IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Prior Chase, GRAYS, RM17 5HL
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Prior Chase, RM17 5HL by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
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Image Map
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Image Listing (22 Images Found)
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Habitat Restoration in Grays Gorge
Grays Chalk Pit SSSI was being degraded in scientific interest as it was becoming secondary woodland. Tree felling is the first stage of restoring 50% of the floor of the pit to chalk grassland supporting rare plants and invertebrates which was why the SSSI designation was earned.
The site is owned and managed by Essex Wildlife Trust http://www.essexwt.org.uk/.
Image: © Glyn Baker
Taken: 17 Oct 2014
0.07 miles
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Grays Gorge
A frozen ditch in a south eastern corner of Grays Gorge, a former chalk quarry and now part of the Chafford Gorges Nature Park.
Image: © Adrian Benn
Taken: 13 Feb 2021
0.08 miles
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A Path Through Grays Gorge
Some of the secondary woodland that was not part of the Image
Image: © Glyn Baker
Taken: 27 Feb 2018
0.11 miles
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Path through Grays Gorge
Grays Gorge is an SSSI and part of Chafford Gorges Nature Park.
Note the chalk cliffs in the background.
Image: © Roger Jones
Taken: 6 Apr 2013
0.11 miles
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Hog Lane
Hog Lane is a "spine" of chalk between two disused chalk pits which ceased operations in the 1920's. It links the Image roundabout and central Grays. On 29th May 2015 an HGV learner driver and his instructor had a nasty surprise when the back wheel of the truck caused a tunnel below the road to collapse. See http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-32930839 for the full story. See also Image The Western pit is now partly the Badgers Dene housing estate with its northern end being a nature reserve Image The eastern pit now houses the Titan Works industrial area. In former times narrow gauge railways passed under the road in several places, it is thought that one of these is the cause of the massive traffic disruption in Grays
Image: © Glyn Baker
Taken: 3 Jun 2015
0.12 miles
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Hog Lane Sinkhole
On 29th May 2015 an HGV learner driver and his instructor had a nasty surprise when the back wheel of the truck caused a tunnel below Image to collapse. See http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-32930839 for the full story. Hog Lane is a "spine" of chalk between two disused chalk pits which ceased operations in the 1920's. The Western pit is now partly the Badgers Dene housing estate with its northern end being a nature reserve Image The eastern pit now houses the Titan Works industrial area. In former times narrow gauge railways passed under the road in several places, it is thought that one of these is the cause of the massive traffic disruption in Grays
Image: © Glyn Baker
Taken: 3 Jun 2015
0.12 miles
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A Grays Grey
Image: © Glyn Baker
Taken: 27 Feb 2018
0.12 miles
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Reserve Management
These logs have been left on the remains of a narrow gauge railway in Grays Chalk Pit to encourage invertebrates, as this is an Essex Wildlife Trust reserve see Image for more information
Image: © Glyn Baker
Taken: 6 May 2011
0.13 miles
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Grays Chalk Pit
These are the stairs down into Grays Chalk Pit. Chalk extraction ceased not long after WW1 wildlife reclaimed the pit and it was designated as an SSSI see http://www.english-nature.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1003111.pdf The pit has now passed into the care of Essex Wildlife Trust and is part of the
Cafford Gorges Reserve see http://www.essexwt.org.uk/visitor_centres__nature_reserves/chafford_gorges/
The pit has now been restyled as “Grays Gorge”. One of the wild flowers you can find in this oasis of quiet in an urban landscape is the Image
Image: © Glyn Baker
Taken: 22 Nov 2008
0.13 miles