Land of the Fanns: Project Timeline

  • A1.1 Landscape Management Plan

    Project Status: In Progress. Delivery Partners/Stakeholders: RSPB & Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group (FWAG) Farmed Landscape Project Working with farmers to help enhance rural wildlife RSPB is offering: Free farm surveys to understand better the biodiversity on your land and how it may be improved further for wildlife Facilitated workshops and

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  • A1.2 Community Tree Nursery: ‘Locally Grown, Locally Sourced’

    Project Status: In Progress. Delivery Partners/Stakeholders: Thames Chase Trust Location confirmed at Thames Chase Forest Centre, Broadfields, Pike Lane, Upminster, Essex, RM14 3NS Business Planning The project aims to support the supply of genetically diverse tree stock, helping to limit the threat from pests and diseases including ash dieback. Once

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  • A2.1 Woodland, Grassland and Hedgerows

    Project Status: In Progress. Delivery Partners/Stakeholders: Essex County Council, Forestry England, RSPB, Havering Wildlife Project, Place Services, Thurrock Council, Essex Wildlife Trust, Barking and Dagenham Council, Thames Chase Trust Essex County Council: Woodland and grassland management projects. Grazing scheme in place at Thorndon Country Park. Woodland thinning work at Codham and

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  • A2.2 Low Nutrient Habitats

    Project Status: In Progress. Delivery Partners/Stakeholders: Havering Council,  London Essex and Hertfordshire Amphibian and Reptile Trust (LEHART) Location: Tylers Common Surveying Developing management regimes The remnants of low nutrient habitats with the Land of the Fanns area represent an original opportunity to restore ancient landscape features with supporting interpretation. With

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  • A2.3 Rediscovering the Lost Fens

    Project Status: Not Started. ‘Rediscovering the Lost Fens’ will focus on the historic Fen landscape at the heart of the Land of the Fanns, drawing on the local network of footpaths to develop access and interpretation, whilst working with landowners to deliver restoration work through Countryside Stewardship. The project represents

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  • A2.4 Micro landscapes

    Project Status: In Progress. Delivering Partners/Stakeholders: The Land Trust, Essex Wildlife Trust, Buglife Location: West Thurrock Marshes Developing management regimes The urban landscape within the Land of the Fanns area has become nationally significant for invertebrate species. This is especially the case within Thurrock, where a history of industry has

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  • A3.1 River Catchments

    Project Status: In Progress. Delivery Partners/Stakeholders: River Rom/Beam: Thames 21, Havering Council, Barking & Dagenham Council, Environment Agency, YMCA, Havering Wildlife Project, RBI Catchment Partnership River Ingrebourne: Forestry England, Thames21, Havering Wildlife Project, Environment Agency River Mardyke: Essex Wildlife Trust, Environment Agency (Essex), Thurrock Council, The Land Trust The key goals identified

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  • A3.2 Connecting Historic Landscapes

    Project Status: Started. The project will focus on improving access and understanding at two historic landscapes with the Land of the Fanns. These are the Capability Brown landscapes at: Weald Country Park – Havering Thorndon Park (Grade II* Registered Park & Garden) in Brentwood. While the ownership of the woodland,

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  • A4.1 Environment Skills & Training

    Project Status: In Progress. Delivery Partners/Stakeholders: London Wildlife Trust, ZSL, Bumblebee Conservation Trust, Thames21, LEHART Delivering training events. ‘Environment Skills and Training’ will provide a wide range of training for those implementing the Scheme and help local people to increase their understanding of the natural elements of Land of the

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  • B1.1 Land of the Fanns Publication

    Project Status: In Progress. The project will support the Landscape Partnership Scheme legacy by producing a publication that brings together the history and stories of the surviving London Fanns and Marshes in South West Essex. While this will be professionally produced, the research and development of the book will help

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  • B2.1 Designed Landscapes

    Project Status: completed.    Delivery Partners/Stakeholders: London Borough of Havering, Historic England, The Gardens Trust The ‘Designed Landscapes’ project seeks to build capacity within the Land of the Fanns to identify and record heritage so that its heritage significance can be better articulated. Project Updates from August 2020 Following the

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  • B2.2 Community Mapping

    Land of the Fanns 100 Stories Project    Kinetika is a Purfleet based arts organisation and we are working with Land of the Fanns to deliver a Community Mapping project. We are inviting local people and communities to identify and celebrate 100 Stories gathered in response to the different Landscape

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  • B3.1 Community Archaeology

    Project Status: In Progress Delivery Partner: Museum of London Archaeology The project aims to involve local people in the process of rediscovering the Land of the Fanns through hands-on archaeology, both within the landscape and along the jetties and foreshores of the River Thames. As such, there are two elements

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  • B3.2 Travelling Archaeological Exhibitions

    Project Status: In Progress Delivery Partner: Museum of London Archaeology The project seeks to connect audiences within the Land of the Fanns to the archaeological finds from the landscape held in the Museum of London and local museum archives. It comprises two key elements: the sourcing and selection of artefacts

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  • B4.1 Interpreting the Fanns

    Project Status: In Progress Delivery Partners/Stakeholders: Bedfords Park: Friends of Bedfords Park, London Borough of Havering Pages Wood: Forestry England Thames Chase Forest Centre: Thames Chase Trust Langdon Hills: Thurrock Council Davy Down: The Land Trust High House Production Park: High House Community Group Langtons House and Gardens Eastbrookend Country

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  • B5.1 Heritage Skills and Training

    Project Status: In Progress To provide people with the skills needed to restore, understand and promote built, archaeological and cultural heritage within the landscape. ‘Heritage Skills and Training’ will provide a wide range of training for those implementing the Scheme and help local people to increase their understanding of the

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  • C1.1 Digital Heritage

    Project Status: Not Started The project will see the development of an app that collects data (e.g. text, images, trail coordinates etc) from the Land of the Fanns website. This data will be sourced via wider data-collection project initiatives such as Designed Landscapes (B2.1) and Community Mapping (B2.2), and structured

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  • C1.2 Promoting the Land of the Fanns

    Project Status: In Progress The Audience Development Plan explored the potential audiences for the LOTF LPS and considered what the most suitable promotion and marketing methods were. Informed by the survey respondents, the Plan identified that websites and emails (over 50%) were by far the most popular methods by which

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  • C2.1 School Programme

    Project Status: Progressing The project will develop an educational resource to encourage learning about the landscape heritage outside of the classroom. It will provide a diverse range of cross-curricular lesson plans and resources appropriate for Key Stages 1 to 4 that will be available online. The project complements the ‘Promoting

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  • C2.2 Volunteer Co-ordination

    Project Status: Not Started The Land of the Fanns benefits from a wide range of heritage and environmental organisations that provide volunteering opportunities. This project seeks to ensure clear volunteer role descriptions and the co-ordination of these opportunities, linking them to Scheme projects so that prospective volunteers linked to such

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  • C2.3 Community Action Fund

    Project Status: In Progress This initiative will establish a grants programme for communities to deliver projects complementing the wider Scheme. The intention is to help encourage empowerment and promote a sense of ownership of heritage by local people. Through a grants application process managed by the Land of the Fanns

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  • C3.1 Landscape Champions of Tomorrow

    Project Status: In Progress ‘Landscape Champions of Tomorrow’ seeks to provide training directly relating to LotF LPS delivery and to support future sustainability through governance and leadership training. The project therefore underpins a wide suite of other delivery projects, whilst helping to lay the foundations for legacy. There are two

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  • C3.2 Apprentice Scheme

    Project Status: In Progress Delivery Partners/Stakeholders: Forestry England The Scheme will employ 2 apprentices during the life of the Landscape Partnership Scheme, each for a two-year period starting in Year 2 of the Scheme. The Forestry Commission will employ these apprentices as employees and host them under the FC national

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  • D1.1 Walking the Fanns

    Project Status: In Progress Delivery Partners/Stakeholders: Thames Chase Trust Thames Chase Walking Group are delivering guided walks Walks leaflets are being mapped and researched by volunteers and a graphic designer Researching new routes and making note of any paths that can be improved or need clearance. The project has two

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  • D2.1 Land of the Fanns Conferences

    Project Status: In Progress. The project will deliver an annual conference event that creates a colourful, stimulating summary of activity for that year, drawing on the efforts of partners, community groups and individuals. It will be open to all. Each year will see a different conference theme, with the final

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  • D2.2 Arts Festival

    Project Status: Not Started. Delivering Partners/Stakeholders: Kinetika The project aims to deliver an artist-led celebration of the landscape, drawing on community engagement to create a legacy in the form of an art trail or festival. The first stage will be to develop effective working relationships with key artists and collaboratively

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