Grove House Wood
6ac/2ha LNR
Grid ref: TQ 685 819
Updated 31/12/2023.
Available also via books and apps – click here for details.
Mouse over links for pictures; click for detail page.
A small wood in Stanford-le-Hope, owned by Thurrock Council and managed by Essex Wildlife Trust. It adjoins the River Hassenbrooke, here lined with reeds and marshy areas. It supports the usual woodland birds and its dead elms provide nesting sites for woodpeckers. Bluebells flower in spring. .
Visiting
Entrance from Fairview Avenue, Stanford-le-Hope. On-street parking.
Stanford rail station is a few minutes' walk away.
Accessible at all times.
© Roger Jones