Wallasea Island

Left alone, the island would have been lost to the sea, a casualty of climate change and coastal erosion. Saving and restoring Wallasea was made possible because of Europe's biggest engineering project London Crossrail. Millions of tonnes of earth ...

Wallasea Island Wild Coast project has been created using around three million tonnes of soil excavated from the Crossrail Tunnel project, which has helped create Europe's largest man-made nature reserve. (Photo : Dan Kitwood/Getty Images ). It is a ...

The RSPB and Crossrail have worked together on the Wallasea Island Wild Coast project since construction of the Jubilee Marsh began in September 2012, and the opening is hoped to help local communities and wildlife adapt to continuing climate change.

BROADCASTER and wildlife campaigner Bill Oddie opened the first phase of a new south Essex wildlife sanctuary off the River Roach. Jubilee Marsh, on Wallasea Island, was officially opened by the TV conservationist along with environment minister Rory ...

The Wallasea Island Wild Coast Project — which opens to the public on Friday — will provide a wildlife habitat twice the size of the City of London, making it one of the biggest in Europe. The excavated earth has recreated the landscape of ...

A project in Essex to create what's believed to be the largest man-made nature reserve in Europe has reached a significant milestone with the completion of first phase of work. The Jubilee Marsh at Wallasea Island near Southend has been created thanks ...