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Looking upstream, the footbridge in TQ4384 : Up Barking Creek and the tower blocks in TQ4384 : Barking: Mersea & Colne Houses can both be seen in the distance. The reed beds visible along this reach of the river are important, and in this area, unique wildlife environments. In a couple of places the river has meandered in the past, but the meanders have subsequently silted up allowing the reeds to grow. However the organization that was responsible for building the flood defence walls has gone to great lengths to preserve the reeds by building the wall around the outskirts of the old meander line.