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    Davy Down Riverside Park

    Davy Down is home to an amazing variety of different life forms.

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    Educational Offer

    An outdoor learning pack has been created to make it easier to take learning out of the classroom. It is full of fun, curriculum linked activities that emphasise self-led learning and support health and wellbeing.

    View or download the full Davy Down Outdoor Learning Pack.

    Useful links: www.thurrock.gov.uk/davy-down-riverside-park/ | thelandtrust.org.uk/davy-down/

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    • Discover Birds
    • Historic Landscapes
    • Learn About Insects
    • Landscape Inspiration
    • Land of the Fanns
    • Ponds, Rivers & Streams
    • Trees & Woodland
    • Wildflowers & Plants
    • Wildlife Activities
    Site Contact Details
    • Tel: 01375 383 744

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    Location

    Davy Down, Back Lane (off Pilgrims Lane), North Stifford, Grays, Essex RM16 5UL

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    Site Summary
    • 13 hectares (32 acres)
    • Ponds, wetland, river Mardyke
    • Kingfishers, water voles, marsh frog
    • Includes a Victorian railway viaduct and historic water pumping station buildings.
    Site History
    • Davy Down has a long history of farming, dating back to at least 1730.
    • More recently, the land was used for market gardening, which was abandoned when the new A13 was built, splitting the land holding in half.
    • The impressive railway viaduct across the Mardyke Valley dates from 1892.
    • The site also includes the Stifford Pumping Station buildings, built around 1926-27 to house large diesel engines which provided the power to extract water from a 42m deep borehole in the chalk below. Essex & Suffolk Water still abstract water today using a modern electric pump.
    • Davy Down opened to the public as a country park in May 1993.
    Land of the Fanns Teacher Briefing

    Some sites have a Teacher Briefing available at the top of the page, but the following download is a general Teacher Briefing for The Land of the Fanns. We recommend you download this briefing before visiting any of the sites listed on this resource.

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    Landscape and Habitat

    Ponds, wetland, river Mardyke

    Wildlife
    • Kingfishers
    • Water voles
    • Marsh frog
    • and many more! See our educational pack.
    Plants and Trees

    Trees include: Willow, Ash, Silver Birch, Hawthorn, Cherry, Hazel, Oak and Sycamore.

    Flowers include: Knapweed, Meadow Buttercup, Red Champion, Red Clover, and Dandelions.

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    Contact Us

    Thames Chase Trust, Pike Lane
    Upminster, Essex RM14 3NS

    01708 642970
    landofthefanns@thameschase.org.uk

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