End of the Essex Hinterlands

A hike around the Essex hinterlands of Wrabness and Bradfield heath, at the end of the Essex Way. This rural region is the furthest one can escape from London in Essex, aside from Harwich, and then a ferry to the Netherlands. By geographical comparison, this is the polar opposite to where the Essex Way begins in the East End, with an array of stories and landscapes in between [and far less fake tan and sports cars than stereotype prescribes].

Saltmarsh land/seascape

Essex/Suffolk Border

The rich habitats of the Wrabness saltmarshes in the fore, and activity and industry of the Felixtowe and Harwich docks in the rear

Texture: Essex clay coated in salt

End of the hinterlands

House for Essex by FAT and Grayson Perry, a bold building carefully inset into the landscape. Note the green of the walls and gold of the roof blending with the agricultural landscape.

Hyper-rural condition near Wrabness

Solar farm near Wrabness