Bwlytai Wood
A small wood awash with bluebells and wood anemones in spring
Nature Reserves
Shropshire and Beyond
We manage more than 40 amazing places for wildlife, you are welcome to visit most of these but please remember to park considerately and take your litter home with you. Camping, fires and barbecues are not allowed on any of our reserves. Please keep your dog under control and pick up dog mess - please see individual reserve info about where to keep dogs on leads.
If you are visiting our nature reserves and are not a member, please consider joining us in order to help us to maintain these wonderful places for wildlife.
Accessibility
We have included an accessibility traffic light system on each of our nature reserves pages:
Green= Reserve has paths suitable for wheelchairs
Amber= Reserve has graded trails and paths, but are currently unsuitable for wheelchairs
Red= Reserve has rough trails and is largely inaccessible to all, due to the geography (ie. steep slopes, marsh areas).
Nature Reserves
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Clunton Coppice
Clunton
An oak wood, good for spring birdsong
Craig Sychtyn
A fine old wood with grand views across to the Tanat Valley and beyond to the Berwyn mountains
Earl's and Pontesford Hill
Pontesbury, Shropshire
A historic reserve with volcanic origins
Harton Hollow
A pretty wood situated on an ancient barrier reef.
Hope Valley
A rejuvenated oak wood with a colony of dormice
Jones' Rough
Oswestry, Shropshire
The limestone scree provides perfect conditions for rock rose, wild thyme and marjoram and the scarce prickly sedge. A small flock of Hebridean/Shropshire sheep graze it from time to time to keep…
Lurkenhope
A steep oak wood with numerous mosses and lichens
Quarry Wood
Market Drayton
Explore this wood carefully, it has many stories to tell.
The Ercall
Ancient oak woodland, spectacular views and more than 500 million years of history can be enjoyed here.