Town or village· Postcode RM19
Purfleet
Essex, East of England
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Days out & attractions in Purfleet
Days out around Purfleet – lakes, viewpoints, nature reserves, museums and more, including 3 in Purfleet itself. Each comes with a description, photo, address and map where available.
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🏞️ Lakes & lochs
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🌄 Viewpoints
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🌿 Nature reserves
Ingrebourne Marshes SSSI
South Hornchurch · 3.7 miles
The largest stretch of freshwater marsh within Greater London extends along both banks of the River Ingrebourne in Hornchurch, forming a 74.8-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest. Managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust, the site contains extensive reed sweet-grass, common reed swamp, wet neutral grassland and tall fen, supporting a notable range of invertebrates and breeding birds. Sixteen nationally scarce species of flies, beetles, dragonflies and crickets have been recorded, together with two Red Data Book species – the hoverfly *Anasimyia interpuncta* and the scarce emerald damselfly *Lestes dryas*. Sixty-one bird species breed regularly, including common redshank, northern lapwing and reed-warbler, while common cuckoos are known to parasitise reed-warbler and sedge-warbler nests. Havering Council has intervened by raising water levels and re-introducing grazing to maintain the wetland’s condition. Public entry is limited to the eastern strip that runs from the river to Berwick Pond Road, where the reservoir at Berwick Pond is open for fishing and can be viewed from Hornchurch Country Park. The remainder of the marshes is largely closed to visitors, although sections are observable from the park’s perimeter. Access points are provided from Hornchurch Country Park and from Berwick Pond Road; no admission charge is mentioned, and facilities are confined to the existing park infrastructure.
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🏛️ Museums
Rainham Hall
Rainham · 3.1 miles
It represents one of the best-preserved medium-sized early Georgian merchant houses in England, standing in the centre of Rainham within the London Borough of Havering. The three-storey brown and red brick building was erected in 1729 for Captain John Harle and later handed to the National Trust in 1949; it remained closed to the public until late 2015 and subsequently operated as a history museum. Admission is subject to a charge. The house, listed at Grade II*, exemplifies the Dutch domestic Queen Anne style and retains many original features, such as trompe-l’œil frescoes, Delft tiles in the fireplaces and an elaborate set of wrought-iron railings whose intertwined initials of Harle and his wife Mary have been linked to the work of Jean Tijou. The surrounding estate includes a stable/coach house, a lodge and garden walls that share the Grade II* status, together with a two-acre garden that holds a recently replanted orchard of around thirty trees – one of the larger orchards in London. The National Trust highlights the close proximity of the commercial and domestic structures as a rare survival of a once-common arrangement. The site also features in contemporary culture, having been used as a location for the 2019 BBC production of *A Christmas Carol*. Visitors can explore the historic interiors, the listed outbuildings and the garden while the museum’s focus on local history reflects the building’s long association with the Harle family’s trading activities and the development of Rainham village. The nearest town is Rainham, and the property is identified on OpenStreetMap as a museum of the history type.
Broadway, Rainham RM13 9YN
Source: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA
Purfleet Heritage Centre
Purfleet-on-Thames · 0.6 miles
Essex Fire Museum
Stifford Clays · 3.7 miles
Hogg Lane, Grays RM17 5QS
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🌳 Parks & gardens
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🗿 Monuments & memorials
Rainham Clocktower
Rainham · 3.1 miles
The clock-tower that dominates Rainham’s town centre serves as the community’s war memorial, standing prominently between Broadway and Upminster Road opposite the parish church of Saint Helen and Saint Giles. Constructed in 1920 from red Belgian brick with Portland-stone dressings, the short hexagonal tower bears clock faces on three sides and a sloping base on which the names of the fallen are inscribed. Cast-stone ornamentation, stone blocks engraved with “Lest We Forget”, and inscription panels add further detail, while narrow pilasters accent the angles and arches frame a niche and doorway. A parapet with balustrade caps the structure, and iron railings enclose the memorial. The monument was erected by a Mr Vinton and unveiled on 7 November 1920 by Colonel Sir Francis Henry Douglas Charlton Whitmore, who later served as Lord Lieutenant of Essex. It commemorates soldiers killed in both World Wars together with civilian casualties of the Second World War, and includes the name of Second Lieutenant Ralph Luxmore Curtis, a local World-I flying ace. Recognition of its historic value was formalised when the memorial was added to the National Heritage List for England as a Grade II listed structure on 25 March 2002, indicating national importance and special interest. The memorial is freely accessible at any time and forms the focal point for the town’s annual Remembrance Day service on 11 November, when residents lay crosses and fresh poppy wreaths around the base. No admission fee or visitor facilities are recorded, and the site can be approached directly from either Broadway or Upminster Road.
Source: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA
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🏚️ Ruins
Orchard Hospital
The Bridge · 1.9 miles
The Orchard Hospital was erected by the Metropolitan Asylums Board in 1902 to provide temporary acocommodation during the smallpox epidemic. It was almost completely destroyed by fire-bombs during World War 2.
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🏺 Archaeological sites
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📸 Landmarks & sights
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🛝 Playgrounds
Data: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Distances are as the crow flies from Purfleet.
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