Wickford to Battlesbridge or South Woodham Ferrers Walk

Grassy fields, quiet lanes, a smattering of woods, Hanningfield Reservoir Nature Reserve and the tidal River Crouch.

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View down the Crouch, from point at Clementsgreen Creek confluence
View down the Crouch, from point at Clementsgreen Creek confluence

SWC Walk 157 - Wickford to Battlesbridge or South Woodham Ferrers [South Woodham Ferrers Ending]

May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Backview from Mark's Farm towards Rettendon
Backview from Mark's Farm towards Rettendon

SWC Walk 157 - Wickford to Battlesbridge or South Woodham Ferrers [Battlesbridge Ending]

May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Egret in Fenn Creek, Woodham Fenn Nature Reserve
Egret in Fenn Creek, Woodham Fenn Nature Reserve

SWC Walk 157 - Wickford to Battlesbridge or South Woodham Ferrers [South Woodham Ferrers Ending]

May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Stranded in the River Crouch, South Woodham Ferrers
Stranded in the River Crouch, South Woodham Ferrers

SWC Walk 157 - Wickford to Battlesbridge or South Woodham Ferrers [South Woodham Ferrers Ending]

May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Pair of Swans with their 11 cygnets, by Hawbush Creek
Pair of Swans with their 11 cygnets, by Hawbush Creek

SWC Walk 157 - Wickford to Battlesbridge or South Woodham Ferrers [South Woodham Ferrers Ending]

May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Hanningfield Reservoir
Hanningfield Reservoir

SWC Walk 157 - Wickford to Battlesbridge or South Woodham Ferrers

May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Alpacas and Buttercups, East Hanningfield
Alpacas and Buttercups, East Hanningfield

SWC Walk 157 - Wickford to Battlesbridge or South Woodham Ferrers

May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Tree in Field, south of Rettendon
Tree in Field, south of Rettendon

SWC Walk 157 - Wickford to Battlesbridge or South Woodham Ferrers

May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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The tidal River Crouch, near Battlesbridge
The tidal River Crouch, near Battlesbridge

SWC Walk 157 - Wickford to Battlesbridge or South Woodham Ferrers [Battlesbridge Ending]

May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Wickford to Battlesbridge 10 May 25 SWC1
Wickford to Battlesbridge 10 May 25 SWC1

May-25 • Steven F Coles • On flickr

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Wickford to Battlesbridge 10 May 25 SWC2
Wickford to Battlesbridge 10 May 25 SWC2

May-25 • Steven F Coles • On flickr

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Wickford to Battlesbridge 10 May 25 SWC3
Wickford to Battlesbridge 10 May 25 SWC3

May-25 • Steven F Coles • On flickr

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Wickford to Battlesbridge 10 May 25 SWC4
Wickford to Battlesbridge 10 May 25 SWC4

May-25 • Steven F Coles • On flickr

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Wickford to Battlesbridge 10 May 25 SWC5
Wickford to Battlesbridge 10 May 25 SWC5

May-25 • Steven F Coles • On flickr

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Wickford to Battlesbridge 10 May 25 SWC6
Wickford to Battlesbridge 10 May 25 SWC6

May-25 • Steven F Coles • On flickr

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Lone Tree on a rise, between Rettendon and SWF
Lone Tree on a rise, between Rettendon and SWF

SWC Walk 157 - Wickford to Battlesbridge or South Woodham Ferrers [South Woodham Ferrers Ending]

May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Tree Stump and rising arable field, between Rettendon and SWF
Tree Stump and rising arable field, between Rettendon and SWF

SWC Walk 157 - Wickford to Battlesbridge or South Woodham Ferrers [South Woodham Ferrers Ending]

May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Tree Stump and rising arable field, between Rettendon and SWF
Tree Stump and rising arable field, between Rettendon and SWF

SWC Walk 157 - Wickford to Battlesbridge or South Woodham Ferrers [South Woodham Ferrers Ending]

May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Woodham Fenn Nature Reserve
Woodham Fenn Nature Reserve

SWC Walk 157 - Wickford to Battlesbridge or South Woodham Ferrers [South Woodham Ferrers Ending]

May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Creek in Woodham Fenn Nature Reserve
Creek in Woodham Fenn Nature Reserve

SWC Walk 157 - Wickford to Battlesbridge or South Woodham Ferrers [South Woodham Ferrers Ending]

May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Egret in Fenn Creek in Woodham Fenn Nature Reserve
Egret in Fenn Creek in Woodham Fenn Nature Reserve

SWC Walk 157 - Wickford to Battlesbridge or South Woodham Ferrers [South Woodham Ferrers Ending]

May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Fenn Creek, Woodham Fenn Nature Reserve
Fenn Creek, Woodham Fenn Nature Reserve

SWC Walk 157 - Wickford to Battlesbridge or South Woodham Ferrers [South Woodham Ferrers Ending]

May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Fenn Creek, Woodham Fenn Nature Reserve
Fenn Creek, Woodham Fenn Nature Reserve

SWC Walk 157 - Wickford to Battlesbridge or South Woodham Ferrers [South Woodham Ferrers Ending]

May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Fenn Creek, Woodham Fenn Nature Reserve
Fenn Creek, Woodham Fenn Nature Reserve

SWC Walk 157 - Wickford to Battlesbridge or South Woodham Ferrers [South Woodham Ferrers Ending]

May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Egret in Fenn Creek, Woodham Fenn Nature Reserve
Egret in Fenn Creek, Woodham Fenn Nature Reserve

SWC Walk 157 - Wickford to Battlesbridge or South Woodham Ferrers [South Woodham Ferrers Ending]

May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Fenn Creek, Woodham Fenn Nature Reserve
Fenn Creek, Woodham Fenn Nature Reserve

SWC Walk 157 - Wickford to Battlesbridge or South Woodham Ferrers [South Woodham Ferrers Ending]

May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Fenn Creek meets River Crouch, Hullbridge opposite
Fenn Creek meets River Crouch, Hullbridge opposite

SWC Walk 157 - Wickford to Battlesbridge or South Woodham Ferrers [South Woodham Ferrers Ending]

May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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River Crouch, South Woodham Ferrers
River Crouch, South Woodham Ferrers

SWC Walk 157 - Wickford to Battlesbridge or South Woodham Ferrers [South Woodham Ferrers Ending]

May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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River Crouch, South Woodham Ferrers
River Crouch, South Woodham Ferrers

SWC Walk 157 - Wickford to Battlesbridge or South Woodham Ferrers [South Woodham Ferrers Ending]

May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Feeding Swans at the Old Ford to Hullbridge on River Crouch, South Woodham Ferrers
Feeding Swans at the Old Ford to Hullbridge on River Crouch, South Woodham Ferrers

SWC Walk 157 - Wickford to Battlesbridge or South Woodham Ferrers [South Woodham Ferrers Ending]

May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Old Ford to Hullbridge on River Crouch, South Woodham Ferrers
Old Ford to Hullbridge on River Crouch, South Woodham Ferrers

SWC Walk 157 - Wickford to Battlesbridge or South Woodham Ferrers [South Woodham Ferrers Ending]

May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Marsh Farm Country Park
Marsh Farm Country Park

SWC Walk 157 - Wickford to Battlesbridge or South Woodham Ferrers [South Woodham Ferrers Ending]

May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Marsh Farm Country Park
Marsh Farm Country Park

SWC Walk 157 - Wickford to Battlesbridge or South Woodham Ferrers [South Woodham Ferrers Ending]

May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Marsh Farm Country Park
Marsh Farm Country Park

SWC Walk 157 - Wickford to Battlesbridge or South Woodham Ferrers [South Woodham Ferrers Ending]

May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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River Crouch east of South Woodham Ferrers
River Crouch east of South Woodham Ferrers

SWC Walk 157 - Wickford to Battlesbridge or South Woodham Ferrers [South Woodham Ferrers Ending]

May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Brandy Hole/River Crouch east of South Woodham Ferrers, looking across to Hockley
Brandy Hole/River Crouch east of South Woodham Ferrers, looking across to Hockley

SWC Walk 157 - Wickford to Battlesbridge or South Woodham Ferrers [South Woodham Ferrers Ending]

May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Brandy Hole/River Crouch east of South Woodham Ferrers, looking across to Hockley
Brandy Hole/River Crouch east of South Woodham Ferrers, looking across to Hockley

SWC Walk 157 - Wickford to Battlesbridge or South Woodham Ferrers [South Woodham Ferrers Ending]

May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Brandy Hole/River Crouch east of South Woodham Ferrers,
Brandy Hole/River Crouch east of South Woodham Ferrers,

SWC Walk 157 - Wickford to Battlesbridge or South Woodham Ferrers [South Woodham Ferrers Ending]

May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Brandy Hole/River Crouch east of South Woodham Ferrers,
Brandy Hole/River Crouch east of South Woodham Ferrers,

SWC Walk 157 - Wickford to Battlesbridge or South Woodham Ferrers [South Woodham Ferrers Ending]

May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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View down Clementsgreen Creek
View down Clementsgreen Creek

SWC Walk 157 - Wickford to Battlesbridge or South Woodham Ferrers [South Woodham Ferrers Ending]

May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Hawbush Creek/Clementsgreen Creek
Hawbush Creek/Clementsgreen Creek

SWC Walk 157 - Wickford to Battlesbridge or South Woodham Ferrers [South Woodham Ferrers Ending]

May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Clementsgreen Creek
Clementsgreen Creek

SWC Walk 157 - Wickford to Battlesbridge or South Woodham Ferrers [South Woodham Ferrers Ending]

May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Clementsgreen Creek
Clementsgreen Creek

SWC Walk 157 - Wickford to Battlesbridge or South Woodham Ferrers [South Woodham Ferrers Ending]

May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Clementsgreen Creek, top end
Clementsgreen Creek, top end

SWC Walk 157 - Wickford to Battlesbridge or South Woodham Ferrers [South Woodham Ferrers Ending]

May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Path across meadow just outside Wickford
Path across meadow just outside Wickford

SWC Walk 157 - Wickford to Battlesbridge or South Woodham Ferrers

May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Buttercup Meadow
Buttercup Meadow

SWC Walk 157 - Wickford to Battlesbridge or South Woodham Ferrers

May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Chase Autos Car Salvage Company, Downham
Chase Autos Car Salvage Company, Downham

SWC Walk 157 - Wickford to Battlesbridge or South Woodham Ferrers

May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Chase Autos Car Salvage Company, Downham
Chase Autos Car Salvage Company, Downham

SWC Walk 157 - Wickford to Battlesbridge or South Woodham Ferrers

May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Chase Autos Car Salvage Company, Downham
Chase Autos Car Salvage Company, Downham

SWC Walk 157 - Wickford to Battlesbridge or South Woodham Ferrers

May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Hanningfield Reservoir
Hanningfield Reservoir

SWC Walk 157 - Wickford to Battlesbridge or South Woodham Ferrers

May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Broad Mead, South Hanningfield
Broad Mead, South Hanningfield

SWC Walk 157 - Wickford to Battlesbridge or South Woodham Ferrers

May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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St. Peter's Church, South Hanningfield
St. Peter's Church, South Hanningfield

SWC Walk 157 - Wickford to Battlesbridge or South Woodham Ferrers

May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Hanningfield Reservoir, from St. Peter's Church
Hanningfield Reservoir, from St. Peter's Church

SWC Walk 157 - Wickford to Battlesbridge or South Woodham Ferrers

May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Buttercup-filled meadow, looking towards Hanningfield Reservoir Dam
Buttercup-filled meadow, looking towards Hanningfield Reservoir Dam

SWC Walk 157 - Wickford to Battlesbridge or South Woodham Ferrers

May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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HV Pylon to be walked through
HV Pylon to be walked through

SWC Walk 157 - Wickford to Battlesbridge or South Woodham Ferrers

May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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View across field, East Hanningfield
View across field, East Hanningfield

SWC Walk 157 - Wickford to Battlesbridge or South Woodham Ferrers

May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Mildly Rolling Landscape
Mildly Rolling Landscape

SWC Walk 157 - Wickford to Battlesbridge or South Woodham Ferrers

May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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New Vineyard with views across Crouch Valley, towards South Woodham Ferrers
New Vineyard with views across Crouch Valley, towards South Woodham Ferrers

SWC Walk 157 - Wickford to Battlesbridge or South Woodham Ferrers

May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Between Hawthorns towards a Tree Tunnel, south of Rettendon
Between Hawthorns towards a Tree Tunnel, south of Rettendon

SWC Walk 157 - Wickford to Battlesbridge or South Woodham Ferrers

May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Field at end of Tree Tunnel
Field at end of Tree Tunnel

SWC Walk 157 - Wickford to Battlesbridge or South Woodham Ferrers

May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Trees in Field, south of Rettendon
Trees in Field, south of Rettendon

SWC Walk 157 - Wickford to Battlesbridge or South Woodham Ferrers

May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Tree in Field, south of Rettendon, where routes split
Tree in Field, south of Rettendon, where routes split

SWC Walk 157 - Wickford to Battlesbridge or South Woodham Ferrers

May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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"Along a usually well-cleared path"

SWC Walk 157 - Wickford to Battlesbridge or South Woodham Ferrers [Battlesbridge Ending]

May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Colours of Spring: many shades of green
Colours of Spring: many shades of green

SWC Walk 157 - Wickford to Battlesbridge or South Woodham Ferrers [Battlesbridge Ending]

May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Backview from Mark's Farm towards Rettendon
Backview from Mark's Farm towards Rettendon

SWC Walk 157 - Wickford to Battlesbridge or South Woodham Ferrers [Battlesbridge Ending]

May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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The tidal River Crouch, near Battlesbridge
The tidal River Crouch, near Battlesbridge

SWC Walk 157 - Wickford to Battlesbridge or South Woodham Ferrers [Battlesbridge Ending]

May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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The tidal River Crouch, near Battlesbridge
The tidal River Crouch, near Battlesbridge

SWC Walk 157 - Wickford to Battlesbridge or South Woodham Ferrers [Battlesbridge Ending]

May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Viewing Platform over the tidal River Crouch, Battlesbridge
Viewing Platform over the tidal River Crouch, Battlesbridge

SWC Walk 157 - Wickford to Battlesbridge or South Woodham Ferrers [Battlesbridge Ending]

May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Antique Market, Battlesbridge
Antique Market, Battlesbridge

SWC Walk 157 - Wickford to Battlesbridge or South Woodham Ferrers [Battlesbridge Ending]

May-20 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Red campion
Red campion

Wickford to Battlesbridge

Jun-13 • moontiger • On flickr

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Living fence
Living fence

Hanningfield Nature Reserve Wickford to Battlesbridge

Jun-13 • moontiger • On flickr

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Buttercup meadow
Buttercup meadow

Wickford to Battlesbridge

Jun-13 • moontiger • On flickr

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Red campion
Red campion

Wickford to Battlesbridge

Jun-13 • moontiger • On flickr

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Framed path
Framed path

Wickford to Battlesbridge

Jun-13 • moontiger • On flickr

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Cow parsley with view
Cow parsley with view

Wickford to Battlesbridge

Jun-13 • moontiger • On flickr

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Cow parsley
Cow parsley

Wickford to Battlesbridge

Jun-13 • moontiger • On flickr

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Buttercup meadow
Buttercup meadow

Wickford to Battlesbridge

Jun-13 • moontiger • On flickr

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Old engine , Battlesbridge
Old engine , Battlesbridge

Wickford to Battlesbridge

Jun-13 • moontiger • On flickr

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Tree, hedge, and buttercups
Tree, hedge, and buttercups

Wickford to Battlesbridge

Jun-13 • moontiger • On flickr

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