Photo of Blackwater Rail Trail Country Park, a country park near Maldon, Essex, eastern England.

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Blackwater Rail Trail Country Park

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Blackwater Rail Trail Country Park is a country park in Essex, covering 0.05 km². The Albion Guide charts 28 country parks in the county; this is one of them. It is the smallest of them.

Tiptree Heath and Woodham Walter Common are among the nature reserves within 7.4 km. The nearest railway station, Witham (Essex), is under a kilometre away.

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