Nature Reserves
Gloucestershire is varied in scenery due to the geology. It is also a mainly agricultural county and can be divided into four distinct regions being: the Cotswolds; The Severn Vale; Over Severn and the Forest of Dean. The areas include woodlands, grasslands, heathlands, scrub, standing water, marshes, bogs, floodlands, estuaries.
The Trust has over 60 reserves throughout Gloucestershire, covering some 866 hectares or more. The Trust issued a reserves handbook in 1979, which has been updated at intervals with a supporting publication for 2009/2010 and for 2011 for the 50th Anniversary of the Trust. These reserves are either purchased or managed under agreement. The value of these reserves in respect of special and rare species is defined through national standards, and particularly through Natural England, which sets thresholds for 'favourable condition' status. Management Plans must be written for all nature reserves. The Trust's reserves are listed below and include Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs):
- Arle Grove
- Ashleworth Ham SSSI and Meerend Thicket
- Badgeworth SSSI
- Ban-y-gor Woods SSSI part of the Lower Wye Gorge SSSI
- Betty Daws Wood SSSI part of Dymock Woods SSSI
- Brassey SSSI part of the Brassey Reserve and the Windrush Valley SSSI
- Bryworth Lane part of the Cotswold Water Park group of reserves
- Cannop Bridge Marsh at Cannop Ponds
- Chaceley Meadow SSSI
- Chedworth
- Chosen Hill
- Clarke's Pool Meadows SSSI notified as Clarke's Pool Meadow
- Collin Park Wood SSSI notified as Collinpark Wood
- Coombe Hill Canal SSSI and Meadows
- Cutsdean Quarry
- Daneway Banks SSSI
- East Wood
- Edgehills Bog
- Edward Richardson and Phyllis Amey part of the Cotswold Water Park group of reserves
- Elliott SSSI notified as Swift's Hill
- Five Acre Grove
- Foxes Bridge Bog
- Frith Wood (Morley Penistan Memorial) SSSI part of Bull Cross, The Frith and Juniper Hill SSSI
- Frome Banks
- Greystones Farm (includes Salmonsbury Meadows SSSI)
- Gwen and Vera's Fields
- Hobbs Quarry SSSI
- Ketford Bank
- Lancaut SSSI part of the Lower Wye Gorge SSSI
- Laymoor Quag
- Lippets Grove (Offa's Dyke Path)
- Lower Woods SSSI
- Midger SSSI
- Mitcheldean Meend Marsh
- Mythe Railway
- Neu Lindsey
- Nind
- Oakenhill
- Old London Road SSSI notified as part of the Wotton Hill SSSI
- Pasqueflower SSSI notified as part of the Barnsley Warren SSSI
- Plump Hill Dolomite Quarry
- Poulton Wood
- Ridley Bottom
- Robinson's Wood
- Roundhouse Lake SSSI notified as part of the Cotswold Water Park SSSI
- Sapperton Valley
- Siccaridge Wood
- Small Reserve
- Snows Farm
- Spion Kop Quarry
- Stenders Quarry SSSI
- Strawberry Banks SSSI
- Stuart Fawkes SSSI notified as Box Farm Meadows
- The Park Campus, University of Gloucestershire (Community Green Space)
- Three Groves Wood
- Vell Mill Daffodil Meadow
- Whelford Pools SSSI notified as part of the Cotswold Water Park SSSI
- Wigpool
- Wimberry Quarries
- Wingmoor Farm Meadow
- Woorgreens Lake and Marsh
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