Rainham Marshes Nature Reserve, London

Name: Rainham Marshes Nature Reserve
Address: London, United Kingdom

#2159 among attractions in London

Park, Relax in park

Gallery (2)

Map

Rainham Marshes Nature Reserve location map

Map

Gallery

Facts and practical information

Rainham Marshes is an RSPB nature reserve in the east of London, adjacent to the Thames Estuary in Purfleet, Thurrock and the London Borough of Havering. In 2000, the area of land was bought from the Ministry of Defence, who used it as a test firing range. With no activity for several years, the nature reserve was officially opened to the public in 2006. It has maintained much of its medieval landscape, and is the largest area of wetland on the upper parts of the Thames Estuary. ()

Elevation: 7 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 51°30'3"N, 0°12'18"E

Address

Havering (Rainham and Wennington)London United Kingdom

ContactAdd

Social media

Add

London

Day trips

Rainham Marshes Nature Reserve – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: London Outer Orbital Path, Church of St Helen and St Giles, Rainham Hall, The Diver.

1.7 miSW
Hiking, Hiking trail
London Outer Orbital Path, London
43 min walk • The London Outer Orbital Path — more usually the "London LOOP" — is a 150-mile signed walk along public footpaths, and through parks, woods and fields around the edge of Outer London, England, described as "the M25 for walkers".
1.4 miNW
Church
Church of St Helen and St Giles, Dagenham
35 min walk • St Helen and St Giles is a church and landmark of Rainham and is the oldest building in the London Borough of Havering. The church retains many of its original features, for example the round-headed arches.
1.3 miNW
Museum, History museum, Historical place
Rainham Hall, London
35 min walk • Rainham Hall is a Grade II* listed Georgian house, owned by the National Trust, in Rainham, in the London Borough of Havering. Built in 1729 for Captain John Harle, the house was transferred to the National Trust in 1949; let to a number of private tenants, it remained closed to the public until late 2015.
1 miW
Monuments and statues
The Diver, London
26 min walk • The Diver is a sculpture by John Kaufman located in the River Thames at Rainham, east London. The Diver is made of galvanised steel bands on a steel frame and is 15 feet tall and approximately 6 feet wide and is partly submerged every high tide and totally submerged by spring and neap tides.
1.4 miNW
Memorial
Rainham War Memorial, Dagenham
36 min walk • The Rainham War Memorial commemorates soldiers killed in both World Wars as well as civilian casualties of World War II.
0.5 miW
Park
Wildspace Conservation Park, London
12 min walk • The Wildspace Conservation Park, also known as London Riverside Conservation Park or Wildspace, is a major new conservation park under development. The conservation park is predominantly in London, within the London Borough of Havering, but also extends across the capital's administrative boundary and into Thurrock in Essex.
1 miSW
Neighbourhood
Coldharbour, London
25 min walk • Coldharbour is an area of the London Borough of Havering by the River Thames and southwest of the Rainham Marshes Nature Reserve. It is the location of Coldharbour Point, where there has been a lighthouse since 1885. This point is adjacent to the town of Erith in Bexley, across the Thames.