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Tc Walks Leaflet D1 (With 30 Years Logo) T DAGENHAM EAST STATION H 01 A DAGENHAM EAST STATION M 0 1 I I 2I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I 0 04 3 3 2 Beam Valley CountryE Park S 05 06 C Beam River EASTBROOKENDK COUNTRY PARK H 4 L 1 Exit Dagenham East Station and turn A Bridge A right to light controlled pedestrian S0E7 W crossing just over the brown of the hill. Once across turn right and walk downhill for about 30 yards. 08 2 Turn left and enter the Beam Valley Country Park - there is a Beam River Brettons Farm sign as you enter. Follow the path. 3 Keep going for about 50 yards on the path until it turns right. Follow it for another 100 yards. On the 5 left you will see the bridge over the river Beam. 09 5 4 7 BEAM RIVER Cross the bridge and follow the path for a short FORD LANE distance. After many years, a bridge across the Beam RAINHAM ROAD River connecting the Chase path in Barking and Dagenham and Brettons Farm in Havering was constructed in 2014 from a Big Green Fund grant. This helps to provide access from Eastbrookend Country Park to the Ingrebourne Valley. FORD LANE 5 There is a cross path. Keep going straight and you will reach some houses. Follow the path round in a ‘u’ and go past some allotments at the end and by a tree line turn right towards the road. GROVE PARK ROAD 6 Cross Rainham road and look slightly right for Ford Lane. SOUTH END ROAD 7 Follow Ford Lane into Grove Park Road - this will lead you into 8 Ingrebourne Country Park. Here you can join the second part of 10 the walk to Rainham Station. BRETONS CENTRE 8 Entering the park from Hornchurch country park its a short walk 100 yards to Ingrebourne. Upon entering you have the choice of 2 pathes, the one to the right runs round the outer edge of the park, this walk runs alongside a horse ride. The party is straight Ingrebourne Hill ahead and will take you directly to the car park. Care should be 11 taken on this path as it is crossed by a mountain bike track in two places. 9 9 The centre path is part of the London link pathway, so when you exit the park keep on the right hand side of the road. Follow this STILLWELL LAKE down to the Dovers Corner roundabout passing the public house 12 on your right. The crossings are pedestrian controlled. Signs for MOUNTAIN BIKING the London link are on the lamp posts. Moving towards Tesco there is a footpath on your right alongside the river it regrettably does not lead anywhere. You have now reached Tesco. I I I I 1 I 0 Exit from the car park from Tesco’s main entrance or via a small I I I I alleyway. If you choose the alley there is a mural on the wall to I I I your right and you will exit opposite the parish church of St I I I Dovers I Helens and St Giles. To the right is the war memorial (currently I I Corner I under restoration). Turn to your left and follow the road - on I I I I your left is Rainham Hall owned by the National Trus.t I I I I I 11 I I There is a signpost on the corner showing Ferry Lane. Follow this I I TESCOS INGREBOURNE HILL I for 100 yards. This will take you to Rainham Station where you I I I 13 I catch a local train towards London or Southend. I 10 I I I I 1 I 4 I 11 I I I 15 I I HOUSES & BUILDINGS I I RAINHAM STATION I RAINHAM CHURCH I I TREES/HEDGES I I I I I FARMLAND I I I I I GRASSLAND I I I I MARSHLAND I I - I - - I - - I ROUTE I I I I I I I I I RAILWAY I I I I I I Thames Chase Trust Chase Thames rocketmail.com @ 3 v 2 1 pa Email: 07940570194 Mobile: Vine A P by Artwork & Design just observing the wildlife. the observing just A H S C E Charity no. 1115627. Company No. 5687558 No. Company 1115627. no. Charity S watching children playing in the Spitfire Scramble play area, or or area, play Scramble Spitfire the in playing children watching E W Web site: www.thameschase.org.uk site: Web in relaxing views whilst enjoying a picnic beside the lake, lake, the beside picnic a enjoying whilst views relaxing in M A E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] E-mail: A built track, spotting distant sights from its viewing point, taking taking point, viewing its from sights distant spotting track, built L K Pike Lane, Upminster RM14 3NS RM14 Upminster Lane, Pike H Whether it’s mountain bikes hurtling around the specially specially the around hurtling bikes mountain it’s Whether T There’s a great deal to look out for at Ingrebourne Hill. Hill. Ingrebourne at for out look to deal great a There’s 01708 642970 or call at The Thames Chase Forest Centre, Centre, Forest Chase Thames The at call or 642970 01708 For more information and to make bookings please ring ring please bookings make to and information more For Country Park, you can do it all on Ingrebourne Hill. Hill. Ingrebourne on all it do can you Park, Country With 4km of pathways and connections to Hornchurch Hornchurch to connections and pathways of 4km With /Thames Chase /Thames play, perhaps just kick back and relax. and back kick just perhaps play, and IPhone and Walk the dog, jog, ride your horse or mountain bike, picnic or or picnic bike, mountain or horse your ride jog, dog, the Walk App for Android Android for App INGREBOURNE HILL INGREBOURNE midsection as it passes through the centre of Romford. Romford. of centre the through passes it as midsection hours hours 2 (approx) Thames Chase Walks are sponsored by by sponsored are Walks Chase Thames Dagenham and Havering. The Rom is culverted for a brief brief a for culverted is Rom The Havering. and Dagenham boundary between the London boroughs of Barking and and Barking of boroughs London the between boundary at the ticket machine. ticket the at 4 miles miles 4 surrounding the metropolitan centre of Romford, forming the the forming Romford, of centre metropolitan the surrounding (approx) (approx) Thames in England that flows through east London suburbs suburbs London east through flows that England in Thames A fixed daily donation to Thames Chase Trust payable payable Trust Chase Thames to donation daily fixed A confluence with the Ravensbourne, is a tributary of the River River the of tributary a is Ravensbourne, the with confluence Rainham Station Rainham Car parking Car The River Rom, also known as the River Beam below its its below Beam River the as known also Rom, River The BEAM RIVER (RIVER ROM) (RIVER RIVER BEAM Dagenham East Station to Station East Dagenham space for roosting. for space Site: Daily; 8.30am - to dusk. to - 8.30am Daily; Site: pillbox has been converted into a bat cave, providing a secure secure a providing cave, bat a into converted been has pillbox Destination walk from: walk Destination 10am - 4pm each day. (November to Late March) Late to (November day. each 4pm - 10am Remnants of World War II defences can still be seen and one one and seen be still can defences II War World of Remnants 10am - 5pm every day. (Late March to October) to March (Late day. every 5pm - 10am serves its original function, flooding in winter. in flooding function, original its serves Visitor Centre: Visitor end by the Wantz Stream in a flood defence area that still still that area defence flood a in Stream Wantz the by end of reedbed and wetland have been created at the southern southern the at created been have wetland and reedbed of Opening Hours Opening breeding by great crested newts and other amphibians. 10ha 10ha amphibians. other and newts crested great by breeding A series of ponds have been created and these are used for for used are these and created been have ponds of series A which the Beam Valley forms a part – through London. through – part a forms Valley Beam the which Forest Centre. Forest because migrating birds follow the Dagenham Corridor – of of – Corridor Dagenham the follow birds migrating because pick up a leaflet at the the at leaflet a up pick grassland. The valley is also worth a visit in migration periods, periods, migration in visit a worth also is valley The grassland. warblers and reed buntings breed. Skylarks breed in the drier drier the in breed Skylarks breed. buntings reed and warblers to interest all ages - - ages all interest to refuge here in winter, kingfishers are seen regularly, and reed reed and regularly, seen are kingfishers winter, in here refuge wide range of events events of range wide along the Wantz Stream in the south. Snipe sometimes find find sometimes Snipe south.
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