Gernon Bushes

#2613 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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Gernon Bushes is a 32 hectare nature reserve north-east of Epping in Essex. It is managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust. It is part of the Epping Forest Site of Special Scientific Interest and Nature Conservation Review site. ()

Area: 79.07 acres (0.1236 mi²)Elevation: 377 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 51°42'23"N, 0°8'17"E

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Gernon Bushes – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Copped Hall, Epping Forest, Harlow Town Park, Greensted Church.

3.1 miW
Historical place, Museum, History museum
Copped Hall, Epping
80 min walk • Copped Hall, also known as Copt Hall or Copthall, is a mid-18th-century English country house close to Epping, Essex, which has been undergoing restoration since 1999. Copped Hall is visible from the M25 motorway between junctions 26 and 27. There was a separate Copped Hall in Totteridge, which was demolished in 1928.
5 miSW
Ancient woodland with lakes and ponds
Epping Forest, Loughton
127 min walk • Epping Forest is a 2,400-hectare area of ancient woodland, and other established habitats, which straddles the border between Greater London and Essex. The main body of the forest stretches from Epping in the north, to Chingford on the edge of the London built-up area.
5.2 miN
Park
Harlow Town Park, Harlow
132 min walk • Harlow Town Park is a 164-acre Grade II listed public park located in Harlow, Essex, England. It includes multiple gardens, a petting zoo named the Pets' Corner, a bandstand, and the Spurriers House Café.
3.7 miE
Historic wooden Anglican church
Greensted Church
96 min walk • Greensted Church, in the small village of Greensted, near Chipping Ongar in Essex, England, has been claimed to be the oldest wooden church in the world, and probably the oldest wooden building in Europe still standing, albeit only in part, since few sections of its original wooden structure remain.
5 miSW
Forts and castles
Loughton Camp, Loughton
129 min walk • Loughton Camp is an Iron Age Hill fort in Epping Forest, one mile northwest of the town of Loughton. The camp's earthworks cover an area of approximately 10 acres and are visible today as a low bank and ditch encircling the main camp.
4.9 miNW
Music venue
The Square, Harlow
125 min walk • The Square was a 250 capacity independent live music venue in Harlow, Essex, England. It was managed by SquareOne Entertainment LLP who took over the venue in July 2008. After a five-month closure period from the end of 2015, The Square re-opened on Friday, 10 June 2016 before closing permanently in early 2017.
5.1 miN
Monuments and statues
Contrapuntal Forms, Harlow
131 min walk • Contrapuntal Forms is a stone sculpture by Barbara Hepworth, one of her first public commissions, made in 1950–51 for the Festival of Britain and installed outside the Dome of Discovery on South Bank, London. It was one of two Hepworth commissions for the festival: the other was an abstract rotating sculpture, Turning Forms.
4.5 miNW
Synagogue
Harlow Jewish Community, Harlow
116 min walk • Harlow Jewish Community, a member of the Movement for Reform Judaism, is a Reform Jewish congregation whose synagogue is at Harberts Road, Harlow, in Essex, England. The congregation dates from 1952. Irit Shillor has been its Rabbi since 2005.
4.6 miE
Church, Romanesque architecture
St Martin's Church, Chipping Ongar
119 min walk • St Martin's Church is a Church of England parish church in the town of Chipping Ongar in Essex, England.
2.3 miS
Museum, History museum
Hill Hall, Epping
59 min walk • Hill Hall is an Elizabethan mansion located in Theydon Mount near Epping, Essex, England. Although owned by English Heritage, the building consists of many private apartments. It is a grade I listed building. The importance of Hill Hall lies in two features.
4.5 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Great Monk Wood, Loughton
116 min walk • Great Monk Wood is a wood within Epping Forest, in Essex, England. The wood, in the parish of Loughton, is centred on the Wakes Arms junction roundabout of the A104 Epping New Road, and the A121, and is southwest from the town of Epping and north from Loughton.