About the reserve These two chalk quarries once provided hard chalk to build Cambridge University colleges and lime for cement. Today they support a variety of habitats that harbour some rare plants ...

Strawberry Hill is an extraordinary place. Some 35 years ago, the previous owner decided to let nature take over this 150 hectare (377 acre) site. The land was transformed from poor arable fields to ...

About the reserve Old Sulehay Forest is a fragment of the ancient Rockingham Forest, a royal hunting forest that extended from Wansford to Kettering. Other areas of the reserve are associated with ...

Buying Strawberry Hill was only possible thanks to your generosity. Now the land is saved, we must ensure that Strawberry Hill remains an extraordinary place for wildlife. We know you have already dug ...

A beautiful ancient woodland which is carpeted with bluebells in the spring Short Wood is a fragment of the Rockingham Forest, a medieval hunting forest. It is a designated Site of Special Scientific ...

Situated on the boardwalk at Rushden Lakes Retail Park, our Nene Wetlands Visitor Centre is the gateway to the Nene Wetlands, a huge nature reserve made up of five connected wildlife sites. Regular ...

The majority of our nature reserves remain open with free access and we are delighted that support from our members enables us to offer this. To ensure nature is still there for us in the future as ...

A peaceful haven for wildlife next to the Grand Union Canal This reserve is an old brickworks started after 1792 by the Grand Junction Canal Company to provide material for the canal locks, walls and ...

Cambridgeshire's second largest ancient wood is over 900 years old! Brampton Wood is the second largest ancient woodland in Cambridgeshire and is at least 900 years old. The first records date back to ...

Due to the heavy rainfall experienced recently across Beds, Cambs and Northants please be careful when visiting our nature reserves. Make sure you are wearing ...

Some paths, particularly in the Scaldwell Bay are submerged and inaccessible for a few days after heavy rains, therefore a full circuit may not always be possible. Please do not enter flood waters, ...