Sat 18 OCT 2025 INGREBOURNE VALLEY AND RAINHAM MARSHES - UPMINSTER TO PURFLEET  - Nick W

Description: A brisk walk through Hornchurch Country Park green open space along the Ingrebourne Valley and
across Rainham Marshes past the RSPB reserve, a haven for all kinds of wildlife, finishing at Purfleet.

01. Briefing at Upminster Station

02. Windmill at Upminster

03. Hornchurch Country Park

04. Souvenir of Hornchurch’s history as military base

05. Flora

06. Rainham church: lunch stop

07. “Trespassers”

08. Rainham Marshes - concrete barges

09. Liner in the Thames Estuary

10. Anglers

11. Queen Elizabeth II bridge, Dartford Crossing

12. Return to Purfleet and home

Photos: Ruth