GC25E47 Memorial Seat- Belhus Woods Country Park (Multi-cache) in Eastern England, United Kingdom created by SXParx, adopted by Unobtainium

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Unobtainium: Sadly more than Edna has gone missing, the cache has gone and GZ is compromised so time to say good bye.
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GC25E47 ▼

A cache by SXParx, adopted by Unobtainium Message this owner

Hidden : 3/22/2010

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Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

This cache is set as part of the Essex Country Parks/Trailnet - Heritage Lottery Funded Geocaching project.

Memorial Seat

Belhus Woods Country Park was once part of the Belhus estate owned by the Barrett-Lennard family.

The park has a rich mix of woodland, grassland and lakes. You can fish, play games, picnic, cycle and horse ride here, or just sit by tranquil waters and wander through the dappled light of the woodland.

Belhus has all types of grassland from mown grass kept short for picnics to tall swards ideal for grassland butterflies and sky larks. Lake margins and adjacent fields provide ideal sites for family games, while the hay meadows are seas of green, rich with colonies of plants and insects.

The ancient woodlands have changed little in shape and size since at least 1777, but since then significant extra planting has created new areas. They are home to rich communities of wildlife and the Ranger Service manages them traditionally for both timber and wildlife.

Timber from Running Water Wood is used for thatching and hurdle making, with the hazel plots cut on a regular eight year cycle. This ancient management practice, called coppicing, benefits the wildlife by increasing the amount of sun light reaching the woodland floor allowing seeds to germinate and plants to thrive.

Early purple orchids, graceful ragged robins and a sea of bluebells, all grow which in turn provide nectar and shelter for insects and butterflies.
Past gravel extraction on the site created a series of lakes, they now provide the visitor with a place to relax by, pleasant waterside walks and also for anglers – good quality coarse fishing. Two lakes have been set aside as conservation areas and are havens for wildlife, but you can see a variety of wildfowl on most of the lakes.

Throughout the park you may have noticed the distinctive memorial seats; these are manufactured by the rangers. This multi-cache gives you the opportunity to visit most of these seats and answer the questions to find the final co-ordinates for the cache.

The co-ordinates are:-

N ABº CD . EFG’
E HIº JK . LMN'

A Annie 19?0 200? ? + ? = A
B Eddie 1932 200B
C Kathleen C1.08.27 – 12.2.02
D Doris 19D9 - 2006
E Katie 192E – 2004
F Ted April 193F – Feb. 2006
G Alan 14.4.4G – 8.9.02
H Les and Daisy 20H2/2003
I Thelma 24th.July 194I – 4th.August 1999
J Norman J996
K Thelma 1928 – 200K
L Terry, number of letters in surname gives L
M Edna 26.10.1910 to 2M.10.98
N Peter 4th.January 1940 to N July 2006