Just Walk Programme
Self Walk Map
Eastbrookend Country Park
Time
Approximately 30 minutes.
Distance
Approximately 2kms/1.25 miles.
Route information (e.g. flat, easy walking)
Flat - easy walking.
Footpath information
Permanent footpaths.
Start point
The Millennium Centre, The Chase, Dagenham Road, Rush Green.
Accessible
Accessible for all.
Wildlife to look out for
Skylarks - they nest in the grassland and can be identified by their continuous singing as they hang in the sky.
Small White - smaller and more common than large whites, this butterfly has yellowish under wings and creamy white upper wings.
Herons and Cormorants - perched around the lakes these large birds are accomplished fishermen.
Health fact
Regular exercise can help to strengthen bones.
Points of interest
The Millennium Centre is a visitor and education centre which opened in 1997. It is the best example in the borough of an environmentally friendly 'building of the future'.
The Eastbrookend Country Park was once gravel pits and a dumping ground, today it is an attractive area of lakes, grassy banks and bushy areas.
Please call 020 8595 4155 for opening hours.
Transport links
Buses: 174 or 175 and then a 15 minute walk
Tube District Line: 15 minutes walk from Dagenham East Station.
Step by Step - Eastbrookend Country Park Walk
From the Millennium Centre car par, off Dagenham Road, enter the Eastbrookend Country Park through the gate on the right side of the car park. From here turn right and follow the footpath past The Farmhouse Tavern public house.
Continue along this path, round the bend and past the gate on the right. Take the last path on the left to walk over the mound. (Alternatively for wheelchair users take the footpath before the mound and carry onto the Wheelers Pond on the right).
On the right there is a small pond (Wheelers Pond) and on the left a predominately willow woodland (The Grove). Take the path on your left, over the boardwalk and past Tom Thumb Lake.
At the end of the lake take the path to the right. Carry on along this path and walk over or around the viewing mound. Continue on past the Bardag Lake taking the first path on the left.
Walk to the end of this path and turn left, following the path back to the Millennium Centre.
At the Millennium Centre feel free to come in, browse, ask questions and purchase refreshments.
Route map
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