Thorndon Park

Thorndon Park
Site of Special Scientific Interest

Area of Search	Essex
Grid reference	TQ 604917 TQ 614911 TQ 625903
Interest	Biological
Area	141.4 hectares
Notification	1986
Location map	Magic Map

Thorndon Park is a 141.4 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Brentwood in Essex. Part of it is run by Essex County Council as Thorndon Country Park, and the Essex Wildlife Trust manages its visitor centre.^[1]^[2]^[3]

The site is semi-natural woodland and ancient parkland. It has a diverse population of beetles, including one which is rare and threatened in Britain. The most common trees are sessile and pedunculate oak, silver birch and hornbeam. The parkland has old oak pollards on acid or neutral grassland.^[1]

The country park is divided into Thorndon Park North, with access from The Avenue, and Thorndon Park South, with access from Arterial Road.^[4]

References

1 2 "Thorndon Park citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
↑ "Map of Thorndon Park". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
↑ "Thorndon Countryside Centre". Essex Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
↑ "Thorndon Country Park". Essex County Council. Retrieved 7 August 2016.

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Coordinates: 51°36′18″N 0°18′54″E / 51.605°N 0.315°E / 51.605; 0.315

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