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This area of former grazing land opposite the Hutton industrial estate in Brentwood was recently acquired by Brentwood Council to form a new country park. At present it is mainly open grassland with some thick hedges and scattered patches of woodland and scrub. It has some marshy areas with tall aquatic vegetation and is bordered on its northern edge by the River Wid.
Members of the Brentwood & Billericay local group of the Essex Wildlife Trust started wildlife surveys here in 2000. Bird and insect life is already good and it will be interesting to see this develop as Brentwood's Countryside Management Service takes the site in hand.
Visiting
Entrance on Wash road opposite the Hutton industrial estate. Enter Wash Road from the south off the A129 Brentwood–Billericay, or from the north via Lower Road which turns off the B1002 just north of the A12/A1023 junction.
Buses from the centre of Brentwood run along Wash Road up to the industrial estate.
Accessible at all times.
Call Brentwood Countryside Management Service on 01277 312649 or 01277 312651.
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