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Garnetts Wood / Barnston Lays

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Garnetts Wood / Barnston Lays is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Essex, covering 0.25 km². It is one of 74 SSSIs in the county. For arrivals by rail, Stansted Airport Station is about 9.2 km to the north-west. Other nature reserves nearby include Flitch Way Country Park, Hatfield Forest and Hatfield Forest Country Park.

More places to visit near Garnetts Wood / Barnston Lays

Photo of Hatfield Forest, a National Nature Reserve near Great Dunmow, Essex, eastern England.

Hatfield Forest

National Nature Reserve near Great Dunmow

A National Nature Reserve in Essex.

9.1 km W

Photo of Thaxted, a village in Essex, eastern England.Highlight

Thaxted

Village

One of England's best-preserved small towns, its medieval and Georgian houses climbing to a hilltop church and a restored guildhall, with a windmill on the edge.

13 km N · Essex

Photo of Mountfitchet Castle, a visitor attraction near Much Hadham, Essex, eastern England.Highlight

Mountfitchet Castle

Attraction near Much Hadham

A reconstructed Norman motte-and-bailey castle and Domesday village at Stansted Mountfitchet, roamed by deer and geese.

13.8 km NW

Photo of Stansted Mountfitchet Windmill, a windmill in Essex, eastern England.Highlight

Stansted Mountfitchet Windmill

Windmill near Stansted Mountfitchet

A well-preserved tower mill of 1787 in the hilltop village of Stansted Mountfitchet, opened to visitors on advertised days.

14.1 km NW

Photo of Hylands Estate, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Chelmsford, Essex, eastern England.Highlight

Hylands Estate

House & garden near Chelmsford

A white neo-classical mansion in parkland shaped by a Humphry Repton Red Book.

14.6 km S

Photo along the Hertfordshire Way, a 195-mile long-distance path in eastern England.Highlight

Hertfordshire Way

Long-distance path

Hertfordshire's grand circuit from the Royce Stone at Royston — chalk streams, commons and country houses for nearly 200 miles.

14.7 km W · Hertfordshire