Ensignbus provided a successful Park & Ride service for the invited guests when the new site was launched by no other than Sir David Attenborough. He told the crowd "It has been brought about by you all, led by Essex Wildlife Trust. What a joy, what an achievement.”
It is Essex Wildlife Trust’s biggest-ever project, restoring Mucking Landfill to recreate a range of fantastic wild habitats. The 120-acre site will eventually expand to cover 845 acres and sits on top of a ‘pie-crust’, which caps 50 years of waste from six London boroughs, up to 30 metres deep.
This former landfill site now attracts rare bees, birds and reptiles and provides a wonderful haven, through a network of paths and cycle routes, for people to enjoy.
More than 1,500 invitees were spellbound by Sir David’s opening speech, in which he hailed Thurrock Thameside Nature Park as a “miracle”. There were hundreds of local people present: everyone who had donated to the appeal to raise funds for the project was invited to attend the day and 500 tickets were distributed via a ballot of local residents.
More about Thurrock Thameside Nature Park
Essex Wildlife Trust's website
It is Essex Wildlife Trust’s biggest-ever project, restoring Mucking Landfill to recreate a range of fantastic wild habitats. The 120-acre site will eventually expand to cover 845 acres and sits on top of a ‘pie-crust’, which caps 50 years of waste from six London boroughs, up to 30 metres deep.
This former landfill site now attracts rare bees, birds and reptiles and provides a wonderful haven, through a network of paths and cycle routes, for people to enjoy.
More than 1,500 invitees were spellbound by Sir David’s opening speech, in which he hailed Thurrock Thameside Nature Park as a “miracle”. There were hundreds of local people present: everyone who had donated to the appeal to raise funds for the project was invited to attend the day and 500 tickets were distributed via a ballot of local residents.
More about Thurrock Thameside Nature Park
Essex Wildlife Trust's website