Colchester: Park
Places and attractions in the Park category
Colchester Zoo
Large site with 260+ animal species Nestled in the heart of Heckfordbridge, Colchester Zoo is a must-visit destination for wildlife enthusiasts and families alike. As one of the top zoological gardens in England, this sprawling sanctuary is home to an array of exotic and endangered species, offering a...
Wivenhoe Park
Wivenhoe Park is a landscaped green space of more than 200 acres at the eastern edge of Colchester, England. It is the site of Wivenhoe House, a four-star hotel, based in an eighteenth-century Grade II listed house.
Bull Meadow
Bull Neadow is a 1.4 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Colchester in Essex, owned and managed by Colchester Borough Council. The meadow is unimproved damp grassland on the bank of the River Colne, with plants such as purple loosestrife and amphibious bistort.
Hilly Fields
Hilly Fields is a 37.5 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Colchester, Essex. It is owned and managed by Colchester Borough Council. It is also a scheduled monument as it is in a late Iron Age site and Roman Camulodunum.
Salary Brooke
Salary Brook Local Nature Reserve is a 17.1 hectare Local Nature Reserve covering a stretch of Salary Brook and its banks on the south-east outskirts of Colchester in Essex. It is owned and managed by Colchester Borough Council.
Beth Chatto Gardens
The Beth Chatto Gardens, now known as Beth Chatto's Plants & Gardens, are an informal collection of historically significant gardens, with National Heritage Grade II listing.
Spring Lane Meadows
Spring Lane Meadows or Lexden Springs is a 2 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Lexden, a suburb of Colchester in Essex. It is owned and managed by Colchester Borough Council. The site has wildflower meadows which are grazed by cattle. Birds include kingfishers, snipe and nightingales, and there are mammals such as otters and noctule bats.
Lexden Gathering Grounds
Lexden Gathering Grounds is an 8.9 nature reserve in Lexden, a suburb of Colchester in Essex. It is owned by Anglian Water and managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust.
Iron Latch
Iron Latch is a 4.3 hectare nature reserve in Eight Ash Green, west of Colchester in Essex. The site consists of areas of species-rich grassland and ash woodland.
Colne Local Nature Reserve
Colne Local Nature Reserve is a 34.7 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Wivenhoe in Essex. It is owned and managed by Colchester Borough Council.
Welsh Wood
Welsh Wood is a 3.2 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Colchester in Essex. It is owned and managed by Colchester Borough Council. Trees in this site are managed by rotational coppicing, and include ash, hazel, sweet chestnut and the rare small leaved lime.
Westhouse Wood
Westhouse Wood is a 2.8 hectare nature reserve north-west of Colchester in Essex. It is managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust. The wood is mainly coppiced hazel, and other tree include small-leaved lime, crab apple, oak, ash, sweet chestnut, field maple and rowan.
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