Lined with old oak trees these hedgerows are inhabited by a great number of insects and birds. Great Notley Country Park also contains large meadows. Some of which are cut for hay, others are left to establish as wildflower meadows, an important habitat for insects and ground nesting birds such as the skylark. Funding is now being sought for this project from sources such as the National Lottery. Great Notley Garden Village has improved the local environment and its 100 acre country park has given access to the public to be a part of the countryside which had never previously been possible to this extent.
Awards are recognition of that achievement.
Wheelchair access is possible from the South Gate, the underpass and the Main Gate. It swings westwards around a pond and runs between the Great Notley Bowl crescent and the Bowl itself before exiting the park. This path is soon to be diverted to enter the park using the bridge over the A120 and running down the East Side of the Bowl. The other right of way in the Country Park enters the southern end near the dipping platform on the large lake. It simply follows the southern boundary of the site eastwards and exits the park through the South Gate and crosses the A131.