Thorndon Park
Protected area in Essex, England
About
Thorndon Park is a 141.4-hectare (349-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Brentwood in Essex. Part of it is run by Essex County Council as Thorndon Country Park, and the Essex Wildlife Trust manages its visitor centre.
The site is semi-natural woodland and ancient parkland. It has a diverse population of beetles, including one which is rare and threatened in Britain. The most common trees are sessile and pedunculate oak, silver birch and hornbeam. The parkland has old oak pollards on acid or neutral grassland.
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Borough of Brentwood
District in Essex, England
0.7 mi away
Brentwood Cathedral
Catholic cathedral in England
1.1 mi away
Thorndon Hall
Grade I listed building in the United Kingdom
0.9 mi away
Brentwood Town Hall
Municipal building in Brentwood, Essex, England
1.0 mi away
Warley Barracks
Military building in Essex, England
0.9 mi away
Warley Place
Nature reserve in Brentwood, Essex, England
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