Harlow Marsh

[1] Maymeads Marsh has a reed-filled pond with a bird hide, and wildflower meadows with many insects.

[3] Parndon Moat Marsh has ponds, woodland, wildflower meadows, drainage ditches, sedge beds and a moat, which is a Scheduled Monument.

[4][5] Marshgate Spring has mature woodland with oak and hornbeam, and marshes with reed and sedge beds.

West of Maymeads Marsh, a footbridge over the railway line gives access to a path to Edinburgh Way, and the entrance to Marshgate Spring is on this path.

The entrance to Parndon Moat Marsh is on the west side of Allende Avenue, between the river and the railway line.