2018

TQ5479 : Looking across Rainham Marshes RSPB Reserve

taken 5 years ago, near to Wennington, Havering, England

Looking across Rainham Marshes RSPB Reserve
Looking across Rainham Marshes RSPB Reserve
Rainham Marshes is managed by the RSPB and is the largest area of the old Thames grazing marshes in Greater London. The area had been used as a firing range by the Ministry of Defence for some 100 years, but in 2000, the area of land was bought from the Ministry of Defence. With no activity for several years, the nature reserve was officially opened to the public in 2006. Rainham Marshes RSPB Reserve protects an ancient, low-lying grazing marsh with wet grassland, ditches and scrub, and supports a wide variety of birds and other wildlife.

Although it is called Rainham Marshes, the Reserve is actually on Wennington Marshes with a small part on Aveley Marshes. The actual Rainham Marshes are to the west, nearer the village of Rainham, and are not accessible.
Adjacent to the Reserve is the tidal Thames with fine views from the river wall of the Thames and over the Reserve.

This is to the north of the Reserve and looks southwards over Butts Scrape.

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TQ5479, 93 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Marathon   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Tuesday, 6 November, 2018   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 13 December, 2018
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 5430 7973 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:29.7276N 0:13.2829E
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 5433 7977
View Direction
South-southwest (about 202 degrees)
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