Anyone know of good salt marshes in London or just on the boarder of London ? This is for a project for uni, I need to take photos of salt marshes for primary research.
2023-11-14
Any kind of marshes or wetlands are useful to know to!
There may be closer ones but there are gorgeous ones in Aldeburgh, Suffolk. You have to get a train to Saxmundham and then a bus. It’s not super convenient but would make a fun weekend!
Lots of marshes on Thames, crouch, blackwater, colne rivers.
The area out towards Southend-on-Sea aroundLeigh-on-Sea is a lot of marshland. Particularly Two Tree Island. You can get a train from Liverpool street out there within the hour. [This](https://www.walkingclub.org.uk/walk/benfleet-circular-via-leigh-on-sea/) walk shows some pics and shows the trail from Leigh-on-Sea to a circular of two Tree Island – click map to see the map, or photos to see photos of the area.
It’s all part of the tidal mouth of the Thames, so you’d probably want to pick your timing around tides.
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Not a salt marsh but https://www.rspb.org.uk/days-out/reserves/rainham-marshes
There may be closer ones but there are gorgeous ones in Aldeburgh, Suffolk. You have to get a train to Saxmundham and then a bus. It’s not super convenient but would make a fun weekend!
Lots of marshes on Thames, crouch, blackwater, colne rivers.
Essex/Kent coast.
Morden has [The Wetland Boardwalk](https://maps.app.goo.gl/Ej2kvKAozhoTcMWx8)
The London Wetlands Centre in Barnes is really nice. Don’t know enough to know whether they have salt marshes, but they do have otters!
Blackwater Wetland/Salt Marshes – it’s a site of special scientific interest too
[Blackwater Nature Reserve](https://www.visitmaldondistrict.co.uk/discover/nature-and-wildlife/blackwater-estuary-nature-reserve)
Walthamstow Wetlands and Hackney Marshes. For salt marsh, look at north Kent.
Maldon is probably what you’re looking for — world famous for it’s salt from the marshes! Nice town to walk around too
[https://www.visitmaldondistrict.co.uk/discover/saltmarsh-coast](https://www.visitmaldondistrict.co.uk/discover/saltmarsh-coast)
[https://www.visitmaldondistrict.co.uk/plan-your-visit/getting-here-and-around](https://www.visitmaldondistrict.co.uk/plan-your-visit/getting-here-and-around)
The area out towards Southend-on-Sea aroundLeigh-on-Sea is a lot of marshland. Particularly Two Tree Island. You can get a train from Liverpool street out there within the hour. [This](https://www.walkingclub.org.uk/walk/benfleet-circular-via-leigh-on-sea/) walk shows some pics and shows the trail from Leigh-on-Sea to a circular of two Tree Island – click map to see the map, or photos to see photos of the area.
It’s all part of the tidal mouth of the Thames, so you’d probably want to pick your timing around tides.
Rye harbour, bit further out. Oarth too.