TL4102 : Cobbin's Brook: view from bridge
taken 11 years ago, near to Upshire, Essex, England
Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton was a C19 campaigner to establish Epping Forest, his family purchased Warlies in 1851. The house and gardens were sold to Dr. Barnardos in 1921, but the family kept most of the land until they sold it to the Greater London Council in 1974. When the GLC was abolished ownership was passed to the Corporation of London, who manage it as part of the Epping Forest Buffer Land.
See here Link (page 6) for a more detailed article on the history of Warlies.
Two-thirds of the area is parkland, containing scattered clumps of planted trees, some of which are over 200 years old. Cattle and sheep graze certain areas, and deer can be seen in the quieter parts.