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Great Holland Pits

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Type
  
Nature reserve

OS grid
  
TM 204 190

Managed by
  
Essex Wildlife Trust

Location
  
Great Holland, Essex

Area
  
16.2 hectares

Great Holland Pits

Address
  
Frinton-on-Sea CO13 0EU, UK

Great Holland Pits is a 16.2 hectare nature reserve east of Great Holland in Essex. It is managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust.

This area of former gravel pits has grassland, ancient woodland, ponds and wet depressions. There are water birds such as kingfishers, coots and little grebes, and flowering plants include moschatels and carline thistles.

There is access by a footpath from Little Clacton Road.

References

Great Holland Pits Wikipedia