Essex Wildlife Trust, Bedfords Park Nature Discovery Centre — Attraction in London

We arrived about midday for our first visit to this Essex Wildlife Trust site. The car park was fairly full but we found a space easily. There is a small walk from the carpark to the cafe, passing the Red deer enclosure, a number of deer were close to the fence, being fed by families. The weather was still a bit chilly but the sun was out. We started at the café that serves hot food, teas and cakes. After a coffee to warm us up we wandered down hill to the cow pond where there was a verity of geese and ducks and a couple of bench seats. We then walked back up the rear side of the deer enclosure back to the car. In all we spent a good couple of hours here but will return later...

There is a decent size car park near the children's play area. Lovely little cafe that has two entrances, one for people with dogs. Dog friendly so you can get out of the bad weather and warm up after your walk. There is a red deer enclosure and the deer come right up to the fence. There's a wild flower area, a lake and it is a nature reserve. It will probably be very popular if it snows as there are some great slopes for tabboganing. Family friendly, definitely...

A lovely large park with lots of parking, cafe/wildlife centre. Has a large fenced off area with deers to feed (bring some carrots). They also host birthday parties here with outside activities bug hunting etc. Just built a nice little park and lots of open space to run play and picnic. Nice small lake at the bottom of the hill and also cows in some of the fenced areas to. Lots of families, dog walkers and runners who go here. Well...