Low Wood Nature Reserve
This secluded canal-side spot offers a tranquil escape from the bustle of urban Keighley and Bradford, while the cliffs above it provide cracking glimpses of the Aire valley.
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See our visitor centre details for more information about Potteric Carr and Spurn, including opening times.
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This secluded canal-side spot offers a tranquil escape from the bustle of urban Keighley and Bradford, while the cliffs above it provide cracking glimpses of the Aire valley.
With three types of grassland close together, sporting a profusion of plants, early summer at Maltby Low Common is paradise for insects and botanists
Located next to our flagship nature reserve at Potteric Carr, the Manor Farm housing development is a ‘stepping stone’ to a larger, interconnected landscape for wildlife
This small Edwardian woodland garden is part of the ancient Forest of Galtres and is ablaze with colour in spring. Snowdrop, primrose, daffodil and bluebell form a backdrop to a succession of…
It’s only down the road from Aysgarth Falls, one of the Yorkshire Dales’ best-known beauty spots, yet picturesque Newbiggin Pastures feels remote and undiscovered, and has stunning views over…
From quarries and lorries to avocets and bitterns, the ongoing transformation of this working sand and gravel quarry into a shining example of a 21st-century wetland is truly extraordinary.
Get yourself down to North Cliffe Wood to gaze in awe at the stunning bluebells and flowering heathland, and listen in wonder to one of the best dawn choruses anywhere
In spring a visual feast of marsh flowers can be enjoyed at this spring-fed Yorkshire Wolds nature reserve, whilst later in summer marsh orchids abound. North Newbald Becksies is fed by several…
Owl Wood is perhaps misnamed. Although there are owls, it’s a different kind of flying creature that’s really at home here and in neighbouring Pit Plantation – bats.
A beautiful area of limestone grassland and woodland in a steep-sided valley, this stunning space supports a range of special plants, insects and birds.
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