Nature Reserves

The site provides another fantastic view across the Severn Vale towards the Forest of Dean and below lies unimproved limestone grassland belonging to the National Trust.

Coombe Hill Canal and Meadows is a place of vistas and endless skies, of floods and farming, an ancient landscape fringing the River Severn. Equally appealing on a frost-bitten winter morning and…

With stunning views, woodland, open spaces and a café, Crickley Hill is the perfect destination for those looking to spend time in nature.

More than 1,300 species have been recorded at…

We’re making some improvements to the farmyard and courtyard at Greystones, so the café and Discovery Barn will be closed on Saturday 23 March. We’ll be open again on Sunday from 10am to 4pm.…

Once a hive of industrial activity, Hobbs Quarry nature reserve is now a wonderful place to view unique geology and experience the fossilised remains of past animals and plants which exist…

An example of unimproved limestone grassland with a rich flora and fauna with abundant autumn gentian and one of the few Cotswold sites still supporting Duke of Burgundy butterfly.

Lower Woods is one of the largest ancient woodlands in the south-west of England and is perfect for people who like to explore and to get deep into nature. It comprises 23 separate woods whose…

Midger Wood nature reserve lies in a magical, almost hidden, valley of mossy oaks and luxurious ferns. The babbling Kilcott Brook and its small waterfalls (some of them petrified with calcareous…

Situated just to the west of Lechlade in the eastern part of the Cotswold Water Park. It's a great location to watch over wintering wildfowl and in the springtime watch the reed dances of the…

The site consists of a stretch of the derelict Severn and Thames Canal, flood meadows and woodland.