DOCSLIB.ORG

TC WALKS LEAFLET No.6B (WITH 30 YEARS LOGO)

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
TC WALKS LEAFLET No.6B (WITH 30 YEARS LOGO) 1 The Jobbers Rest Public House is thought to be the site of the Cranham workhouse around the early 1800s with the land bought for just £20. Thames Chase - 2 This path leading across the railway was used by villagers working in the Community Forest brickfields in the early 1900s. Environmental improvements within the borders of Transforming 3 This part of Cranham and north Upminster was rich in brick earth and Thames Chase Community Forest are all around landscapes, through the 19th century and early part of the 20th century there is evidence of brick works throughout this area. Extensive works, kilns and pits you in the many green spaces that are enjoyed transforming are recorded covering 11.5 acres of land where Cranham playing fields are through its 40 sq miles of countryside. lives today. These workings were close to the railway sidings for ease of transportation into London. As much of the clay was dug by hand from This landscape regeneration project is now being open pits that easily flooded, many small ponds were left and one can still managed by the Thames Chase Trust. be seen today The Forest Centre provides information about the 4 Moor Lane once extended across the A127 into Folks Lane and then Community Forest and beyond into Beredens Lane before the construction of the M25. This map a focus for community can be used with 5 There is a good deal of evidence of brick works in this area around Bird Thames walk No. 6a to activities. There is a make a circular walk Lane. A possible kiln was recorded as early as 1708 in Bird Lane, but the of 1 most productive period was the late 19th century when cottages were wide range of events 0 miles 4.5 hours(approx) built in the lane to house the workers.(Note the names of the cottages to interest all ages - (approx) today) The clay from the works here was used for fancy work including tiles and chimney pots and examples can still be seen on the roofs of the pick up a leaflet at the workers cottages. The brickfields were linked to the railway at Upminster Chase Forest Centre. Station by a maze of narrow gauge lines to transport the goods to London. Evidence of one of these lines can still be seen behind Holden Way. The only house known to be built using local bricks is Upminster Court in Opening Hours 1906. Visitor Centre: Late March to October; Walk No. 6b 6 A short detour to Upminster Hall, one of the two earliest manors in the 10am - 5pm every day. area that was at one time granted to Henry VIII (1491-1547) & Oliver November to Late March; Cromwell (1599-1658). The earliest part of the present building dates from1620. It is now owned by Upminster Golf Course. Also next to 10am - 4pm each day. Northern Loop to Upminster Upminster Hall is the Tithe Barn, now a Museum of Nostalgia, dating from 1450. Site: Daily; 8.30am - to dusk. However, there is no evidence that it was ever used for the collection of tithes. Windmill and The Old Chapel 7 The Ingrebourne River flows into the Thames between Rainham and Car parking Hornchurch Marshes. 5.6 miles (approx) A fixed daily donation to Thames Chase Trust payable 8 The Drury Falls Housing Estate was built in the middle of the last century. at the ticket machine. 2.5 hours (approx) 9 The Southend to Fenchurch Street railway line first opened in 1885 and the Thames Chase Walks are sponsored by (Can be very muddy waterproof boots electric line in 1932, giving easy access to the City of London. recommended. Two high stiles at railway 10 Upminster Windmill was built in 1803 by James Nokes along with ancillary crossing.) buildings, a bakery and cottages, and operated until approximately 1927. Essex County Council bought the mill in 1937 and started restoration work. It passed to the London Borough of Havering who, with the help of /Thame Chase community groups, continued the restoration and the mill opened to the public in 1967. For more information and to make bookings please ring Acknowledgements; 01708 642970 or call at The Thames Chase Forest Centre, A History of Upminster and Cranham Pike Lane, Upminster RM14 3NS T by John Drury (Sadly out of print) E-mail: [email protected] H K A L Havering History Review – Hornchurch and District Web site: www.thameschase.org.uk M A Historical Society (April 1972) Charity no. 1115627. Company No. 5687558 E W S CH SE Sue Smith Conservation Planner S & G (Smith) Ltd A Design & Artwork by P A Vine Mobile: 07940570194 Email: [email protected] Thames Chase Trust 1. Walk to the end of the drive through the wood then cross over the BIRD LANE 10 drive and take FP No. 288 across the wooden bridge over the ditch 5 and follow the path along the edge of the golf course. 2. Go through the kissing gate and across St. Mary’s Lane taking FP No. 9 A127 193 over the ditch then through another kissing gate. Follow the path north to the railway line. There is a high but sturdy metal stile on either side of the line. Take care crossing the railway line. 8 The field on the far side of the railway line can be 7 4 very waterlogged in wet weather. a bridge and kissing gate. FRONT LANE 3. Turn sharp right after crossing the railway and 6. Cross Moor Lane and turn right to FOOT BRIDGE follow the hedge into Franks Wood. Continue HALL LANE the end of the Lane. At the Traffic INTO MOOR LANE walking through the wood with the railway no entry sign continue up the lane. on your right. The wood is home to many After 50 metres pass the metal N species of bird including woodpecker. 12 RIVER DRIVE gate posts and after a further one CRANHAM 4. On exiting the wood turn left and hundred metres turn left at FP sign AVON RD follow the path alongside the wood 11 148 to Front Lane. Take care entering 6 and cross the arable field. the woods as the incline can be slippery in wet weather. 5 GOLF COURSE Continue walking north with the GOLF COURSE 7. After a short while the footpath bears right. Follow the way markers until MOORLANE arable field and the M25 on 13 6 you reach the broadwalk over a boggy area. Continue over the boardwalk your right for around 400 followed by a bridge with a scaffold hand rail over a stream and exit the woods. metres. 8. The footpath now widens to a byway for car access to garages for the houses on your 5. Turn left at FP176 sign to left. At the end of the byeway the footpath narrows between houses before emerging into Front Lane. 7 Moor Lane, cross over 9. Turn right into Front lane and on reaching number 206 Front Lane cross the Lane and take FP 147 Bird the bridge and follow Lane passing first between bungalows and around a broken stile. Follow the way markers as the footpath the way marker signs goes gradually uphill passing through trees and scrubland. After passing woods on your left cross the stile to RECREATION GROUND through the woods. INGREBOURNE RIVER an arable field. The footpath goes accross the top edge of the arable field to Bird Lane. FRANKS The footpath meets 14 10. Turn left into Bird Lane and walk down the lane the to junction with Hall Lane. Turn left at Hall Lane and WOOD Moor Lane via continue to the Avon Road Junction. Cross Avon Road and then cross Hall Lane and almost immediately turn CRANHAM 3 right into River Drive. BRICK-FIELDS FRANKS WOOD 4 I 15 I I I I Walk downhill to the end of River Drive. The footpath FP 273 now continues downhill passing through ivy clad I I I 11. I I I I I I I I I I I woodlands. As the path levels out it becomes quite boggy after wet weather. I I I I I I 3 I I I I I BENETS ROAD 12. Cross the footbridge over the Ingrebourne and through the kissing gate. Then bear left crossing the boardwalk and I I I I I I I I FRIMLEY AVE I I I continue to footpath sign 285 . I I I 13. Go through the kissing gate and take care crossing the footbridge which has no handrail. The footpath now passes the M25 school playing fields on your right and woods of oak and sweet chestnut on your left. On meeting an arable field turn left following FP sign 284/285 in the direction of Benetts Road. 8 14. The footpath now follows the edge of the field with Upminster Golf Course visible through the trees on your left. At 16 the corner of the field turn right and continue along the edge of the field. 15. Cross the footbridge and then turn left where the path again follows the edge of an BERKELY DRIVE BERKELY CLOSE HALL LANE arable field. At the end of the field the London Loop walk goes right at the back of 2 I I I I I houses. Our walk bears left then between houses to Benets Road where we turn left. I I I I I I I I 9 The walk now is on roadside paths. Walk to the end of Benets road, turn right into 2 ST MARY’S LANE I I I Upminster Station 16.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • HA16 Rivers and Streams London's Rivers and Streams Resource
    HA16 Rivers and Streams Definition All free-flowing watercourses above the tidal limit London’s rivers and streams resource The total length of watercourses (not including those with a tidal influence) are provided in table 1a and 1b. These figures are based on catchment areas and do not include all watercourses or small watercourses such as drainage ditches. Table 1a: Catchment area and length of fresh water rivers and streams in SE London Watercourse name Length (km) Catchment area (km2) Hogsmill 9.9 73 Surbiton stream 6.0 Bonesgate stream 5.0 Horton stream 5.3 Greens lane stream 1.8 Ewel court stream 2.7 Hogsmill stream 0.5 Beverley Brook 14.3 64 Kingsmere stream 3.1 Penponds overflow 1.3 Queensmere stream 2.4 Keswick avenue ditch 1.2 Cannizaro park stream 1.7 Coombe Brook 1 Pyl Brook 5.3 East Pyl Brook 3.9 old pyl ditch 0.7 Merton ditch culvert 4.3 Grand drive ditch 0.5 Wandle 26.7 202 Wimbledon park stream 1.6 Railway ditch 1.1 Summerstown ditch 2.2 Graveney/ Norbury brook 9.5 Figgs marsh ditch 3.6 Bunces ditch 1.2 Pickle ditch 0.9 Morden Hall loop 2.5 Beddington corner branch 0.7 Beddington effluent ditch 1.6 Oily ditch 3.9 Cemetery ditch 2.8 Therapia ditch 0.9 Micham road new culvert 2.1 Station farm ditch 0.7 Ravenbourne 17.4 180 Quaggy (kyd Brook) 5.6 Quaggy hither green 1 Grove park ditch 0.5 Milk street ditch 0.3 Ravensbourne honor oak 1.9 Pool river 5.1 Chaffinch Brook 4.4 Spring Brook 1.6 The Beck 7.8 St James stream 2.8 Nursery stream 3.3 Konstamm ditch 0.4 River Cray 12.6 45 River Shuttle 6.4 Wincham Stream 5.6 Marsh Dykes
    [Show full text]
  • London LOOP Section 22 Harold Wood to Upminster Bridge
    V4 : May 2011V4 : May London LOOP Directions: Exit Harold Wood station by the stairs at the end of the platform Section 22 to join the LOOP route which passes the station‟s main exit. Harold Wood to Upminster Bridge Once outside the station and on Gubbins Lane turn left then left again into Oak Road. Follow the road straight ahead past Athelstan Road and Ethelburga Road – lots of Saxon names here - and then go down Archibald Road, the third street on the right. Go through the metal barrier onto the gravel road passing the houses on the right and the Ingrebourne River quietly flowing by on the left. Continue on the short stretch of tarmac road to the busier Squirrels Heath Road and turn right. Start: Harold Wood (TQ547905) Station: Harold Wood After a short distance turn left into the modest Brinsmead Road A which Finish: Upminster Bridge (TQ550868) leads to Harold Wood Park. Station: Upminster Bridge Go through the gate and turn immediately right onto the path. Just before Distance: 4 miles (6.9 km) the carpark turn left to follow the tarmac path along the avenue of trees, passing tennis courts on the right. At the end of the path turn left and go past the children‟s playground on the right. A footbridge comes into view on Introduction: This section goes through Pages Wood - a superb new the right. Go over the Ingrebourne River via the wooden footbridge to enter community woodland of 74 hectares, as well as other mysterious woodland, Pages Wood. Turn right and follow the gravel path.
    [Show full text]
  • London Loop. Section 23 of 24
    Transport for London. London Loop. Section 23 of 24. Upminster Bridge to Rainham. Section start: Upminster Bridge. Nearest station Upminster Bridge . to start: Section finish: Rainham. Nearest station Rainham . to finish: Section distance: 4 miles (6.4 kilometres). Introduction. This section starts with the fascinating Upminster Windmill and generally follows the River Ingrebourne. You walk through Hornchurch Country Park which has gone through several phases as a farm, military airfield, gravel quarry and rubbish tip, until its acquisition in 1980 by the local authority. The terrain is almost completely level with tarmac or firm gravel paths and there are no stiles, so all this section is very accessible. There are pubs at Upminster Bridge, Hacton Lane, Rainham Road, Rainham village, and cafes and toilets at Rainham and Hornchurch Country Park. There is also a toilet next to Upminster Bridge station. Directions. Leave Upminster Bridge station and turn right onto the busy Upminster Road. Go under the railway bridge and past The Windmill pub on the left. Cross lngrebourne River and then turn right into Bridge Avenue. To visit the Upminster Windmill continue along the main road for a short distance. The windmill is on the left. Did you know? Upminster Windmill was built in 1803 by a local farmer and continued to grind wheat and produce flour until 1934. The mill is only open on occasional weekends in spring and summer for guided tours, and funds are currently being raised to restore the mill to working order. Continue along Bridge Avenue to Brookdale Avenue on the left and opposite is Hornchurch Stadium.
    [Show full text]
  • Middle Holocene Environmental Change and Archaeology in Coastal Wetlands: Further Implications for Our Understanding of the History of Taxus Woodland
    Middle Holocene environmental change and archaeology in coastal wetlands: further implications for our understanding of the history of Taxus woodland Article Accepted Version Batchelor, C. R., Branch, N. P., Carew, T., Elias, S. E., Gale, R., Lafferty, G. E., Matthews, I. P., Meddens, F., Vaughan- Williams, A., Webster, L. A. and Young, D. S. (2020) Middle Holocene environmental change and archaeology in coastal wetlands: further implications for our understanding of the history of Taxus woodland. The Holocene, 30 (2). pp. 300-314. ISSN 0959-6836 doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683619883028 Available at http://centaur.reading.ac.uk/87184/ It is advisable to refer to the publisher’s version if you intend to cite from the work. See Guidance on citing . To link to this article DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0959683619883028 Publisher: Sage Publications All outputs in CentAUR are protected by Intellectual Property Rights law, including copyright law. Copyright and IPR is retained by the creators or other copyright holders. Terms and conditions for use of this material are defined in the End User Agreement . www.reading.ac.uk/centaur CentAUR Central Archive at the University of Reading Reading’s research outputs online Middle Holocene environmental change and archaeology in coastal wetlands: further implications for our understanding of the history of Taxus woodland Batchelor, C.R.1, Branch, N.P.1, Carew, T.2, Elias, S.E.3, Gale, R.4, Lafferty, G.E.1, Matthews, I.P.3 Meddens, F.5, Vaughan-Williams A.6, Webster, L.3 & Young, D.S.1 1 School
    [Show full text]
  • Wacky Windmills L1
    Wacky Windmills Design and Technology Year 1/2 Lesson 1 of 6 Learning Objective Resources Slides The Brill Windmill Story Book To explore what windmills are and how they are used. Worksheet 1A/1B/1C Brill Windmill Cards Windmill Song Lyrics (for FSD? activity only) Teaching Input • Show children small parts of windmills. Bricks, wood, windows and lattice. Ask them to guess what these are and what they belong to? • Explain that the above materials are found on windmills. Reveal what a windmill looks like and ask your class if they know what it is. • What do windmills do? Have you seen one before? • Explain to children that windmills are structures that convert the winds speed into power. They were used in the past to mill grains and pump water. • Show images of different types of windmills and discuss their parts, features and the materials used. Main Activity Lower ability: Middle ability: Higher ability: Provide children with the Brill Provide children with the Brill Provide children with the Brill Windmill story book for them to Windmill story book for them to Windmill story book for them to fold, fold, one between two. Children to fold, one between two. Children to one between two. Children to follow follow along while the teacher follow along while the teacher along while the teacher read or reads. Explain to children they will reads. Explain to children they will read independently. Explain to be historians today and will create be historians today and will create children they will be historians a picture card for people to a fact card for people to remember today and will create a fact card for remember our old windmills.
    [Show full text]
  • The Met. Office Monthly and Annual Totals of RAINFALL 1985 for The
    DUPLICATE The Met. Office Monthly and annual totals of RAINFALL 1985 for the United Kingdom DATA UKMO Duplicate ; f( : National Meteorological Library [ FitzRoy Road, Exeter, Devon. EX1 3PB ,.. ,:+:^.^.-^$<<^:^tm >J The Met. Office Monthly and annual totals of NFALL1985 for the United Kingdom Met Office National Meteorological Library & Archive « FitzRoy Road, Exeter, Devon, EX1 3PB U.K. 88 4838 Fax: 5681 Tel:+44(0)1392 840 email: [email protected] www.metoffice.gov.uk low. Renewal depenus mi icsci vouuus. C.JUCIKICU mans must ut auiuuiuwu by the Librariaa Publications should NOT be passed to other readers. 1 0 MAR 1995 50 ^4 AUG '995 4 AUG 1995 3 8078 0003 4823 7 © Crown copyright 1988 Published by the Meteorological Office, London Road, Bracknell, Berkshire RG12 2SZ UDC 551.506.1 (41-4) ISBN 086180 229 2 Abbreviations used in the General Table Abbreviation Meaning Ag. Coll. Agricultural College Bot. Gdn Botanical Garden Co. Sec. Sch. County Secondary School Comp. Sch. Comprehensive School Cont. Wks Control Works E.H.F Experimental Husbandry Farm E.H.S. Experimental Horticultural Station Exp. Sta. Experimental Station Gdns Gardens Hosp. Hospital LH Lighthouse P.O. Post Office P Sta. Pumping Station Rec. Grnd Recreation Ground Reel. Wks Reclamation Works Res. Research Res. Sta. Research Station Resr Reservoir S. Tr. Wks Sewage Treatment Works S. Wks Sewage Works Sch School Sta. Station Tr. Wks Treatment Works TV Sta. Television Station W.A. Water Authority W. Reel. Wks Water Reclamation Works W. Tr. Wks Water Treatment Works W. Wks Waterworks C.A.D. Central Armaments Depot E.P.R.U.
    [Show full text]
  • Upminster Windmill Is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) Managing the Windmill on Behalf of the London Borough of Havering
    FFriendsriends ooff UUpminsterpminster WWindmillindmill NNewsletterewsletter MMarcharch 22017017 Friends of Upminster Windmill is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) managing the windmill on behalf of the London Borough of Havering. Chairman: Dennis Coombs Vice-Chairman: Martin Withers Secretary: Paul Sainsbury Membership Secretary: Ian Ross Treasurer: Jean Webb Web Master: Neil Morley Comm’ty Engmt. Offi cer: Charlotte Coombes Telephone: 0300 030 1803 E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://www.upminsterwindmill.org Visiting. The mill remains closed during its restoration, which will last until 2018. The Visitor Centre will open in early summer 2017. Diary. Coffee afternoons: Wednesday 29th March at 2.30pm. Wednesday 19th April at 2.30 pm. The fi rst of these in March will take place at the Old Chapel, St. Mary’s Lane, and the second in April we hope will be in the new visitor centre at the mill. These provide a good opportunity to meet volunteers and discuss developments in the restoration project. Trip for Volunteers to visit Shirley Windmill in Croydon on: Saturday 25th March at 11am. Please see Charlotte’s report on page 11 for more details. Talks. 24th April and 8th May. Charlotte is arranging various talks, so for a greater explanation of these please see her report on page 11. AGM of the Friends of Upminster Windmill. Wednesday 17th May 2017 at 7.30pm. To be held in the new Visitor Centre, Mill Field, St.Mary’s Lane. 2 Dennis Reports In our last edition, I reported on the work underway in our millwright’s Dutch workshop to refurbish the cap of the Mill.
    [Show full text]
  • Upminster Park Management Plan
    CONTENTS Introduction 1 1. Site Overview 1.1 Havering 2 1.2 Strategic Framework 3 1.3 Site Description 3 1.4 History 3 1.5 Location and Transport Links 5 2. A Welcoming Place 2.1 Entrance Points 8 2.2 Entrance Signs 11 2.3 Equal Access 12 3. Heathy, Safe and Secure 3.1 Health and Safety Systems 13 3.2 Parks Protection Service 15 3.3 Parks Locking 17 3.4 Infrastructure 17 3.5 Parks Monitoring 18 4. Maintenance of Equipment, Buildings and Landscape 4.1 Horticultural Maintenance 20 4.2 Arboricultural Maintenence 26 4.3 Vehicles and Plant Maintenance 26 4.4 Parks Furniture 27 4.5 Play and Recreation 28 4.6 Parks Buildings 31 5. Litter, Cleanliness and Vandalism 5.1 Litter Management 34 5.2 Sweeping 34 5.3 Graffiti 34 5.4 Flytipping 35 5.5 Reporting 35 5.6 Dog Fouling 35 6. Environmental Management 6.1 Energy Impact 36 6.2 Peat Use 37 6.3 Waste Minimisation 37 6.4 Pesticide Use 40 7. Biodiversity, Landscape and Heritage 7.1 Management of natural features, wild fauna and flora 41 7.2 Conservation of Landscape Features 43 7.3 Species List 45 7.4 Biodiversity Action Plan 46 7.5 Conservation of Buildings and Structures 46 7.6 Havering Local Plan 47 7.7 Natural Ambition Booklet 48 8. Community Involvement 8.1 Community Surveys 50 8.2 Use r Groups 51 9. Marketing and Communication 9.1 Parks Brochure 55 9.2 Social Media 55 9.3 Website 55 9.4 Interpretation Boards 55 9.5 Events 56 10.
    [Show full text]
  • T C WALKS LEAFLET No.6A
    1 All Saints Church is a Listed Victorian church built in Gothic style on a medieval site by the great local benefactor Richard Benyon MP. The Thames Chase - church contains a memorial to General Oglethorpe. He was the founder of the State of Georgia in America where he led expeditions Community Forest against the Spanish during the War of Jenkins Ear and soon after won the Battle of Bloody Marsh. The churchyard is included in the London Environmental improvements within the borders of Inventory of Historic Green Spaces and contains the Listed 18th Transforming century railed tomb to Thomas Woodroffe, a rector of the parish and a Thames Chase Community Forest are all around pillar of the community. you in the many green spaces that are enjoyed landscapes, 2 The Victorian farm complex was also built by Benyon as a planned through its 40 sq miles of countryside. transforming model farm where the buildings were designed for the efficient lives transit and processing of livestock and farm produce. Now buildings This landscape regeneration project is now being are converted but originally included two cottages and a fine managed by the Thames Chase Trust. quadrangle of farm buildings. Together with the church and Hall the farm buildings are a landmark and form the focus for views across The Forest Centre provides information about the the farmland. Community Forest and 3 The Chase dates from medieval times. This route leads north at least a focus for community This map as far as the ancient St Mary’s Lane (until recently the longest lane in can be used with England) and, as footpath No.
    [Show full text]
  • 01793 846222 Email: [email protected]
    Science Museum Library and Archives Science Museum at Wroughton Hackpen Lane Wroughton Swindon SN4 9NS Telephone: 01793 846222 Email: [email protected] SIMNS A guide to the Simmons Collection of research records relating to British windmills and watermills Compiled by H. E. S. Simmons (1901-1973) SIMNS A guide to the Simmons Collection of research records relating to British windmills and watermills List Contents BOX DESCRIPTION PAGE (original list) General note on the collection, I including access and copying Abbreviations used in the survey Iii notes SIMNS Survey notes: windmills 1 1 SIMNS Survey notes: watermills 4 2 SIMNS Miscellaneous notes 8 3 SIMNS Maps (Simmons own numbering) 9 4 SIMNS Maps (unnumbered by Simmons) 14 5 SIMNS Photographs: windmills 24 (note 6 p.23) SIMNS Photographs: watermills 47 (note 7 p.23) SIMNS General records and records of mill 54 8 photography Introduction Herbert Edward Sydney Simmons was born on 29th September 1901 in Washington, Sussex. He worked for many years as a civil servant in the Ministry of Defence; during the Second World War he served in the Royal Air Force, stationed in Warwickshire and East Anglia. He died on 26th October 1973 at his home in Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. Simmons had a lifelong interest in windmills and watermills. During more than 40 years of private research, he visited many mill sites and consulted a wide range of documentary sources, including fire insurance records, local newspapers, directories and maps. He also exchanged information with other mill enthusiasts and thus gathered further information on those mills he was unable to visit.
    [Show full text]
  • Friends of Upminster Windmill Registered Charity Number 1097976
    May2007 Friends of Upminster Windmill http://www.upminsterwindmill.co.uk Registered Charity Number 1097976 Friends of Upminster Windmill Chairman Roger Fuller, 66 Highview Gardens Upminster RM14 2YZ 01708 222579 [email protected] Secretary John Winn, 58 St Mary’s Lane, Upminster RM14 2QP 01708 509973 [email protected] file:///H|/Items%20to%20add%20to%20archive/Old%20Newsletters/May07_news/May2007News.html[07/01/2017 13:24:02] May2007 Treasurer Jean Webb, 2 Fairkytes Avenue, Hornchurch. RM11 1XS Vice-Chairman Martin Withers, 40 Chelmer Road, Upminster. RM14 1QT 01708 229564 Membership Secretary Neil Morley, 121 Hacton Lane, Upminster RM14 2NL 01708 505865 [email protected] Editor John Winn, 58 St Mary’s Lane, Upminster RM14 2QP 01708 509973 [email protected] Upminster Windmill Preservation Trust Chairman Bob Sharp MBE, 4 Plough Rise, Cranham Upminster. RM14 1XS 01708 224060 [email protected] Vice Chairman Richard Moorey, 10 River Drive, Upminster. RM14 1AS 01708 225845 [email protected] Secretary Frank Morley, 42 Gaynes Park Road, Upminster. RM14 2HP 01708 703740 [email protected] Chairman’s Letter As this is my first letter for the Mill Newsletter I would like to take this opportunity to thank our retiring Chairman Bob Sharp and his wife Sheila, for all their very hard work over many years in keeping the Mill open and in the public eye. I know you all would like me to wish them on your behalf a very happy retirement and hope they will both visit us at Upminster Windmill from time to time. We are now well into the season of open weekends and Trevor is hard at work ensuring that there are enough bodies to effectively run the Mill on these days.
    [Show full text]
  • Water for Life and Livelihoods Part 1: Thames River Basin District River Basin Management Plan
    Water for life and livelihoods Part 1: Thames river basin district River basin management plan Updated: December 2015 LIT 10319 We are the Environment Agency. We protect and improve the environment and make it a better place for people and wildlife. We operate at the place where environmental change has its greatest impact on people’s lives. We reduce the risks to people and properties from flooding; make sure there is enough water for people and wildlife; protect and improve air, land and water quality and apply the environmental standards within which industry can operate. Acting to reduce climate change and helping people and wildlife adapt to its consequences are at the heart of all that we do. We cannot do this alone. We work closely with a wide range of partners including government, business, local councils, other agencies, civil society groups and the communities we serve. Contacts For more details about river basin management plans contact: Caroline Douglass, Area Manager Email: [email protected] You can also call the National Customer Contact Centre: Thames River Basin Management Plan Bradmarsh Business Park, PO Box 544 Rotherham, S60 1BY 03708 506506 (local rate) Monday to Friday 8am to 6pm Published by: Further copies of this report are available Environment Agency on the river basin management plan web pages Horizon House https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/river- Deanery Road ( Bristol basin-management-plans-2015). BS1 5AH and via our National Customer Contact Centre: www.gov.uk/environment-agency T: 03708 506506 Email: [email protected]. © Environment Agency 2016 All rights reserved.
    [Show full text]