Thorley Wash Nature Reserve

#3828 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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Thorley Wash or Thorley Flood Pound is a 17.3-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Thorley, south of Bishop's Stortford in Hertfordshire. It was formerly a flood pound for the Stort Navigation, which was decommissioned in 2004 and converted to a more natural state. It was purchased by the Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust from the Environment Agency in 2011. ()

Elevation: 171 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 51°50'32"N, 0°9'41"E

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Thorley Wash Nature Reserve – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: South Mill Arts, Hatfield Forest, Waytemore Castle, Mountfitchet Castle.

1.5 miN
Museum, History museum, Art museum
South Mill Arts, Bishop's Stortford
38 min walk • South Mill Arts is a venue for theatre, contemporary arts and culture, local history, and conferences in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England. One of the buildings, today Bishop's Stortford Museum, was the birthplace of Cecil Rhodes.
3.1 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Hatfield Forest
81 min walk • Hatfield Forest is a 403.2 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Essex, three miles east of Bishop's Stortford. It is also a National Nature Reserve and a Nature Conservation Review site. It is owned and managed by the National Trust. A medieval warren in the forest is a Scheduled Monument.
2.1 miN
History museum, Forts and castles
Waytemore Castle, Bishop's Stortford
53 min walk • Waytemore Castle is a ruined castle in the town of Bishop's Stortford in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom. The remains are a Grade I listed structure. This began as a motte and bailey castle in the time of William the Conqueror. A rectangular great tower was added on the motte in the 12th century.
4.5 miN
Historical place, Forts and castles
Mountfitchet Castle, Stansted Mountfitchet
116 min walk • Stansted Mountfitchet Castle, also termed simply Mountfitchet Castle, is a Norman ringwork and bailey fortification in Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex, England. The site is currently in use as a Living history museum.
4.2 miS
Church
St Mary & St Hugh, Harlow
107 min walk • St Mary & St Hugh's Church is a Church of England parish church in Churchgate Street, Old Harlow in Essex, England. The church is of medieval origin and was given Grade II listed status on 5 July 1950. The church has a cruciform plan with a tower at the crossing with a tall shingled broach spire.
3.5 miW
Museum, Art museum
Henry Moore Foundation
88 min walk • The Henry Moore Foundation is a registered charity in England, established for education and promotion of the fine arts — in particular, to advance understanding of the works of Henry Moore. The charity was set up with a gift from the artist in 1977.
4.2 miNE
Church, Romanesque architecture, Gothic architecture
St Mary the Virgin's Church, Stansted Mountfitchet
107 min walk • St Mary the Virgin's Church is a redundant Anglican church near the village of Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
4.8 miSW
Monuments and statues
Contrapuntal Forms, Harlow
124 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.
4.3 miN
Windmill
Stansted Mountfitchet Windmill, Stansted Mountfitchet
110 min walk • Stansted Mountfitchet Windmill is a grade II* listed Tower mill at Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex, England which is also a Scheduled Ancient Monument. It has been restored and can turn by wind.
3.4 miS
Garden, Park, Sculpture
Gibberd Garden, Harlow
88 min walk • Gibberd Garden is a garden in Harlow, Essex, England, which was created by Sir Frederick Gibberd. He designed the garden and added sculptures, ceramic pots and architectural salvage from 1972 till his death in 1984.
4.6 miSW
Park
Harlow Marsh, Harlow
119 min walk • Harlow Marsh is a 13.8 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Harlow in Essex. It is owned and managed by Harlow District Council. The site is in three separate areas, Maymeads Marsh, Marshgate Spring and Parndon Moat Marsh.