Nature Discovery Centres
We have 11 Nature Discovery Centres, 87 Nature Reserves, 2 Nature Parks and manage 8,400 acres of land.
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Our Nature Discovery Centres
Bring your school to visit one of Essex Wildlife Trust’s outstanding education centres. With 12 sites across Essex, you will be sure to find the perfect trip for your school. Each site offers unique opportunities to learn about and explore the natural environment, with modern classroom facilities and resources.
More marvellous meadows at Chafford
Restoring rare chalk grassland habitat at Chafford Gorges Nature Discovery Park.
Chafford Gorges Nature Discovery Park
Chafford Gorges Nature Discovery Centre is set in a spectacular position over looking Warren Gorge. Chafford Gorges Nature Discvery Park offers 200 acres of green space for numerous wildlife and…
Reading the rocks at Chafford Gorges
Chafford Gorges Nature Discovery Park has over 200 acres of green space for you to explore and is one of the most varied and biodiverse nature reserves in Essex. The four trails outlined below will help guide you around the reserve revealing the hidden gems and rich history of the site.
Wildlife Walk- Chafford Gorges
A ranger-guided tour of this unique Essex reserve located in former chalk quarries showing many remnants of its former use.
Centre Assistant x 2 at the Naze Nature Discovery Centre
We have two part-time Centre Assistant opportunities at the Naze Nature Discovery Centre in Walton-on-the-Naze. 15 hours per week on a fixed term contract covering maternity leave.
Langdon Visitor Centre receives funding for a new and improved centre
Essex Wildlife Trust’s Langdon Visitor Centre has received funding to re-build the current centre, which will provide improved community and educational facilities to welcome the increasing number…
Belfairs Nature Discovery Centre
Belfairs Nature Discovery Centre is the gateway to the Daws Heath Woodland. The centre provides a space for schools, groups and families to learn about south Essex’s fantastic ancient woodlands in…
Ingrebourne Nature Discovery Centre
Essex Wildlife Trust's Ingrebourne Valley Nature Discovery Centre is a partnership project between Essex Wildlife Trust and Havering Council. Built in Hornchurch Country Park, the centre…
Thorndon Nature Discovery Centre
The Thorndon Nature Discovery Centre is situated in Thorndon Country Park. There are some fantastic walks through ancient woodland and historic deer parks which lie close alongside recently…
The Naze Nature Discovery Centre
The Naze is a unique coastal landscape of outstanding geological and biological importance. As the most easterly peninsula in Essex it is an important site for migrating birds and boasts a number…