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Our flagship nature reserves

Enjoy our larger reserves with a rich mix of wildlife for everyone to discover and a network of footpaths to help you enjoy your visit.

The reserves listed below are open to the public.

Bickley Hall Farm c. Claire Huxley

Bickley Hall Farm

Bickley Hall Farm is a 210-acre (86ha) organic working farm located just outside Malpas in the heart of rural Cheshire.

Eastwood Nature Reserve

Eastwood Nature reserve

A stunning clough woodland with boardwalks and a tumbling brook

Ditch at Gowy Meadows

Gowy Meadows

An extensive area of lowland grazing marsh covering a total area 165.8ha.

Hatchmere Lake

Hatchmere

Hatchmere comprises a variety of habitats, including open water, fen carr and dry woodland

Marbury Reedbed c. Claire Huxley

Marbury Reedbed

A reedbed with boardwalk trail and woodlands, part of Budworth Mere at Marbury Country Park

Red Rocks Marsh Nature Reserve c. Carl Skepper

Red Rocks Marsh

Our only coastal reserve, consisting of sand dunes, reedbeds and marsh.

Meadow c. Claire Huxley

Swettenham Valley

Made up of several species-rich grassland, woodland & mire communities.

Bluebells at Warburton's Wood

Warburton's Wood

An ancient semi-natural clough woodland with a small tributary of the River Weaver.

Water vole

Water vole © Terry Whittaker/2020VISION

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