The Land of the Fanns Landscape Partnership Scheme comes to a conclusion in 2022. Partners and participants came together on Wednesday 27 April to celebrate the Scheme’s successes and reflect on how much has been achieved over the past five years. The venue was Langtons Hall at Langtons House in
A makeover with a Land of the Fanns Community Action Fund Grant. Thorndon Country Park near Brentwood lies across the northern edge of the Land of the Fanns area. In 2011, members of Essex Rock and Mineral Society, with assistance from Essex County Council who operate the park, dug into
Valence House, and the wider landscape that surrounds it, has a long history of fruit and vegetable production. As once the largest manor estates in Dagenham, Valence House was able to produce everything it needed to survive and prosper – fruit, vegetables, plants and animal products. For centuries the preserve
Historic England photographic research published today shows the wartime role of historic Belhus Park in Thurrock. More than 300 aerial photographs, dating from 1929 to the present day, were analysed. With this new insight, organisations will join forces to protect and restore this historic landscape, which has been on the
One of the key missions of the Land of the Fanns has been to make the history of the area and the Fanns landscape more accessible to everyone so they can understand how places have become what they are today and how changes have taken place over the centuries. We
History is happening all around all the time. There will come a time when today and tomorrow are history and the way of life of the early 21st century in the Land of the Fanns is looked back upon with interest and wonder as today we look back upon the
Please help us gather important information about the last two years and to plan for the future. It’s time to take a breath, stand back and take stock. 2020 and 2021 have been rather a whirlwind – different and challenging for many countryside and heritage sites. Some places have received
Over many years the perimeter of the main/top lake had become overgrown with too many trees, and the vegetation had become quite dense and tangled. The only gaps along the lake front were the existing fishing swims. Our project therefore was to open up the vista of the main lake
On 26 May 2021, Havering Museum should have been celebrating its 11th Birthday, but sadly the volunteers were unable to celebrate together due to the government COVID-19 regulations. The good news is, the Museum reopened to visitors on Friday 23 July 2021. Although the Museum had been closed since 21 March
We asked you to send us your photos from around the Land of the Fanns using ‘wish for the future’ as the theme. We received lots of fantastic entries and some beautiful wishes, but we can only choose three winners… 1st place is Colin Page with ‘Life in the gutter’
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