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National Trust Danbury Common, The Armoury, Penny Royal Road, Danbury, Essex, CM3 4ED
Danbury Commons and Blakes Wood is a two pawprint rated place. Find out where you can and can't go with your dog and the facilities available for dog owners.
Visit this fascinating exhibition at Chelmsford Museum which explores the work of the well known nature writer J A Baker. He was born, and lived almost his whole life, in Chelmsford. His writing is based on walks and cycle rides around the Blackwater estuary, Danbury Hill and the Chelmsford area. Here he followed and studied peregrine falcons, condensing all his observations into the book "The Peregrine", published in 1967, to immediate acclaim.
Enjoy access to more than 500 places with National Trust membership. Join today and help protect nature, beauty and history – for everyone, for ever.