Titley Pool

Black bird swimming in lake with bankside vegetation in background

Cormorant at Titley Pool Nature Reserve (c) Paul Lloyd

We have temporarily closed the path from the car park to the bird hide, due to a hazardous branch that is overhanging close to the path. For the safety of visitors, please follow the short signposted diversion route to and from the bird hide.

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

Location

Titley Pool Nature Reserve
Eywood Lane
Titley
Herefordshire
HR5 3RL

OS Map Reference

SO 325 595
A static map of Titley Pool

Know before you go

Size
9 hectares
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Parking information

There is a small parking area

Grazing animals

Livestock graze the field leading to the reserve so please ensure all gates are closed behind you

Walking trails

Please be aware that waterfowl nest between March and July and avoid unnecessary disturbance of the marshy, rushy areas around the Pool during this period. Please ensure that field gates are closed after use.

Access

There are no surfaced paths and no wheelchair access at this reserve.

Dogs

No dogs permitted
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Facilities

Bird hides

When to visit

Opening times

Dawn to dusk

Best time to visit

Spring for woodland flowers or autumn/winter for wild fowl

About the reserve

Titley Pool is one of a number of naturally formed lakes between Kington and Mortimer's Cross. They occupy hollows in an area of low, rounded hills formed from debris accumulated during the melting of ice at the end of the last Ice Age. The Pool is one of the largest natural open areas of water in Herefordshire.  

It is a suitable breeding site for great crested grebes. It also attracts flocks of wintering duck, particularly teal, tufted duck, pochard and gosander. In summer, dragonflies and damselflies hawk insects over the water. Fish in the Pool, providing prey for grey herons, grebes and goosander, include perch, roach, eel and pike.  

The three common woodland warblers, chiffchaff, willow warbler and blackcap, all breed annually. Butterflies like orange tip, green-veined white, speckled wood and gatekeeper are commonly seen.

Although lacking any scarce plants, the meadow by the pool does retain a diverse flora including common spotted orchid, cowslips, hay rattle, birds foot trefoil, black knapweed, fleabane, and various hawkweeds. Various grassland fungi including the colourful waxcaps are starting to establish in numbers in the pasture.

Contact us

Lewis Goldwater

Environmental designation

Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)
Titley Pool nature reserve map

Map of Titley Pool nature reserve

Wildflower meadow of yellow and white flowers with tall hedgerow in background and hills beyond

Davies Meadow Nature Reserve (Paul Lloyd)

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