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Parks & gardens

King George's Playing Fields features a unique sensory garden, as well as lots of green space to run and play and a skatepark ad Pavilion with indoor leisure activities.

LL Secret Garden is an amazing place with fun & magical surroundings for your little ones

Based around the popular Gruffalo story, this fun family trail will make memories that will last a lifetime

The open parkland at Thorndon South is busy with families enjoying picnics, where you can fly a kite on one of its many hills. 

Warley Place Nature Reserve is a 25 acre site with a house and once famous Edwardian gardens belonging to Ellen Willmott. It is now maintained as a nature reserve by Essex Wildlife Trust. There are some spectacular flowers to be enjoyed throughout the year, especially in the Spring.

Famous for its deer park and Stick Man trail, Weald boasts spectacular views and space, covering over 520 acres of woodland, wildflower meadows and open grassland.