Lower Thames Crossing designated funds case study, Warley Place

National Highways’ Lower Thames Crossing project gave £156,000 to Essex Wildlife Trust to restore, preserve and repair surviving structures at the Grade II Registered Garden at Warley Place.
Warley Place, south of Brentwood in Essex is a 25-acre nature reserve and walled garden which is a Grade II registered historic site of national importance. It’s home to many important veteran trees, as well as two meadows, ponds and wildlife.
The renowned horticulturalist Ellen Willmott, one of the UK’s most influential, naturalists, horticulturalists and garden designers lived at Warley Place with her family and gardened there from 1876-1934. It is now maintained as a nature reserve by Essex Wildlife Trust.
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