Manningtree & District Photographic Society

Bordered by the Orwell Estuary and the A14, Orwell Country Park is a 300-acre site of mixed lowland habitats, including ancient woodland, heathland, mudflats, and views of the Orwell Bridge  The Country Park offers visitors a variety of walks, wildlife, and scenery to explore and enjoy.  Bridge Wood is an area of 74 acres, designated as a Local Nature Reserve, County Wildlife Site and Ancient Woodland. The woodland is predominantly made of native broad-leaved woodland, pine and sycamore plantation.  It is thought that Bridge Wood could have got its name from an old Roman crossing point known as a bridge. This path was made up of shale and stone and allowed people to cross the river at low tide. A band of shale can still be seen today at low tide near the present Orwell Bridge.

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