Linford Wood

{{Short description|Wood in Thurrock, Essex, England}}

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| name = Linford Wood

| photo = Linford Wood - geograph.org.uk - 1251586.jpg

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| type = Local Nature Reserve

| grid_ref_UK = TQ676796

| location = East Tilbury, Essex

| area = 3.5 hectares

| manager = Thurrock Council

}}

Linford Wood is a {{convert|3.5|ha|acre|adj=on}} Local Nature Reserve in East Tilbury in Essex. It is owned and managed by Thurrock Council.{{cite web|url=http://www.lnr.naturalengland.org.uk/Special/lnr/lnr_details.asp?C=15&N=&ID=265 |title= Linford Wood|series=Local Nature Reserves|publisher=Natural England| date = 16 March 2016 |accessdate= 17 August 2016}}{{cite web|url= http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=lnrIndex&query=REF_CODE%3D%271009001%27|title=Map of Linford Wood|series=Local Nature Reserves|publisher=Natural England| accessdate= 17 August 2016}}

The site has mixed woodland, a willow plantation, hedges, ditches and an open area. Birds include tawny owls, great spotted woodpeckers and green woodpeckers. It is part of the proposed extended Thurrock Thameside Nature Park.{{cite web|url=http://www.wildlifetrusts.org/living-landscape/living-landscape-schemes/scheme-directory/thurrock-thameside-nature-park|title=Thurrock Thameside Nature Park|publisher=The Wildlife Trusts|accessdate=17 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916044655/http://www.wildlifetrusts.org/living-landscape/living-landscape-schemes/scheme-directory/thurrock-thameside-nature-park|archive-date=16 September 2016|url-status=dead}}

There is access from East Tilbury Road.