![Can you help bring back our butterflies?](/sites/default/files/styles/full_width_scaled_default/public/2024-03/March_Appeal_Web_Banner.png?itok=rMIaBhKo)
Nature reserves & visitor centres
Lower Woods Ride
Nature Reserves
Filters
46 results
![Clarke's Pool Meadows](/sites/default/files/styles/grid_teaser/public/2018-05/clarkes%20pool%20meadow%20may12th%202009%20005.jpg?h=7685ba0d&itok=pF1OXRdi)
Clarke's Pool Meadows
One of the finest surviving traditional hay meadows in Gloucestershire, Clarke's Pool Meadow is a sanctuary for small mammals and meadow flora.
![The views from Coaley Peak](/sites/default/files/styles/grid_teaser/public/2021-11/Coaley%20Peak%20%28c%29%20Nathan%20Millar%20-%20May%202021%20%284%29.jpg?h=f728280d&itok=3w3cATiw)
Coaley Peak
For fantastic views across the Severn Vale towards the Forest of Dean, Coaley Peak is hard to beat.
![Forest and trees from above, Collin Park Wood](/sites/default/files/styles/grid_teaser/public/2021-12/Collin%20Park%20Wood%20%28c%29%20Nathan%20Millar%20-%20June%202021%20%2876%29.jpg?h=2e111cc1&itok=MSJH50FY)
Collin Park Wood
Lying within the gently-rolling countryside around the River Leadon, Collin Park Wood nature reserve is an area of ancient woodland which has been coppiced for centuries.
A great place to…
![Coombe Hill Canal and Meadows](/sites/default/files/styles/grid_teaser/public/2018-05/Greylags_Zsuzsanna_Bird.jpg?h=605bf4a9&itok=_BmbvYFe)
Coombe Hill Canal and Meadows
Coombe Hill Canal and Meadows is a place of vistas and endless skies, of floods and farming, an ancient landscape fringing the River Severn. Whether it’s a chilly autumnal morning or warm summer’s…
![Beech woodland of Coopers Hill](/sites/default/files/styles/grid_teaser/public/2021-11/Coopers%20Hill%20%28c%29%20Nathan%20Millar%20%2817%29.jpg?h=f728280d&itok=25dm4UzO)
Coopers Hill
Famous for its steep slope, Cooper’s Hill is also an internationally renowned ancient beech woodland with areas of open scrub and grassland.
Please note that from mid-September tree…
![Belted Galloway cattle at Crickley Hill](/sites/default/files/styles/grid_teaser/public/2022-05/Crickley%20Hill%20%28c%29%20Nathan%20Millar%20%2821%29_crop.png?h=32e65364&itok=k_mtzc5O)
Crickley Hill
Crickley Hill’s views, abundance of wildlife and historic importance make it the perfect spot to spend a few hours or enjoy a full day of exploration, featuring accessible trails and a café.…
![Daneway Banks](/sites/default/files/styles/grid_teaser/public/2018-05/Large%20Blue%2003%20%28c%29%20David%20J%20Slater%20smaller.jpg?h=be7d0682&itok=TeSl18XY)
Daneway Banks
Daneway Banks is a fantastic example of limestone grassland, which is managed in partnership with the Royal Entomological Society (RES) both as a nature reserve and a place of ecological study.…
Dimmel's Dale
Hidden along the bottom of the Golden Valley, Dimmel’s Dale has wildflower-rich west-facing banks, a babbling brook and a woodland, offering a rich variety of habitats for wildlife.
…
![Heather and gorse flowering at Edgehills Bog](/sites/default/files/styles/grid_teaser/public/2022-01/Edgehills%20Bog%20condition%20assessment%20%2821%29.jpg?h=a5eb5da0&itok=PjvYyR6w)
Edgehills Bog
Edgehills Bog has a peaceful atmosphere and is a relic of, the once widespread habitat, wet heath.
![Autumn leaves at Frith Woods](/sites/default/files/styles/grid_teaser/public/2021-09/Frith%20Woods%20%28c%29%20Nathan%20Millar%20%20%2842%29.jpg?h=f728280d&itok=ZFsbFWRL)
Frith Wood
Frith Wood Nature Reserve is a wonderful ancient beech wood that straddles the ridge overlooking Painswick Valley and Slad Valley near Stroud.