Hunsdon and Eastwick Meads
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When to visit
Opening times
Open at all timesBest time to visit
April to JulyAbout the reserve
The larger site, Hunsdon Mead, is an area of common land between the River Stort and the Stort Navigation and offers valuable unimproved grassland. In April and May both meadows are yellow with cowslip and marsh marigold, turning pink and purple with ragged robin and black knapweed in the summer. Rare green-winged orchids flourish here.
Seasonal Highlights
Spring: Buttercup, cowslip, cuckoo flower, skylark.
Summer: Green-winged orchid, meadowsweet, ragged-robin, yellow rattle.
Autumn/ Winter: Fieldfare, golden plover, lapwing, redwing.
Directions
Site entrance: Entrance is via River Stort towpath.
Access by road: From Stanstead Abbotts take B181 Roydon Road for one mile. Park at Roydon rail station and walk for one mile along the Stort Navigation towpath towards Harlow to reach the reserve.
Access by public transport
Bus: 380, 381, 382, 391 – Telephone Exchange, Epping Rd (1.5 miles).
Rail: Roydon (1 mile).
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