – Essex Wildlife Trust – TL52922417 – Access Free on foot at all times – Broadleaved Bluebell wood plus ancient meadow. http://www.wildessex.net/sites/Turners%20Spring.htm