Canvey Heights
Tree Planting in Essex at Canvey Heights
IMPORTANT VISITOR INFO – Take only photos. Leave only footsteps.
To keep the woodland as natural as possible we don’t label individual trees and we ask that visitors do not place their own plaques, labels, flowers, etc in the woodland. Each tree we plant should be seen as part of a natural woodland.
Before visiting this woodland, please read our Frequently Asked Questions page, which gives you helpful tips about your tree and visitor guidance.
* THIS WOODLAND IS Full *
We’ve planted so many trees here that there isn’t any space to plant more.
For the nearest alternative woodlands take a look at the Woodlands Locations Map.
Canvey Heights is a 36 acre country park that has been created on a former landfill site at the eastern tip of Canvey Island, with views out towards the mouth of the Thames Estuary and across to Kent.
The early history of Canvey Island is of mainly grazing land, since constant flooding did not encourage habitation. It was not until the seventeenth century that sea walls were built and the island started to be reclaimed.
In 1621 the chief landowner Sir Henry Appleton and a syndicate of other landowners, agreed to the drainage of the island's 4,000 acres, and the experts were called in. A Dutchman, Cornelius Vermuyden, completed the sea walls in 1623.
The area is named Canvey 'Heights' for a good reason. It is used for strolling and dog-walking by local residents who enjoy dramatic views from its elevated position across the saltmarshes in Benfleet Creek to South Benfleet, Hadleigh Castle, Leigh-on-Sea, Southend-on-Sea and across Oyster Creek to a wide endless seascape beyond.
Also visible are a wide range of specially designated conservation areas along the estuary.
For more information on the Canvey Heights nature reserve and activities arranged with locals by Lucy Harrison, please visit the http://www.canveyguides.com website.
You may also be interested in the "Captivating Canvey: Residents' Guidebook" by Lucy Harrison (published by Rendezvous Press 2007, ISBN 978-0-9555400-0-4).
The A5, full colour, 80 page book with fold out A3 map has been edited and designed by Lucy Harrison with contributions from local residents past and present and a cover painted by local sign writer Bob 'The Brush' Gibbons.
It also includes the first ever publication of Dr Feelgood lead singer Lee Brilleaux's 'pirate map' of Benfleet Creek, drawn when he was a child.
Photo Gallery
Tree Species at Canvey Heights
Since 2010 EFORESTS has worked with the land owners and local volunteers to plant 205 new native tree species.
The following tree species were planted on the site:
Address
Newlands RoadCanvey Island
Essex
Map
External links
http://www.castlepoint.gov.ukEFORESTS is not responsible for the content on external websites.
IMPORTANT VISITOR INFO – Take only photos. Leave only footsteps.
To keep the woodland as natural as possible we don’t label individual trees and we ask that visitors do not place their own plaques, labels, flowers, etc in the woodland. Each tree we plant should be seen as part of a natural woodland.
Before visiting this woodland, please read our Frequently Asked Questions page, which gives you helpful tips about your tree and visitor guidance.
Dedicate a tree to be planted in Essex or elsewhere in the UK.
