South-west
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The south-west corner of Essex, mainly comprising Thurrock and Basildon, is heavily urbanised, but Basildon has the Langdon Hills and large areas of former plotland to the south of the new town, while Thurrock has the Mardyke Valley, a complex of ancient and new woodlands around Belhus, and the former chalk pits near Grays, now Chafford Gorges Nature Park. Along its southern fringe lie some of the best surviving marshlands of the Thames Estuary, the largest of which is the RSPB's Rainham Marshes reserve on the edge of Greater London.
Belhus
Belhus Chase
Belhus Woods
Cely Woods
Kennington Park
Oak Wood & Ash Plantation
Chafford Gorges Nature Park
Davy Down
Fobbing Marsh
Grove House Wood
Hangman's Wood
Horndon Meadow
Langdon
Langdon Hills CP
Langdon Lake & Meadows
Langdon Nature Reserve
Linford Wood
Mardyke Woods
Nevendon Bushes
Noak Bridge nature reserve
Rainham Marshes
Shotgate Thickets
Stanford Warren
Thameside Nature Park
The Wick CP
Vange Hill
Vange Marshes
Wat Tyler CP