🦎 Rushy Mead

United Kingdom · Europe · Nature Reserve · 51.85°N, 0.17°E

Rushy Mead is a 4.6-hectare (11-acre) nature reserve on the bank of the River Stort in Essex, between Sawbridgeworth and Bishop's Stortford. Until the 1950s it was the site of a pumping station for a sewage works. It is owned by Thames Water and Wimpey Homes, and managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust. The name Rushy Mead comes from an old map showing the area as riverside meadows.

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Quick facts

Country	United Kingdom
Continent / region	Europe
Protection type	🦎 Nature Reserve
Coordinates (approx.)	51.85°N, 0.17°E · view on map

Rushy Mead is a nature reserve in United Kingdom, in Europe. The details of why Rushy Mead is ecologically important are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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