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[[image:Denehole.jpg|thumb|right|Investigating a denehole in Hangman's Wood by Simon Leatherdale]]'''Hangmans Wood''' is a triangular wooded area of [[Little Thurrock]] in [[Thurrock]]. It contains a number of [[Denehole]]s which were investigated by the Essex Field Club at the end of the 19th century<ref>Tony Benton, ''Boldly from the Marshes''</ref>. There is normally no access to the deneholes, but permission can be obtained from the council<ref> The council will issue a descent licence for those who are prepared to abide by a number of simple rules and fill in an insurance slip. The address is: Recreation Manager, Recreation Department, Blackshots Lane, Grays, Essex, RM13 2JU.</ref>. The deneholes are important roosting sites for bats causing the wood to be a designated SSSI or [Site of Specical Scientific Interest]. The bridlepath which crosses Grangewood Avenue and runs beside [http://www.woodsideprimary.thurrock.sch.uk Woodside School] to connect Hangmans Wood with nearby Terell's Heath is part of an ancient routed from London to the [Tilbury] river crossing.
The Deneholes are described by English Heritage as medieval or post-medieval and were used for chalk or flint mining<ref>[http://pastscape.english-heritage.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=413511 Pastscape - Detailed Result: HANGMANS WOOD DENEHOLES<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>. There appear to have been more than 70 holes in the wood at one time, although most only survive now as shallow dips in the ground.
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