The reserve is in Billericay, Essex, England. Billericay may be reached by
road from the M25 motorway, leaving by junction 29 and taking the A127 trunk
road eastbound for 6 miles to the A176, then travelling 3 miles to the
north. There is no car park for visitors at the reserve, but off-street
parking is available in the town centre car parks off the High Street
(B1007). The reserve may then be reached by walking the short distance to
the junction of Sun Street and Chapel Street where a gate leads directly
into its north west corner. (OS ref TQ 675943)
Billericay Railway Station may be reached by train via the Liverpool Street
to Southend Victoria line. The reserve is approximately 1/2 mile from the
station through the High Street and Chapel Street. There are also bus
services from Chelmsford, Brentwood, Basildon and Southend to Billericay
High Street. In addition to the Chapel Street entrance there are gates for
pedestrians in Southend Road, Langemore Way and Greens Farm Lane.
There is no provision for parking visitors cars on site, and although there
is a small car park attached to the adjacent Scout Hall in Greens Farm Lane
this is only open to the general public when they are guests of the Society
at meetings held in the Hall. There are four points of access for walkers
through kissing gates at points along Southend Road to the west, five from
Green Farms Lane to the east, two at the end of Langemore Way off Hillside
Road, and one off Chaffinch Crescent in the Mill Grange Estate. Statutory
Footpath No.31 runs from Southend Road near the top of Bell Hill to a point
in Greens Farm Lane near the Scout Hall, but there are no bridleways. There
are numerous informal unsurfaced tracks suitable for walking including two
bridged stream crossings.
The hilly terrain makes it difficult to provide access for the disabled, however
the
Marked Trail is a pathway through the
Reserve which includes steps and bridges to help with access, and
benches for resting.
Neither cycling nor horse riding are permitted and there
are bylaws in operation covering other unacceptable activities. Dogs are
admitted but must be under control especially when cattle are grazing
between April and October. The part of the site used for grazing is ringed
by a three-strand barbed wire fence. Cattle are loaded and unloaded at a
gated "crush" near the cattle drinking trough near Southend Road. Part of
the site is the subject of an ownership dispute and is not at present
available to visit.
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