Barnsley Main is a rolling green, grassland surrounded by a fringe of woodland that was once the black spoil heap of the Oaks Colliery pit head that still stands on Oaks Lane.

One of the finest surviving traditional hay meadows in Gloucestershire, Clarke's Pool Meadow is a sanctuary for small mammals and meadow flora.

***Clarkes Pool Meadow Nature Reserve is…

Herons fish in the pool on the River Stour and wild flowers thrive in the marshes. To help protect this valuable site, swimming and fishing are not permitted.

A safe haven for many unusual plants this small wetland reserve is right next to Attenborough Nature Reserve.

It is important for its insects, especially hoverflies and its old pollard…

A large body of freshwater lying in a shallow basin, known to have been in existence in 1645

This peaceful reserve is in a rural area near Knowle.

Situated on a steep slope with attractive fruit trees

One of a number of naturally formed lakes in an area of low rounded hills formed from Ice Age debris

One of the wilder areas of St Mary's and one of the Isles of Scilly's main wetland areas, Higher Moors and the associated Porth Hellick Pool and the shingle sand bar of Porth Hellick…