About the reserve

Once part of Rockingham Forest – which until the late 1700s was a large expanse of woodland, parkland and small-scale farmland – this reserve contains habitats that include hay meadows, parkland and newly-planted woodland. 

The hay meadow is a Site of Special Scientific Interest, rich with flowers of various colours in early summer. The blossoms lure many butterflies with their nectar: orange tip, small copper, dingy, grizzled and a variety of small and large skippers. The larvae of the day-flying chimney sweeper moth feed on the pignut that grows in the meadow alongside other flowers such as meadow saxifrage, common knapweed and great burnet.

Once the meadow has been cut for hay we graze it with sheep to limit the growth of grasses. The woodland area is divided between mixed plantings of young oak, ash and field maple and areas of coppice hazel with open glades between.  

Reserve map

Additional information

• Scroll down to see the reserve boundary. Please note the boundary map is for indication purposes only and does not show the Wildlife Trusts definitive land boundary. 

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