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Provides a guide to Essex, including where to stay, what to do and why you should visit.

Established in 1804, the Royal Horticultural Society is now the UK's leading gardening charity dedicated to advancing horticulture and promoting good gardening.

The RSPB is the UK charity working to secure a healthy environment for birds and wildlife, helping to create a better world for us all.

Supports research, learning and teaching with high quality and dependable digital resources. It does this by preserving digital data in the long term, and by promoting and disseminating a broad range of data in archaeology.

A national organisation representing 34 County Garden Trusts actively engaged in conserving, researching and caring for our heritage of parks, gardens and designed landscapes.

The Bat Conservation Trust (BCT) wants a future where everyone, everywhere can enjoy watching and hearing bats as a natural part of their environment.

The Botanical Society of the British Isles is for everyone who is interested in the flora of Britain and Ireland.

Provides information on local amenities, rural planning and development and the preservation of the local area.

The Historical Association is the voice for history … it aims to further the study, teaching and enjoyment of history at all levels.

The National Archives of England, Wales and the United Kingdom has one of the largest archival collections in the world, spanning 1000 years of British history, from Domesday Book of 1086 to government papers recently released to the public.