Accessibility Guide for RSPB Wallasea Island

Travel by public transport

You can get to RSPB Wallasea Island by bus.

Loftman's Corner, Canewdon, about 2.5 km from reserve entrance - Stephensons Bus Route 60 runs from Southend on Sea. From Loftman's Corner head east away from Canewdon onto Creeksea Ferry Road. Continue along this road onto Island and to reserve entrance. The bus stop is 1.5 miles / 2.4 km from RSPB Wallasea Island.

Parking

We have a car park. There are accessible parking spaces. The parking is less than 50 metres from the main entrance. Parking is free.

From the car park to the entrance, there is level access. There is a permanent ramp.

The path is sloped.

Path to main entrance

From the street to the main entrance, there is level access.

Main entrance

The main entrance has level access.

Designated Walking Trail

Allfleets Marsh Trail

The trail is 3200metres long. The trail has a hard surface. Currently there is a footbridge with steps over the conveyor belt. All trails have grass paths which can be uneven in places. The trail has seats. There are bird hides along the trail.

Enjoy the large skies and landscape of the Essex coast as you walk along this 3.2km (one way) trail. South of the footpath you will see lagoons, whilst to the north you will see Allfleets Marsh created in 2006. Halfway along the trail you can climb a footbridge over the conveyor belt used to take soil from the Crossrail project from the boats to form Jubilee Marsh.

Access from the Car park through a wooden kissing gate.

 

 

 

Designated Walking Trail

Jubilee Marsh Trail

The trail is 2400metres long. Access to this trail is via Allfleets Marsh Trail which has a footbridge with steps over the conveyor. All trails have grass paths which can be uneven in places. The trail has seats. There are bird hides along the trail.

Jubilee Marsh and the sea embankment are formed of the soil that Crossrail brought in from its tunnel excavations in London. Sea water entered the marsh for the first time in July 2015. The 2.4km (one way) permissive trail leads to the south of the Island and at the end Half Moon viewpoint overlooks the River Roach where you may see seals

Designated Walking Trail

Marsh Flat Trail

The trail is 4400metres long. Some of the trail has a loose surface. Trail is unsuitable for wheel chair access due to uneven grass surfaces and can become particularly water logged in places during winter. The trail is sloped. The trail has seats.

This permissive circular trail takes you past both Grass Farm lagoon and Acresfleet Lagoons and then on around the grazing marsh and wet grassland. The lagoons were filled with water entering via the sluice in Allfleets Marsh in autumn 2016. The longer circular route is 4.4km. The shorter one is 1.5km.

School House Viewpoint

At the hide entrance, there is level access. There is a permanent ramp. There are low windows in the hide, so wheelchair users can see outside.

Half Moon Viewpoint

At the hide entrance, there is level access. There is a permanent ramp. There are low windows in the hide, so wheelchair users can see outside.