Wessington Pasture
Pasture and woodland, home to a wide variety of wildlife.
Pasture and woodland, home to a wide variety of wildlife.
Visit Brae Pasture on a still, warm summer’s day and you’ll be enchanted by the colours of its wildflowers and butterflies. The views across the Ribble Valley to Pen-y-Ghent aren’t bad either!
The largest of our cluster of reserves at the north-eastern tip of Ingleborough, this diverse grassland is home to nationally rare flower species, including ten species of orchid. A rare example…
This small pasture is being restored after years of sheep grazing. It is an important wild
link between neighbouring Ashes Pasture and Ingleborough National Nature Reserve
A remnant of limestone grassland with species-rich springs and flushes
Would you like to get stuck into some outdoor conservation work?
Join us for a day of mowing and raking at Ashes Pasture Nature Reserve.
Generally found as part of lowland farms or nature reserves, these small, flower-rich fields are at their best in midsummer when the plethora of flowers and insects is a delight. Tiny reminders of…
This special nature reserve is very close to our wild hearts, as it was discovered by the late Stephen Bishop: once Honorable Scientific Officer to the Trust. This amazing geological site was…
Around the remains of old lead smelt mills, species rich grasslands contain a huge variety of different meadow flowers such as orchids, melancholy thistle and devil's-bit scabious.
Burnet moths and beautiful wildflowers brighten up this idyllic meadow near Chorley.
Semi-improved neutral grassland
A mosaic of open water, reedbeds and intervening rough grassland and scrub.